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Strauss: Bill Cosby's alma mater cuts ties with besieged entertainerValerie Strauss 4 hrs ago
The University of Massachusetts at Amherst, where Bill Cosby was awarded a doctorate more than 35 years ago, has asked him to resign as an honorary co-chair of the school's capital campaign. Cosby agreed to step down. The action comes after at least two other universities took action to sever ties with Cosby, who has been accused by numerous women of drugging and sexually assaulting them years ago. Berklee College of Music in Boston, where Cosby was awarded an honorary degree a decade ago, announced that it would no longer award a scholarship in Cosby's name, and High Point University in North Carolina has removed him from its national board of advisers, the Boston Globe reported. Cosby was awarded a Ph.D. in education in 1977 at the the University of Massachusetts at Amherst school after completing his thesis titled "An Integration of the Visual Media Via Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids (1972) into the Elementary School Curriculum as a Teaching Aid and Vehicle to Achieve Increased Learning." The awarding of the doctorate — through an unconventional program for successful professionals who could earn credit through work — became controversial after a former member of his doctoral thesis committee wrote that Cosby did little course work toward his doctorate and was awarded credit for doing things such as appearing on Sesame Street. The besieged Cosby had been serving as an honorary co-chair of the university's current $300 million fundraising campaign, but that relationship has now been severed. Ed Blaguszewski, executive director of news and media relations for the university, sent the following statement in an e-mail late Thursday: Read full article >>
Retailers adjust as lines between in-store and digital shopping blurSarah Halzack
The scenes at major retailers have become a Thanksgiving Day ritual: Long lines, packed parking lots and shopping carts filled to the brim with bargain TVs and gaming consoles. But while the clamor may look the same, retailers are facing a new reality this year as they kick off the holiday shopping season: The customers visiting their stores often started browsing long before they showed up, and for many, their actual purchase will happen long after. Read full article >>
Two former NFL players decribe prescription drug practicesSally Jenkins, Rick Maese
Former NFL linebacker Scott Fujita says he still has the pill bottle, nearly the size of a soda can. "It was the craziest big pill bottle you've ever seen," he says. It was given to him by an NFL team physician to treat a single knee injury, yet it contained, he estimates, somewhere between 125 and 150 pills of Percocet, the addictive oxycodone-based painkiller. On another NFL team Fujita played for, he says, an assistant trainer passed out narcotic painkillers in unlabeled small manila envelopes before games to whoever raised a hand. Read full article >>
Robinson: Dehumanizing FergusonEugene Robinson
The name Ferguson should become shorthand for dehumanization. No one should have been surprised that police officer Darren Wilson was not charged in the killing of 18-year-old Michael Brown. I've written before, and likely will have to write again, about the tragically low value our society places on the lives of young black men. Prosecuting Attorney Robert McCulloch led the grand jury in a manner that seemed designed to indict the unarmed Brown rather than the man who shot him dead. The outcome was not in suspense. Read full article >>
Editorial: Fairfax County police shot an unarmed man in his home and they won't say whyEditorial Board
WHEN WILL Fairfax County and federal authorities stop stonewalling in the 2013 death of John Geer, an unarmed man shot at point-blank range by police as he stood in the doorway of his home? How is it possible that 15 months after he was shot in the chest and left to bleed to death in his home , the authorities have neither disclosed the name of the county police officer who fired the deadly shot nor provided even the bare bones of an explanation for the shooting? Read full article >>
In Ferguson, residents find much for which to be grateful amid troubling timesDavid Montgomery, Wesley Lowery
FERGUSON, Mo. — It was the worst of Thanksgivings, yet it was the best of Thanksgivings, too. All around this partially roadblocked, burned, broken and now internationally symbolic suburb, residents were sifting through the sad and coming up with the good. Read full article >>
'90 Day Fiance': Wherever love travels, so does suspicionHank Stuever
It's hard when you fall in love with someone from another country, but it's even harder these days when you fall in love with a reality TV show. You'll hear no end of it from your friends and family, and, if you happen to be a television critic, your readers: "That show is just using you," they'll say. "Whatever that show is telling you isn't really the truth. They're just faking it." Read full article >>
U.S. seeks to build lean Iraqi force to fight the Islamic StateMissy Ryan, Erin Cunningham
After learning hard lessons rebuilding foreign militaries over the past dozen years, the U.S. military is shifting strategy against the Islamic State, choosing to train a smaller number of Iraqi soldiers rather than trying to stand up an entire army anew. Read full article >>
Eight months after Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine, a complicated transitionMichael Birnbaum
