Contents Index – 2001 Issues

Issue 6.51/52 – 17/24. Dec 2001

• Café Metropole – The Weather, Coluche and the Euro
• Au Bistro – More Than You Wanted To Know About You Know What
• Club Update for 20. December – The Big 'Oops' of the Week 'Report'
• Club Update for 27. December – The Stereo New York–Paris 'Report'
• Scene – Christmas – and New Year's 2002
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Seasonal Greetings, Sincerely'

Issue 6.50 – 10. Dec 2001

• Café Metropole – Under the Weather Week
• A Christmas Present from Paris' Mayor
• Email: "Down, Way Down, Way Way Down"
• Club Update for 13. December – Moyer–Moyer 'Meet of the Week'
• Scene – Two 'Scenes' for the Price of One
• The Christmas Scene
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – Was Only a Dream

Issue 6.49 – 3. Dec 2001

• Café Metropole – 150 Horses, 'Not Found'
• About the Club Meeting In New York
• Club Update for 6. December – The 'Prague of the Week' Report
• Scene – One–Night Stand, Once
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – "I Had a Dream..."

Issue 6.48 – 26. Nov 2001

• Café Metropole – The Search for High Heels
• Au Bistro – Cops On Strike
• 'Is It True?' – Not a Jot of Difference
• Club Update for 29. November – The "A Lot of Gravity Here" Report
• Scene – A Week of No 'Last Chances'
• Metropole's Photos – 'The Idea of the Year,' Again?
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Bobbi Red Boots'

Issue 6.47 – 19. Nov 2001

• Café Metropole – It's Crummy Weather Season
• 'More 'Café Life,' Part 89 – The Buffalo Grass Birthday Party
• Club Update for 22. November – The 'Two Astonishing 'Firsts' Report
• Scene – Circus! Circus! Tango! Horses! Seawater!
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – "You Drive Like..."

Issue 6.46 – 12. Nov 2001

• Café Metropole – The Buffalo Grass Rip–Off
• 'Underground' Rises to Surface In Paris – More Freakin' Freaks
• Club Update for 15. November – 'Beaujolais Nouveau Day of the Year' Report
• Scene – With the Year's Final Events Again
• Metropole's Photos – 'The Idea of the Year?'
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – "HEY MAN!"

Issue 6.45 – 5. Nov 2001

• Café Metropole – Crocodile Nigel's Biannual Visit
• Au Bistro – Who's Afraid of the Institut Pasteur?
• Club Update for 8. November – 'Church of the Week' Report
• Scene – 'Malraux et la Modernité'
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II & III
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – "Bonjour Manhattan"

Issue 6.44 – 29. Oct 2001

• Café Metropole – 'Indian Summer' Is Still Here
• Au Bistro – Are You Ready for Canned Pastis?
• A Perfect Season for a Long Tour
• Club Update for 1. November – A 'Change of Scene' Meeting Report
• Scene – Two Big 19th C Exhibitions
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – "It's Trick or Treat Time!"

Issue 6.43 – 22. Oct 2001

• Café Metropole – Hello, Goodbye – Indian Summer
• Au Bistro – "Put an End To the Beginning!"
• Maybe Not the Last Day of Fall
• Club Update for 25. October – A Rare 'Calm' Meeting Report
• Important Club Alert – 'No Trick, No Treat, No Fooling'
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Euro–Alert for Robbers'

Issue 6.42 – 15. Oct 2001

• Café Metropole – Not Sweet, Not Short
• Au Bistro – Old, 'Frozen,' News
• 'Light' From Hungary Is Brighter Than You Think
• Club Update for 18. October – The 'No Rules' Report
• Scene – Christmas Starts Early
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Our Illuminated Lion'

Issue 6.41 – 8. Oct 2001

• Café Metropole – Euroflation Hits Europe
• On Tour With the 'Shopping Lady'
• Your Club Turns Two – Yet Another New 'First!'
• Club Update for 11. October – 2nd Birthday Begins 3rd Year
• Scene – 'Paris – Barcelona' Starts
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II & III
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – "Café 7 francs? Euroflation!"

Issue 6.40 – 1. Oct 2001

• Café Metropole – Poor Excuse for 'Café Life'
• Au Bistro – 'Euro News of the Week'
• Club Update for 4. October – A Really New 'First!' Report
• Scene – Fall Events Nearly Complete
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Rare, Antique Camera'

Issue 6.39 – 24. Sept 2001

• Café Metropole – The First Day of Fall That Was
• Au Bistro – A Lot Less Than All the News
• Emails: – Reader's Reactions
• Club Update for 27. September – The 'Meeting of the Week' Report
• Scene – More Than the Stuff that Wasn't
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – "Change for 50 Francs?"

