bastille day

Celebrate Bastille Day

Richard McCarthy — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 13:00:00 +0000

Today is Bastille Day. In celebration, head over to the West Bank. You can drive on an avenue named for a French head of State, Charles De Gaulle. He actually visited New Orleans in 1960. And while you are there, why not pop over to the Gretna Farmers Market to purchase a bottle of Henry Amato’s orange wine. With it, you can prepare a refreshing French cocktail in honor of the occasion.

Power To The Pedal: Sky Stands Out In Tour De France

Scott Simon — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 11:54:00 +0000

Saturday is Bastille Day, and the Tour de France is underway. Nearly 200 cyclists have just finished a grueling three-day stretch in the mountains and are headed down to the southern coast. Host Scott Simon talks about the race and its so-called doping era with reporter Joe Lindsey of Bicycling Magazine.

Vive La France ... And Its High Taxes On The Wealthy

Eleanor Beardsley — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 09:49:00 +0000

As the French people celebrate their revolution on Saturday, Bastille Day, the founding principles — liberte, egalite and fraternite — seem to be alive and well.

New President Francois Hollande embraced equality on the campaign trail this spring. To reduce the French deficit, he proposed raising taxes on large corporations and the super-rich. The move helped his campaign take off, says Gerald Andrieu, a political journalist with Marianne magazine.

"It was a very popular idea, because the concept of equality is really at the heart of our republic.

New Orleans Celebrates Its French Heritage

Sharon Litwin — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 10:00:00 +0000

The French community in New Orleans has worked with several Francophile and francophone organizations to prepare the city's first-ever "Bastille Day Fete." On this week's Notes from New Orleans, Sharon Litwin speaks with a member of the local French Consulate to hear how the weekend long celebration will spread joie de vivre.