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Article: Anthology's writers (mostly) love Paris
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
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- August 24, 2003
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Anthology's writers (mostly) love Paris
By BY FRANK J. PRIAL New York Times News Service
Sunday, August 24, 2003
Looking for an apartment in Paris 20 years ago, I trudged through
the Marais and the Latin Quarter with a real estate agent who
insisted she would find the place for me. She didn't -- everything
was wildly expensive and pitifully small -- until it dawned on me:
she thought this was where Americans wanted to be.
"I don't have to live near Americans," I said. She looked
skeptical but, next morning, she showed me three delightful places in
less trendy neighborhoods. By aperitif time we'd settled on one. I'm
still there.
Parisians have a certain idea about Americans. It's not hard to ...