Issue 6.38 – 17. Sept 2001

• Café Metropole – Black Tuesday, Blacker Week
• Au Bistro – Mourning In Paris
• School Reunion, with Dana Shaw
• Club Update for 20. September – The No 'City of the Week' Report
• Scene – Rest of the Show Goes On
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II & III
• No Cartoon – Deuil à Paris

Issue 6.37 – 10. Sept 2001

• Café Metropole – 'Café Life' Takes a Beating
• Au Bistro – BLACK TUESDAY on 11. September
• You Can Look for the Bièvre
• Club Update for 13. September – A 'Trashy But Worthless' Report
• Scene – Hello! Fall Season
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – "Café Time Is Over!"

Issue 6.36 – 3. Sept 2001

• Café Metropole – My Holiday Postcard
• Au Bistro – Paris Buses Get Own Way
• Looking for Clichy, Imagining Batignolles
• Club Update for 6. September – The 'Firsts Overload' Report
• Scene – Are You Ready For the Rentrée?
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Postcard from Dimitri'

Issue 6.35 – 27. Aug 2001

• Café Metropole – 33.7º C In Town
• Anyone for Tenting? Never Too Late for It
• Club Update for 30. August – The "Walked 'Miles' To the Club" Report
• Emails: 'Killer Trees' and Too Much Citron Pressé
• Scene – Final August Final
• The Fall Scene – from September to December
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – "We're Camping Here!"

Issue 6.34 – 20. Aug 2001

• Café Metropole – Open, Closed – Rain, Sunshine
• Au Bistro – Tour Eiffel Plans Basement
• In Auvers–sur–Oise Visiting Vincent Van Gogh
• Scene – August's Final Third
• Club Update for 23. August – The Dogs' Day 'Report'
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'It's Still August!'
• The Photo Page – Wednesday, 15. August

Issue 6.32/33 – 6. Aug 2001

• Café Metropole – Here Comes, There Goes, 'Hot' Weather
• Au Bistro – Silly News – France, Nevada
• Wheelchaired In Paris
• Scene – Not Closed In August!
• Club Update for 9. August – The 'Mystery of the Week' Report
• Club Update for 16. August – The "Nothing Better To Do" Report
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II & III
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – "It's August! Go away!"

Issue 6.31 – 30. July 2001

• Café Metropole – 'Hot' Weather Looms!
• Au Bistro – Lawyer To Sue for 'Right To Drive'
• Real Low Budget Visit – Strictly Kid Stuff
• Scene – Paris In August!
• Club Update for 2. August – The 'Major New 'City of the Week' Report
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – "Two Glasses of Water"

Issue 6.29/30 – 16. July 2001

• Café Metropole – Bigger Yawn Than Last Week
• Au Bistro – Lost Rave Party Found
• Scene – Something for You Rain or Shine
• Club Update for 19. July – The 'Frites' of the Week' Report
• Club Update for 26. July – A Steamy Meeting Report
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Is It 'Ed?'

Issue 6.28 – 9. July 2001

• Café Metropole – The Big Yawn of the Week
• "So, Chen, You Are In L.A. Now?" by Dan Bloom
• Dave Barry Didn't Eat Here – Is It True?
• Scene – First, the Fête – Then, the Beach
• Club Update for 12. July – The 'Bump' of the Week' Report
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Le Tour 2001'

Issue 6.27 – 2. July 2001

• Café Metropole – Saved! The Bélière
• Au Bistro – Triple Jeopardy
• Villa Paris – Out In the Country In the City
• Scene – Paris Open 24/24, All Summer
• Club Update for 5. July – The 'Surprise' of the Week' Report
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Back To Normal'

Issue 6.26 – 25. June 2001

• Café Metropole – Say 'Hello' To Summer
• Au Bistro – Heaven for Buses?
• In Part of the Rue Saint–Jacques
• Scene – Beginning 2001's 2nd Half
• Club Update for 28. June – The 'Nothing of the Week' Report
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon –'Paris Cars On Hols'
• The Photo Page – 'The Longest Day'

Issue 6.25 – 18. June 2001

• Café Metropole – Proust, Joyce & Co
• Au Bistro – Nearly No News, Hardly
• Marcel Proust's 'Pleasures and Days' – Review
• Scene – Music, Parades and Fireworks
• Club Update for 21. June – The 'Feet of the Week' Report
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – "'Temps Perdu' – Enough!"