SIMFEROPOL, Crimea — Eight months into the Russian annexation of the Black Sea resort region of Crimea, traces of Ukraine's 60-year rule here are rapidly being wiped away. Now Ukrainians themselves worry that they are next. Read full article >>
Dulles International Airport struggles to find its footingLori Aratani
Blame Congress. Blame the airline industry. Blame sequestration. But Washington Dulles International Airport is in trouble. The most alarming evidence: Sometime next year, more passengers will travel through Reagan National than Dulles — an airport 14 times National's size. Read full article >>
Soccer great Pele 'fine' despite move to hospital's special care unit in BrazilCindy Boren
Pele, the 74-year-old Brazilian soccer legend, is in good condition after a Sao Paulo hospital's statement that he had been moved to a "special care" unit sparked concern in the country in which he is a national hero. Read full article >>
Suicide bomber targets British vehicle in AfghanistanSudarsan Raghavan, Mohammad Sharif
KABUL — A suicide bomber attacked a British Embassy vehicle in the eastern part of the Afghan capital Thursday morning, killing six, including a British citizen, and injuring more than 30, according to law enforcement officials. Read full article >>
Sierra Leone physician who treated doctor with Maryland ties is diagnosed with EbolaKevin Sieff
The doctor who treated Martin Salia, the Sierra Leonean physican who died of Ebola last week after being transported to Omaha, has contracted the disease himself. Komba Songu M'Briwa cared for Salia, his colleague and former professor, at Freetown's Hastings Ebola Treatment Center before Salia, whose family lives in New Carrollton, was transported to the United States. Read full article >>
Despite controversy, Pentagon chief Chuck Hagel calls the troops on ThanksgivingDan Lamothe
P.D. James, who brought a gritty realism to the British detective novel, dies at 94Steve Donoghue
Black Thursday brings out deal huntersSarah Halzack
Forget the Mayflower issues. Britain embraces Thanksgiving.Daniela Deane
LONDON — If you can't be at home this Thanksgiving Day, stuffing your face with turkey and then collapsing onto the sofa in front of football, the next best place to be in the world might be Britain. Kinda, sorta. Read full article >>
Washington Redskins bench Robert Griffin III, will start Colt McCoy at IndianapolisMike Jones
Washington Redskins Coach Jay Gruden has decided to bench quarterback Robert Griffin III and start Colt McCoy in Sunday's game at Indianapolis, a person with knowledge of the situation said. Gruden met Tuesday with the quarterbacks individually, and planned to inform the entire team of his decision at a meeting Wednesday morning. Read full article >>
In chairman fight, Jeff Sessions is battling his perception on immigration debatePaul Kane
Robert Griffin III in Washington: a meteoric rise, a precipitous fallDave Sheinin, Liz Clarke
Will: George F. Will: Thanks, or somethingGeorge F. Will
In heart of Europe, migrants offer a one-stop tour of worldwide miseryGriff Witte
CALAIS, France — Ibrahim's odyssey has taken him over the hot sands of the Sahara and across the vast Mediterranean in a death-defying, thousands-of-miles-long quest. Now the 21-year-old from the Sudanese region of Darfur is so close to his destination that he can see it shimmering on the horizon — his dream, his salvation, his England. Read full article >>
Plans for UCLA visit give rare glimpse into Hillary Clinton's paid speaking careerRosalind S. Helderman, Philip Rucker
When officials at the University of California at Los Angeles began negotiating a $300,000 speech appearance by Hillary Rodham Clinton, the school had one request: Could we get a reduced rate for public universities? Read full article >>
WHO report indicates Dec. 1 goals for Ebola treatment and safe burials may not be metJoel Achenbach
Despite some progress in the effort to halt the Ebola epidemic in West Africa, global health organizations have far to go to meet a self-imposed Dec. 1 deadline for isolating patients with the deadly disease and safely burying those who die of it, according to a World Health Organization report released Wednesday. Read full article >>
Editorial: Thankful for what mattersEditorial Board
THANKSGIVING IS a good time for putting things in perspective. Bill Mauldin did that in a wartime drawing from Europe 70 years ago that carried a message which still touches us. Mr. Mauldin was a soldier and combat cartoonist (recipient of the Purple Heart) serving with the 45th Infantry Division in its long, bloody progress through Italy. Along the way, he created the characters who were to personify the reality of the war for millions of Americans. They were Willie and Joe — two unshaven, disheveled, perpetually exhausted enlisted men, pushed to the brink by combat and by the suffering of soldiers and civilians, but determined to see the thing through and keep their sanity and humanity. Read full article >>
Video shows Cleveland officer shooting 12-year-old Tamir Rice within secondsElahe Izadi, Peter Holley
Darren Wilson's attorneys describe officer's life in hiding, laud his staunchnessChico Harlan
Near-collisions between drones, airliners surge, new FAA reports showCraig Whitlock
Weather Gang: Winter storm knocks East Coast with heavy rain, snow on the eve of ThanksgivingAngela Fritz
This storm is packing rain and heavy snow, though it will clear out of the Mid-Atlantic by Wednesday night.
