October 29th, 2006
I hate posting without pictures. My lost camera never showed up. Other kind souls have been taking photos for me, though, and when they send them to me, I’ll post them here.
Today I got up really early and took the TGV (train à grande vitesse, or very fast train) from Paris to Brussels with my editor, Jean-Luc. Brussels, home of Hergé and Tintin! What a strange and beautiful city. Before my first appointment, we checked out the marché aux puces (flea market) in the Place du Sablon. That’s where Tintin buys that ship model in Secret of the Unicorn, and the Thompson twins get their Read the rest of this entry »
October 29th, 2006
Saturday I did a signing at this big lesbian film fest. There were hordes of women at the festival, maybe a thousand? They show films for the whole weekend and there are booths and discussions and stuff like that. French lesbians look more like American lesbians than French people in general look like American people in general. Though I still felt conspicuously lacking in flair. The women’s bookstore, Violette & Co., arranged for me…
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October 27th, 2006
I feel bad that I didn’t do more of an event this evening at Mots à la Bouche, the very lovely gay & lesbian bookstore in the Marais…I had some miscommunications, and thought that there wasn’t room to do my slide presentation. (Perhaps it wasn’t a miscommunication, but my situational A.D.D.)Anyhow, I felt bad that people were expecting more and I didn’t deliver. I’m really, really sorry. Come see me tomorrow between 3 and 5 at the Festival International du Film Lesbien & Feministe de Paris, and there will be more of a discussion. Plus I’ll draw pictures for you.
(to G&H, who commented on the last post: Sorry you didn’t find me after my signing tonight. I had dinner with some women I met at Mots à la Bouche. First they showed me the bar Le Troisieme Lieu–but we just walked in, looked around, and left. Then we ate at the Café Beaubourg.)