Issue 6.24 – 11. June 2001

• Café Metropole – Free Champagne & Street Eats
• Au Bistro – Take the TGV–Med
• Fête In Les Frigos – Art On Ice
• Email: The Flying Rhino – from Charles Fremont
• Email: The Politics of Orangina – from Al Riley
• Update: Club, for 14. June – The 'When In Paris' Report
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Mole Art'

Issue 6.23 – 4. June 2001

• Café Metropole – Free Lunch Is Over
• Au Bistro – The Big Fish Story
• Half the Free Sights
• Anyone for Etchings?
• Update: Club, for 7. June – The 'Lost and Found' Report
• Scene – The 'Future' Gets Longer
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – "I've Seen Your Engravings"
• The Photo Page – 'Champs–Elysées'

Issue 6.22 – 28. May 2001

• Café Metropole – A Bungled Issue?
• Nothing New à l'Ouest, With Dennis Again
• Roll Around Paris, Day and Night
• Update: Club, for 31. May – The 2nd 'Blot of the Week' Report
• Email: Take a Bus! – from Mary Copeland
• Email: Seen the Moosehead? – from Alan Pavlik
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – "Time To Upgrade!"

Issue 6.21 – 21. May 2001

• Café Metropole – The Edition With 'l'Addition'
• Au Bistro – Speedways for Roller Folks?
• An Afternoon of 'Café Life' With Dennis
• Update: Club, for 24. May – The 'Midget Tootsie Roll' Report
• Email: Lost and How–to–Find, from Tim Stanton
• Scene – May's Holdovers Run Into June
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II & III
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – For Men, Paris Fashion Tips, Not Funny
• The Photo Page – 'Sunday On Daguerre'

Issue 6.20 – 14. May 2001

• Café Metropole – 'Spring' Is Official But Short
• Au Bistro – The 35–Hour Week 'Fiasco'
• 'Spring' Arrives In Time for Summer
• Update: Club, for 17. May – The 'Nobody Is Perfect' Report
• Email: A Fragile Deux–Chevaux, from Dana Shaw
• Scene – Dithering While Events Roll On
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – "Don't Trip Over a Pigeon"
• The Photo Page – 'The Fontaine des Mers'

Issue 6.19 – 7. May 2001

• Café Metropole – The May Day Issue
• Au Bistro – Président 'Superforme'
• A Four–Wheeled Bike With an Umbrella?
• Update: Club, for 10. May – The 'Chili' of the Week' Report
• Scene – Some Changes, Musée de la Vie Romantique
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – "The Way to Antony?"
• The Photo Page – Re–runs – Two Favorites

Issue 6.18 – 30. April 2001

• Café Metropole – Bouncing Back
• Au Bistro – A New Count–Down?
• On Foot for 30 Years – Paris' First 'Reporter'
• Update: Club, for 3. May – The 'No Ice In Paris' Report
• Scene – Full House
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'The New Locomotion'
• The Photo Page – 'Storm Coming'

Issue 6.17 – 23. April 2001

• Café Metropole – Lucky Poster Tour
• Au Bistro – The Bridges of May
• 21,173 Meals In France – 'French Fried' by Harriet Welty Rochefort
• Update: Club, for 26. April – The 'Sidewalk' Is Not Cricket' Report
• Scene – Paris Tangos Again
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'How French Toast Was Invented'
• The Photo Page – 'The Tower and the Flame'

Issue 6.16 – 16. April 2001

• Café Metropole – The Issue of Fashion
• Au Bistro – Neighborhood Bomb Site
• In the Ex–Rue des Rats – Looking for Romans
• Update: Club, for 19. April – The "It Was Like Coming On a Stagecoach!" Report
• Scene – This Is Paris After All
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'The Annual Fashion Tip'
• The Photo Page – 'Boules in the Arènes de Lutèce'

Issue 6.15 – 9. April 2001

• Café Metropole – For More Sports
• Au Bistro – Bernard Tapie Is Back
• 'Echoes Along the Seine,' by Robert F. Burgess
• Are the Trains Running? Puzzled?
• Emails – More Than Underwear At Stake
• Update: Club, for 12. April – On the Loose, the 'Jersey Four' Report
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Our Sports Reporter'
• The Photo Page – 'Dimitri's View'

Issue 6.14 – 2. April 2001

• Café Metropole – Springtime for Museums
• Au Bistro – Jacques Gets a Summons
• A New New–Age 'Startup'
• Update: Club, for 5. April – Late Mardi Gras On 'Black Thursday II' Report
• Scene – A Run Around Paris
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – "What Kind of 'Ed' Are You?"
• The Photo Page – Behind the Louvre's Pyramid