Wonkblog: Democrats have a new internal battle: the middle class vs. the poorZachary A. Goldfarb
Two internal Democratic Party disputes this week are surfacing tensions over who the party should focus on: the poor or the middle class. On Tuesday, an emerging $450 billion tax deal on Capitol Hill hit a snag when liberal Democrats and the White House insisted it also include a permanent expansion of low-income tax credits that have been a quiet but critical feature of President Obama's anti-poverty policy since 2009. Before the uproar, Democrats appeared willing to accept the deal, which was to extend tax provisions benefiting industries large and small, in part because Republicans agreed to include a tax credit that makes it easier to pay for college. That is largely a middle-class policy. Read full article >>
Atlanta fire chief suspended after distributing his religious book to employeesAbby Ohlheiser
A half-million people sign up for insurance during HealthCare.gov's first weekAmy Goldstein
Unboxing magic: designer handbag purchases transformed into performance artRobin Givhan
Assessing Robert Griffin III's future and trade valueMark Maske
The instant reaction to quarterback Robert Griffin III being benched for the second time in two seasons by two different Washington Redskins coaches is that Griffin essentially is done in D.C., that his stunningly swift descent from rookie-year NFL star to third-season disappointment is complete, and now it's time to begin contemplating what the team can recoup during the upcoming offseason for a player it gave up so much to get. Read full article >>
Justice Ginsburg has cardiac stent implanted, expected to be in hospital 2 daysRobert Barnes
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was hospitalized Tuesday night and had a stent placed in her right coronary artery Wednesday morning, a Supreme Court spokeswoman said. Ginsburg, 81, the court's oldest justice, is expected to be released within 48 hours, according to spokeswoman Kathleen Arberg. Read full article >>
EPA to propose tougher rules on smog-causing ozone, setting up clash with GOPJoby Warrick
PostEverything: Want to empower your daughter? Skip the Elsa doll and buy her a Barbie.Maria Guido
Thanksgiving FAQs: What can I do with leftovers?Bonnie S. Benwick
Weather Gang: D.C. area forecast: Poorly timed storm dumps rain and snow on busy travel dayDan Stillman
Travel will be difficult today if you're traveling around D.C. or along the East Coast.
Hong Kong police clear pro-democracy demonstrators' protest siteKris Cheng Lok-chit, Simon Denyer, and Daniela Deane
HONG KONG — Police cleared demonstrators from one of Hong Kong's largest protest sites Wednesday and arrested two student leaders at the forefront of the pro-democracy movement that has gripped the Asian financial hub for two months. Read full article >>
Ferguson police officer won't be charged in fatal shootingChico Harlan, Wesley Lowery, Kimberly Kindy
FERGUSON, Mo. — A grand jury on Monday declined to indict police officer Darren Wilson in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager, resolving a secretive, months-long legal saga and reigniting powerful frustrations about America's policing of African Americans. Read full article >>
Redskins Blog: Robert Griffin III benched; Colt McCoy to start against ColtsMike Jones
Washington Redskins coach Jay Gruden has decided to bench quarterback Robert Griffin III, and will now turn to Colt McCoy as the Redskins prepare for Sunday's game at Indianapolis, a person with knowledge of the situation confirmed. Read full article >>
Missouri officials triple National Guard deployment as Ferguson assesses damageChico Harlan, David Montgomery, Kimberly Kindy
Weather Gang: Eve of a messy winter storm: Weather model live blogJason Samenow
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Food and Friends provides Thanksgiving meal for hundreds of chronically ill patientsSuzanne Kennedy
WASHINGTON (WJLA) – One local non-profit helped provide a Thanksgiving meal on Thursday for several thousand people in need. More than 700 volunteers and staff at Food and Friends prepared and organized a full meal for people like breast cancer patient Naomi Ryan. For 26 years, Food and Friends has brought a turkey dinner to the homes of patients with HIV/AIDS and other chronic illnesses. "People feel very vulnerable particularly at the holidays when they are sick, so the outreach from volunteers is important," said Food and Friends Executive Director Craig Shniderman. "The food is essential, but people are hungry for relationships as well." It is a massive undertaking to provide 3500 meals—or 9800 pounds of turkey, 1,000 pounds of potatoes and 780 pounds of green beans. Thursday marked breast cancer patient Naomi Ryan's second thanksgiving receiving a meal from food and friends. "I'm thankful for Food and Friends to be able to bring a Thanksgiving meal that really I don't think we could afford to get everything. It's just a blessing for my family and I," said Ryan.
