Internship Sought in Legal Field: Alliance member Robyn Branzell has a friend, Alizee Bonamigo, who is a law student at UPMF/Stendhal in Grenoble, France. Alizee would like to complete an unpaid internship with a law firm in Portland next summer for at least 4 weeks during July/August. She visited Portland as an exchange student in 2010. She has lodging assistance and orientation through Robyn. Alizee can be contacted at
[email protected]. Feel free also to contact Robyn at
[email protected].
Highlights of the Canals and Rivers of France: Joan and Neil Malling, partnering with Terri and Bill Fogarty of Portland-based
Euro Escapes (Alliance organization members who are European barge, river and vacation specialists), presented to a sold-out crowd of 40 on January 17 at the Kamm House. Click
here for the event photos. Merci to docu
mentary photographer Heather Heaton.
Blazers French Night: Ticket sales are brisk for the special group night on February 19 at the Moda Center (formerly called the Rose Garden). Click
here for details and for how to get your ticket to this special annual event, before it's too late!
Best Falafel in Paris: When you're wandering in Paris and wondering if any of the falafel places are really any good, just whip out your handy new list of recommended falafel restaurants, just published
. Click
here.
Pr�vert Contest: Shown here (at left) is Jane Murray, the winner of the recent Pr
�vert contest. F
�licitations, Jane!
Fascinating Facts: Did you know that eccentric Frenchman Alphonse Bertillon (shown here at right, from the Wikipedia
page on him, and not to be confused with the ice cream . . .) was the inventor of the mugshot, in the late 1800s? Also circulating on the
web currently is a mugshot of his young son, ostensibly taken when the toddler committed "the crime" of eating too many pears! Click
here for that bit of whimsy which also sheds light on the period's norms for the definition of gluttony.
Table for sale: The Alliance has this conference table for sale at the beginning of February.
Sturdy, attractive faux-wood laminate surface. 8' long. $200 or best offer; chairs not included. Email
[email protected].
Most popular links in the last bulletin were: 1) the link to the Blazers'
French Night event and 2) the photos of the
Beards' apartment in Paris (for rent at a discount to Alliance members)
. Find recent bulletins in the online
archive.
SOIREE en avril: Interested in helping with the organizing of the Alliance's second annual dinner/auction set for April 19 at the MAC? Email
[email protected].