Issue 6.13 – 26. March 2001

• Café Metropole – Ed's Little Tours
• Au Bistro – New Paris Mayor, Bertrand Delanoë
• 'Spring' In Blois?
• Update: Club, for 29. Mar – "Could be Worse, Could be Green" Report
• Scene – Spring Events Begin
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'The Weather's Fault?'
• The Photo Page – Looking for Spring

Issue 6.11/12 – 12. March 2001

• Café Metropole – About To Go Missing
• Au Bistro – 'Historic' Win for Left In Paris
• The Nearly 'Best' Café
• Update: Club, for 15. Mar – First 'Urban Legends' Report
• Update: Club, for 22. Mar – "Crawfish Are Fit to Eat" Report
• Scene – Two Weeks Worth, No Less
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – "Attention! Fingers!"
• The Photo Page – The Passage des Marais

Issue 6.10 – 5. March 2001

• Café Metropole – 'Winter' In Paris Confirmed
• Au Bistro – 'Plague of the Week'
• Do You Have the Missing Utrillo?
• Emails – On the Back of the Bus
• Update: Club, for 8. Mar – First 'John Wayne Day' Report
• Scene – Seeing Is Believing
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Smoking Platform'

Issue 6.09 – 26. Feb 2001

• Café Metropole – Over–Plastered Under–Postered
• Au Bistro – Mr. Nobody Discovered In Paris
• Blondes d'Aquitaine Have More Fun
• Looking At Hector Guimard's Places
• Emails – Members Cite Multiple Bungles
• Update: Club, for 1. Mar – Antwerp 'City of the Week' Report
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – "Véritable Basque Béret?"

Issue 6.08 – 19. Feb 2001

• Café Metropole – 'Douce France' Day
• Hanging Out In Oman – by Linda Thalman
• In the Rue du Faubourg Poissonnière
• Emails – Throwing Down Gauntlets
• Scene – Steak–frites On the Billboard
• Update: Club, for 22. Feb – 'Zulu' Beads of the Week' Report
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – "Feel the Difference?"

Issue 6.07 – 12. Feb 2001

• Café Metropole – No 'Café Life' This Week
• Au Bistro – 'Gotcha' of the Week Arrives
• Being In Paris Mediaeval
• The True Meaning of 'Rétro'
• Scene – Stars of Stage, Screen and Even TV
• Update: Club, for 15. Feb – Exciting New 'Tip of the Week' Report
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – "Forget Two Motors!"

Issue 6.06 – 5. Feb 2001

• Café Metropole – 'Total Strike' Reflections
• Au Bistro – 'Gotcha' of the Week
• Rivolitionary On Rivoli
• Scene – A Short List of Events
• Update: Club, for 8. Feb – 'Pot–bellied' Pigs Spotted Near Club' Report
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – "Passengers Should Strike"

Issue 6.05 – 29. Jan 2001

• Café Metropole – Birthday Vodka Chez Dennis
• Au Bistro – Retirement – Are You Ready?
• Paris 'Business' Slum – La Défense
• Scene – Opening With a Bumble
• Update: Club, for 1. Feb – The "Smoke In Dreams" Report
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – "No Beef! Just Caviar and Vodka!"

Issue 6.04 – 22. Jan 2001

• Café Metropole – Legends, Legends
• Au Bistro – Fast Driving Minister
• 'I Love You' On Montmartre
• Scene – The Last New Year This Year
• Update: Club, for 25. Jan – The "Are We're Too Loud?" Report
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Win at Monte! Win at Dakar!'

Issue 6.03 – 15. Jan 2001

• Café Metropole – A Really Dumb Headline
• Au Bistro – Semi–Okay In Paris
• Paris' Centre – Funk City
• Scene – Chinese Year of the Serpent
• Update: Club, for 18. Jan – The 'Answer of the Week' Report
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'Coming Into Charlie Etoile'

Issue 6.02 – 8. Jan 2001

• Café Metropole – Workout At Muscle School
• Au Bistro – Silliness, Folly, Strikes, Floods
• The 3rd Millennium On the Champs–Elysées
• Scene – January's Wide Choices
• Update: Club, for 11. Jan – "They Gave Each of Us a Franc!"
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'SOS Green Man'

Issue 6.01 – 1. Jan 2001

• Café Metropole – Hello! New Millennium!
• Why I Moved Here
• Scene – Not the Same Old Thing
• Scene 2 – The New Years That Was
• Update: Club, for 4. Jan – "Happy 2002!"
• This Week's Paris Posters I & II
• Ric's Weekly Cartoon – 'The Café of the Year'

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