Only on 7: Prince George's County teacher reunites with her Thanksgiving heroes who saved her lifeJoce Sterman
UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (WJLA) – Brittney Carlson has waited years to give thanks to man who saved her life three years on Thanksgiving. To Carlson, Andre Matlock is an angel on earth. "See I can run now, stand—all thanks to you," said Carlson to Matlock when the two were finally reunited. On a Thanksgiving morning three years ago along a stretch of Watkins Park Drive in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, Matlock helped save Carlson life after she was involved in a car accident. Her car had been hit and it was badly damaged— so was she. Broken bones all over her body left Carlson trapped in the car. "That's when I saw the flames under my car and I was like I gotta get out of here, but Irealized my leg wasn't working," said Carlson. But as her car burned, Matloc .and another man pulled Carlson to safety. "Everything happened so fast. It was just a reaction. I'd do it again for someone else," said Matlock. What Matlock did was save her life. And on Thursday, Carlson gave thanks to Matlock for his actions. – "When someone saves your life, saying thank you doesn't explain it. I can't explain the thanks i have for you in my heart," said Carlson. and with hearts full and wounds healed...this pair is meeting again. closure - a holiday gift....for both of them. "To see her, how she is today, that's another blessing," said Matlock.
Woodson prevails over Ballou in 2014 Turkey BowlSam Ford
WASHINGTON (WJLA) – This year's D.C. Turkey Bowl was anything but boring. It was a tight game between perennial champs Woodson Warriors and the Ballou Knights, but Woodson prevailed again, beating the Knights 16-12. For many, the Turkey Bowl is not just about the football. It's also about school spirit, family and seeing old friends again. "It's an annual reunion where a lot of the football players can talk about the play they made back in 2006," said one fan. This year's Turkey Bowl featured performance by Ballou's band With their win on Thursday, Woodson has now won about a third of all the Turkey Bowls.
Residents camp out, line up for Thanksgiving Day holiday dealsJeff Goldberg, Tom Roussey
FAIRFAX, Va. (WJLA) – It's the kind of camping trip where the sweetness comes not from smores, but from deals. From Best Buy to Target, hundreds of shoppers waited all day to guarantee a good price on anything from tech to toys. "I couldn't sleep. I had to get up," said Harris Cabrera. At the Kmart in Annandale, Virginia, shoppers only had to wait until 6 a.m. to get started. "There's such great deals. You gotta get it. You just gotta get it," said resident Sherry Robinson. At Walmart, it looked like any other day with many people still shopping for the big meal…like diedre rector of chantilly… "I just needed a quick stop, get my daughter something, a couple last minute things so i was happy they were open" The decision to spend Thankgiving Day in front of a closed store certainly isn't for everyone, but if you ask resident Mark Burroughs, there's no need to choose between eating and waiting. "All you're gonna do is sit around the house anyway you might as well sit around somewhere and be productive," said Burroughs.
D.C. restaurants offer alternative cooking methods for Thanksgiving dinnerBrad Bell
WASHINGTON (WJLA) – Not everyone did their own cooking on Thanksgiving Day. Some residents chose to go with an alternative method of cooking for their turkey feast. Employees at Medium Rare restaurant in D.C. spent most of Thanksgiving frying turkey after turkey for anyone who brought in a bird. "It's a mixing pot of everyone out in our restaurant today getting to know each other. It's a fun time," said Chef Mark Bucher. Bucher has founded three successful restaurants in the D.C. area. Bucher says he started modestly a few years back, then one Thanksgiving he got a thank you note "It was a homeless family who got lots of free turkeys but had nowhere to cook it," said Bucher. Some of the turkeys are from former D.C. Mayor Marion Barry's annual turkey giveaway while many others are just folks wanting to try something new. "I think this is awesome. A lot of people don't even know you can fry a turkey," said resident Tenise Edwards. Another alternative to avoid a long day of cooking at home came from a very surprising place: the café at the Museum of the American Indian. The café featured native fare, including foods the pilgrims ate such as various shellfish, pumpkin berries and wild elk.
