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French Reading List

Map of a couple stores (maybe link with other excursions)


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Top five used books to buy overseas:

1. Tropic of Cancer - Henry Miller
2. Lolita - Vlaadimir Nabokov
3. On the Road - Jack Karuac 
4. Ulysses - James Joyce
5. Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenience
- Robert Peirsig


Aldous Huxley - Brave New World;  Passage to India - E.M. Foster; The Stranger - Albert Camus,  Raph Watler Emerson - Invisible man;  Atlas Shrugged- Ayn Rand;  To Kill a Mocking Bird - Harper Lee;  The Divine Comedy Inferno - Dante; The count of Monte Cristo - Alexander Dumas

Vonnegut, Hemmingway -old man sea, Bradbury, Dickens; Homer;Orwel

Amsterdam

I was thinking of planning Amsterdam like being a director on a movie.  You plan out as much  as you can before you start.  Then once you begin instinct takes over and you do what the situation calls for.

So here are some possible things I have come across:

"Rent A Bicycle - . Routes vary according to length and neighborhood.  Amsterdam is set up for cycling. MacBike rents out high-tech, brightly colored bicycles, Frederic rents plain, simple black ones. Prices start at €10 a day (about $12). When you rent your bike, also rent a couple of good locks---bicycle theft is a constant problem."

Amsterdam: The Red Light Tour
"This audio tour look particulary colorful and informative about the red light district.  It's just $9 and I could give you a copy as well.  We could walk through the Red Light District during the day taking the audio tour.  Then at night make a second journey through there.   
This is where the ladies of the evening conduct their business. At night, the district is packed with tourists---and those who prey on them---but it's relatively safe as long as you mind your wallet and stick to busy, well-lighted main streets. once the site of 16 different convents and monasteries and now filled with brothels, novelty shops and theaters. Don't take any pictures of the ladies or your camera will likely be promptly tossed into a canal by a very large man."
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Vondelpark - Another great place to relax and do some people watching is Vondelpark, Amsterdam’s largest and most famous park. A hippie meeting place in the 60’s and 70’s, it is now frequented by people of all sorts. Street performers, tourists, soccer players, couples and teenagers all gather here on nice days. In-line skates are available for rental at the top end of the park. This is a great way to see the entire park and get some exercise at the same time.

-Dance at the Melkweg

-Amsterdam smoke

"Stroll beside the canals of the Jordaan. Once home base for Rembrandt, this lively neighborhood is now the place to find many of Amsterdam's most interesting shops and galleries. This is also where you'll find Amsterdam's best "brown cafés,"

Check out the art scene. Spui (pronounced "spow") Square has a book market on Fridays and an art market on Sundays where local artists show their work, much of it affordably priced. It's a pretty, peaceful place to relax and browse.  Number 34, the oldest house in Amsterdam and one of only two remaining wooden houses in the city (after a series of devastating fires, laws were passed in 1521 outlawing structures made entirely of timber).

Ride the Culture Cruise: The €15 all-day tickets for the Museumboot (Museumboat), which sails to the top tourist spots---the Rijksmuseum, the Anne Frank House, the Maritime Museum, and the Central Station---includes a 50% discount on many museum entrance fees, so Museumboot is a good deal if you've decided not to purchase the I AMsterdam card."

Museum of the Moving Image

Variety New York Screening Series

September 15-December 31, 2009 at Museum of the Moving Image , New York

Museum of the Moving Image offers exclusive access to New York City's most high-profile award-season screening series, featuring the year's top movies and personal appearances by directors, actors, and producers. The series-presented by Variety in partnership with the Museum-includes twenty screenings from September 15 through mid-December. Each screening will be accompanied by a discussion with the key creative talent behind the film.

Featured Works:

Films already confirmed (with dates and talent to be announced) include: Amelia, Broken Embraces, Coraline, 500 Days of Summer, Goodbye Solo, Inglourious Basterds, The Lovely Bones, Nine, The Road, and Up in the Air (pictured).

Program information:

Variety New York Screening Series

Looking for a schedule for the screening series. would really like to see a well known director or actor. 

Spike Jonze: The First 80 Years
September 15-December 31, 2009 at Museum of the Moving Image , New York

Museum of the Moving Image offers exclusive access to New York City's most high-profile award-season screening series, featuring the year's top movies and personal appearances by directors, actors, and producers. The series-presented by Variety in partnership with the Museum-includes twenty screenings from September 15 through mid-December. Each screening will be accompanied by a discussion with the key creative talent behind the film.

Featured Works:

Films already confirmed (with dates and talent to be announced) include: Amelia, Broken Embraces, Coraline, 500 Days of Summer, Goodbye Solo, Inglourious Basterds, The Lovely Bones, Nine, The Road, and Up in the Air (pictured).

Program information:

Variety New York Screening Series

Churches

Look for 1-2 for New York
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Notre Dame



http://travel.nytimes.com/travel/guides/europe/france/paris/25305/st-etienne-du-mont/attraction-detail.html

St-Etienne-du-Mont

Address1 place Ste-Geneviève, 5e, ParisPhone01-43-54-11-79PriceFree admission

Albums in New York

Looking for 5 record shops in NY city:

Record stores near Mikes:

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Todds
"Don't forget to talk to Todd about his favorite record store by where he lives"

10 albums that sound good in record form (no order):

1. Miles Davis - Sketches of Spain, Kind of Blue
2. Charlie Haden - Night and the City, Now is the Hour
3. Astor Piazzola - "Tengo Album"
4. Led Zepplin - 3
5. Rolling Stones - Let it Bleed
6. Santana - Abraxis
7. James Taylor - Greatest Hits
8. Sting - GH ... All this time
9. Charlie Brown Christmas Album

Claude Debussy - Claire de Lune; Beethoven 9th Symphony; Mozarts Requim; Ave Maria- Beethoven/others; Velvet Underground- White Light/ White Heat;  The Allman Brothers Band- At Filmores East;  Billy Joel - Greatest Hits;  Van Morrison - Greatest Hits;  Al Green - Greatest Hits; U2 - The Joshua Tree

French Food

Croque madame

Grilled cheese, ham egg on top.