Tag Archives: Ernest Hemingway

American clubs and Canadian fists

Posted on May 31, 2015 by Parisian Fields

“We went to the American Club.” The words sound simple enough. But if you want to identify the address in question, complications arise. It depends on who is talking and when. Paris is positively littered with sites that are or … Continue reading →

Posted in Paris history, Paris quartiers, Paris streets | Tagged American Cathedral in Paris, American Center, American Club, American Girls’ Club, American University Women’s Club, Avant garde art, Boulevard Raspail, Charles Lindbergh, Chateaubriand, Columbia University, David Mason, Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Falstaff Bar, Frank Gehry, John Leland, Le Sélect, Montparnasse, Morley Callaghan, Pauline Hemingway, Reid Hall, Sarah Mayfield, United States Artists’ and Students’ Club | 9 Comments

A lost member of the not-so-lost generation

Posted on October 12, 2014 by Parisian Fields

The hero in Woody Allen’s film, Midnight in Paris, is thrilled to go back in time to the 1920s, where he meets his literary idols Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald, and members of their circle. Today, many visitors to … Continue reading →

Posted in Paris history | Tagged Brett Ashley, Dingo Bar, Donald Ogden Stewart, Duff Twysden, Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Gertrude Stein, Hadley Hemingway, Harold Loeb, Lorna Lindsley, Midnight in Paris, Mike Campbell, Pamplona, Pat Guthrie, Patrick Stirling Guthrie, rue Delambre, The Sun Also Rises, Woody Allen | 24 Comments

What a croque

Posted on December 9, 2012 by Parisian Fields

It all started so innocently. I was going to write a blog about a simple and unremarkable café meal, the sort of thing that warms one up on a cold December day with a glass of vin chaud, and before … Continue reading →