Local gyms stay open on Thanksgiving, Black FridayDiane Cho
WASHINGTON (WJLA) – Not everyone was stand around waiting for a deal on Thanskgiving. Thanksgiving for many means packing on the pounds by feasting on turkey and plenty of sides, but some people chose to burn a few calories instead on Thanksgiving Day Some gyms in the D.C. area remained open on Thursday, allowing folks to pile into places like Soul Cycle Studio in northwest D.C. for spin class. Soul Cycle is open every day of the year regardless of whether it's a holiday. "I think most people want to stay healthy and it's fun," said resident Michelle Elks. Several classes at SolidCore's four locations were also busy on Thursday. "It's definitely busy. We had full classes all day," said SolidCore Coach Erica Elko."Everybody wants to get their sweat in." According to Gold's Gym, the average American will consume about 3,000 calories on Thanksgiving. It's why their opening up their doors tomorrow to help people burn off the extra weight. For many, it's all about feeling the burn and working your muscle fibers to failure. "I'm not really making a dent in the meal, but I feel better myself because I do it. It's better than nothing," said resident Meghan Ferguson.
3 men caught on camera robbing NW D.C. apartmentMike Conneen
WASHINGTON (WJLA) – Thousands of dollars worth of valuables were stolen from a D.C. apartment this week and it was all caught on video. The burglary happened around noon on Wednesday in the 1100 block of Euclid Ave. in northwest D.C. In a video released by the victim, Tommy Rossman, three men can be seen breaking into the apartment and searching for items. The suspects stole watches, laptops and other electronics, including the camera that recorded them breaking into the apartment. "So even though they took the camera with them, I still have the video in the cloud and I was able to give it to the police," said Rossman. Thanks to the clear and quality footage from the camera, D.C. police seemed confident that they would find the suspects. This was the second time Rossman's apartment was burglarized in the two years he's lived in the Euclid Street apartment building. Rossman said he installed reinforced locks on his door for extra security to avoid being robbed again and purchased a motion-detecting drop camera. "It's scary because it could happen to anybody," said Amari Yarbrough, one of Rossman's neighbors. Among the items stolen was an iPad that Rossman said had a tracking app. Police were able to find three locations the suspects visited after they left thanks to the app. Rossman said he was out running errands when the burglary happened and that may have saved his life. "So if I would have walked in that door, what would he have done with that?" Rossman said of a crowbar one of the suspects is seen holding in the video. "Overall, I'm definitely feeling thankful. I mean I'm here. Stuff is gone. It can be replaced. Safety is first and foremost," said Rossman.
D.C. Olympic bid touts 'unity' over dysfunctionThe Associated Press
Kmart, Macy's and more to open on Thanksgiving Day ahead of Black FridayThe Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP/WJLA) – To the delight of some and consternation of others, it's increasingly become commonplace to see stores open on Thanksgiving, as retailers try to entice shoppers inside and kick off the holiday shopping season a day earlier than the traditional Black Friday. Some of the stores open for at least part of the day on the holiday include Kmart, Target, Sears, Macy's and Wal-Mart. Other stores, like Neiman-Marcus, Nordstrom and Costco, are closed. Here's a look at some of the stores that are open in the D.C. metro area on Thanksgiving Day: • Kmart - 6 a.m. • Michaels - 4 p.m. • Old Navy - 4 p.m.- • Toys R Us - 4 p.m. • HHGregg - 4 p.m. • Best Buy - 5 p.m. • J C Penney 5 p.m. • Dick's Sporting Goods - 5 p.m. • Walmart - 6 p.m. • Kohls - 6 p.m. • Staples - 6 p.m. • Macy's - 6 p.m. • Sears - 6 p.m. • Target - 6 p.m. • Office Depot - 8 p.m. The following shopping centers will also open early on Thanksgiving: • Tysons Corner Center - midnight • Fashion Center at Pentagon City - 6 p.m. • Potomac Mills Mall - 6 p.m. • Leesburg Corner Premium Outlets - select stores will open at 6 p.m. All stores open at midnight. • Tanger Outlets at National Harbor - open 6 p.m.-midnight Thursday and 6 a.m. on Friday • Bowie Town Center - 6 p.m. • St. Charles Town Center - 6 p.m.
1 injured in Columbia, Md. shooting
Lost dog wanders to Prince George's County fire station; firefighters search for its ownerKevin Lewis
Knights of Columbus in Arlington to host Thanksgiving dinner for the needyBrianne Carter
ARLINGTON, Va. (WJLA) – More than 2,500 needy people and families will get a proper Thanksgiving dinner with all the fixings Thursday at one of the largest Thanksgiving celebrations in Northern Virginia. The Knights of Columbus in North Arlington will serve more than 2.8 tons of turkey, as well as side dishes, to homebound people and public safety workers who would normally be spending the holiday alone. This is the 30th year that the Edward Douglass White Council has hosted the dinner. "People thank us every year for doing this. To be honest that humbles us, it's second nature for us to care for our neighbors, to defend the dignity of life," said Grand Knight John M. White in a statement. "Our doors are open to all. We welcome on duty firefighters, police, EMTs and anyone else who wishes to share in fellowship on this great holiday." About 250 volunteer cooks, carvers, servers, and drivers and helpers will be on hand to help serve dinner from 2- p.m. Thursday.
Facebook post nets homeless man dinner with Va. family for ThanksgivingABC News
Va. considering cigarette licensing to combat illegal traffickingThe Associated Press
Darian Robinson arrested in Md. in connection with armed carjacking in Vienna
Annual Trot for Hunger 5K set for Thanksgiving in D.C.The Associated Press
Millions expected to shop on ThanksgivingThe Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) - Millions of Americans are expected to head to the stores for holiday gift shopping on Thanksgiving in what's quickly becoming a new holiday tradition. Just a few years ago when a few stores started opened late on the holiday, the move was met with resistance from workers and shoppers who believed the day should be sacred. Last year, more than dozen major retailers opened at some point on Thanksgiving evening. And this year, at least half of them - including Target, Macy's, Staples and J.C. Penney - are opening earlier in the evening on the holiday. The Thanksgiving openings are one way retailers are trying to compete for Americans' holiday dollars. Used to be that the day after Thanksgiving, known as Black Friday, was when they'd focus their sales promotions. But increasingly, they've been pushing those promotions earlier on Friday - and eventually into the holiday itself - to grab deal-hungry shoppers' attention. Bill Martin, co-founder of ShopperTrak, which tracks data at 70,000 stores globally, is expecting a sales increase of 3 percent to 5 percent to $2.57 billion to $2.62 billion on Thanksgiving. Last year's figure grew two-fold from the year before. The National Retail Federation expects 25.6 million shoppers to take advantage of the Thanksgiving openings, down slightly down from last year. Kathy Grannis, a spokeswoman at the retail trade group, said that earlier promotions in the month and shoppers' uncertainty about when they can get the best deals are factors that could lead to fewer shoppers coming out on the holiday. Nevertheless, Thanksgiving is starting to take a bite out of Black Friday business. Indeed, sales dropped 13.2 percent to $9.74 billion on Black Friday last year. Analysts said Thanksgiving sales were in part responsible for the decline. And Gerald Storch, who runs a retail consultancy called Storch Advisors, said stores that open on Thanksgiving get more of their share for the weekend than others who open on Friday. "That's why they keep doing it," he said. "You have to be first." Being first lures shoppers like Fred Peek of Atlanta. He plans to shop on Thanksgiving at Best Buy or Wal-Mart for a camera. Peek said that with more stores opening for a longer period of time on Thanksgiving, he believes shopping will be less hectic that last year. "It won't be such a rush trying to get to where I need to get to," he said. Not every store is opening on Thanksgiving, though. Some, including GameStop, Costco and Ikea, have said they won't open because they want their workers to enjoy the holiday with their families. "At GameStop, we often use the phrase 'protect the family' in reference to our business," the video game retailer said in a company statement. And not every shopper is happy about stores opening on the holiday. A number of petitions have been circulating on change.org targeting Wal-Mart, Target and other retailers for opening their stores on Thanksgiving, or starting their sales that day. Most of Wal-Mart's stores already open around the clock.
Pair of women sought in stabbing near Gallery Place Metro stationABC 7 News
WASHINGTON (WJLA) – Metropolitan Police are searching for two women in connection with a stabbing that occurred near a Northwest Metro station Wednesday evening. At about 7:45 p.m. a man was stabbed near the Gallery Place station. According to Metro Transit Police, the victim, whose injuries are non-life-threatening, sought help at the station. The stop's entrance at 7th and F streets was temporarily closed, but reopened less than an hour later. Police are searching for two women wearing dark clothing, one of whom has a light complexion and long dark hair.
Fairfax County Police?s Christmas Anti-Theft Team targets retail thievesRachel Schaerr
Tavares OT goal gives Isles 3-2 win over CapsThe Associated Press
Annual Safeway Feast of Sharing feeds needy families in D.C.Diane Cho
LeBron, Cavs wallop Wizards 113-87The Associated Press
Teacher?s aide, special needs student allegedly found naked together in carJoce Sterman
WASHINGTON (WJLA) – A D.C. teacher's aide was charged with sex abuse after she and one of her special needs students were both allegedly found naked in a car Tuesday night. Carla Norde, a 27-year-old special needs teacher's aide at Eastern Senior High School, appeared in D.C. Superior Court Wednesday and posted bond. Court records claim she was found in the car with a 16-year-old girl, whose family says is emotionally troubled and could easily be taken advantage of. "I'm just really disturbed, disgusted," said the victim's guardian, who asked not to be identified. "She's the type of person if you tell her that you love her, you can basically get her to do anything that you want." Police say Norde and the teen had been involved since September, and that their relationship had turned sexual. Court records show the two talked about it being illegal and keeping their relationship secret. "I'm hurt. I was sending my child to school for her to learn, stay out of harm's way, for her to be protected," said the victim's guardian. "Right now, I can't find no words to how I feel." Norde has been placed on administrative leave. She is not allowed to contact the victim, go into any schools, or teach or volunteer with minors. Eastern High's principal sent home a letter to parents Wednesday calling Norde's alleged conduct unacceptable and a violation of trust, adding that the school will take disciplinary action pending the results of the investigation. This marks the third sex scandal involving a D.C. Public Schools staffer in recent weeks.
Hopkins House provides elite preschool education for low-income familiesLeon Harris
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (WJLA) – A local nonprofit that started out as a small nursery school 75 years ago has grown into a nationally recognized early care and education center. Through its three preschool academies, Hopkins House now serves more than 400 children and their families in Northern Virginia. It's a typical day at McNeil Preschool Academy in Alexandria, where children are having fun playing outside. In the classroom, they're learning Spanish. McNeil is one of three early learning centers that make up Hopkins House. Spanish, music and computers are just some of the things that set the Hopkins House academies apart from other preschools. "We've got all those things that wealthy families can afford, but yet it's at a price that's affordable to the low-resource families," said Hopkins House President Glenn Hopkins. Hopkins, who is not related to the namesake schools, likes to call Hopkins House the "Harvard of preschools." "We want to set a standard," he said. "I believe every child should have only one option—that option should be quality." But Hopkins House isn't just educating children; parents play an active role and gain valuable skills by participating in the classroom. Teachers are challenged to grow and required to continue their learning. William Vanover, who co-teaches in the pre-kindergarten class, says it's rewarding to watch the children grow. "To know that I've had just a small part in the journey that they're going to continue on throughout the rest of their life, that's always been what it's been about for me," he said. "We want our kids here who graduate to do spectacular things in life, and those are the expectations we have," Hopkins said. Hopkins House hopes to serve as an example and inspire other early childhood learning centers to make an impact in their communities.
Let?s talk turkey: USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline answers your Thanksgiving cooking questionsKevin Lewis
WASHINGTON (WJLA) – The USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline fields 80,000 calls a year from citizens worried about the safety of their meat, poultry and eggs. Not surprisingly, November is the hotline's busiest month. ABC 7 News spoke with the information specialists who answer the calls. Many people run into problems, they say, when trying to find shortcuts to traditional cooking methods – trying to thaw the turkey too quickly or cook it too quickly. "They want to cook the turkey and then drive five hours and serve it there, hot, " says technical information specialist Marianne Gravely. "Or, they want to save time, so they want to cook it a little bit every day and then finish it off on Thanksgiving. Sometimes they take something easy and make it complicated." Tina Hanes, the team lead, described one woman who scrubbed her turkey clean, inside and out, with a scouring pad. She wondered if the turkey, with scouring pad wires still in it, was safe to eat. "I would say no," Hanes said. "We had to condemn that turkey." The job can be tough when talking to less fortunate callers, says technical information specialist Clara Yuvienco. "It's very difficult to have to tell them to throw the food way, when I know that they don't have enough resources to buy additional quantities of new food," she said. The staff says they recognize the importance of this holiday meal to many families. Says Gravely, "Maybe somebody else has been hosting this meal for years, and it's finally their turn." For those with last-minute problems, the hotline is open Thanksgiving Day, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. EST. Click here for a link to the USDA's Top Turkey resources.
ABC's Robin Roberts surprises Gaithersburg unsung hero for Thanksgiving specialABC News, Jummy Olabanji
Consumer Alert: Real estate investment scam unraveledAutria Godfrey
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Ferguson protesters storm St. Louis City HallThe Associated Press, ABC News
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) - Ferguson business owners and residents spent Wednesday boarding up windows and clearing debris after two nights of unrest over the grand jury decision in the Michael Brown case, even as protesters continued to hold scattered demonstrations in the area. Several protesters managed to rush into St. Louis City Hall screaming "Shame, shame," leading police to lock down the building and call in more than a hundred extra officers. Police arrested three people, including one on an assault charge. The demonstrators were among a group of about 200 that marched through downtown St. Louis and held a mock trial of Darren Wilson, the Ferguson police officer who shot and killed the unarmed Brown during an Aug. 9 struggle in that St. Louis suburb. In Ferguson, meanwhile, many residents eager to get back a sense of normalcy were hoping to replace the nighttime chaos and unrest since the Monday's announcement of the grand jury decision with the relative calm the city has enjoyed during daylight hours. About a dozen people were painting over boarded-up windows on businesses in the suburb's downtown on Wednesday, where National Guardsmen were stationed every few feet and some looked down from rooftops. "This is my Ferguson, you know?" said Kari Hobbs, 28, as she watched 17-year-old Molly Rogers paint "Love will Win" on a board that covered a smashed window at Cathy's Kitchen, a restaurant not far from the Ferguson Police Department. "The stuff that happens at night and the people ... are watching on the national news? That is such a small bit of what's happening here," Hobbs said. "There's so much donation and charity going on with the businesses that have been affected and the people that have been affected." There were no seats inside Cathy's Kitchen on Wednesday, and a line had formed at the back of the building. As a light snow fell, a diverse mix of residents, business people with the day off and journalists covering the protests enjoyed a pre-Thanksgiving lunch. Jerome Jenkins, who runs the restaurant with his wife, Cathy, said he never considered closing his doors. "It really wasn't about wondering if the building would get torched or not," Jenkins said. "Me and my wife, we expected it to get damaged ... we decided to go home, and we would live with whatever fate would give us." He said it was protesters who helped spare his business during Monday night's chaos, when a dozen commercial buildings were burned to the ground. "The criminals, the looters, whatever you want to call them: They're not protesters, they wanted to vandalize the place," Jenkins said. "And the protesters locked arms together and they surrounded our place and ... told them 'No, you're not going to touch this place.'" An influx of guardsmen helped make Tuesday night much calmer, although there were still 58 arrests at area protests and demonstrators in Ferguson set fire to a squad car and broke windows at City Hall. There have been demonstrations in cities throughout the U.S. since the grand jury's decision was announced. Most have been peaceful, with protesters rallying behind the refrain "hands up, don't shoot." But others haven't been calm, including a demonstration in Oakland, California, in which protesters vandalized several businesses, one in Minneapolis in which a car struck a protester and drove into others. And in Portland, Oregon, police used pepper spray and made arrests after about 300 people disrupted bus and light rail traffic. Wilson, 28, broke his long public silence on Tuesday, saying during an interview with ABC News that he has a clean conscience because "I know I did my job right." Wilson, who had been on the Ferguson police force for less than three years before the shooting, said Brown's shooting was the first time he had fired his gun on the job. Asked whether the encounter would have unfolded the same way if Brown had been white, Wilson said yes. Attorneys for the Brown family vowed to push for federal charges against Wilson - there is an ongoing civil rights investigation - and said they think the grand jury process was rigged from the start to clear Wilson. One of them, Anthony Gray, suggested that the office of the county's top prosecutor, Bob McCulloch, presented certain testimony to discredit the process, including from witnesses who did not see the shooting. But federal investigations of police misconduct face a steep legal standard, requiring proof that an officer willfully violated a victim's civil rights. Testimony from Wilson that he felt threatened, and physical evidence almost certainly complicates any efforts to seek federal charges. The Justice Department has also launched a broad probe into the Ferguson Police Department, looking for patterns of discrimination. Attorney General Eric Holder said the department aims to complete those investigations as quickly as possible "to restore trust, to rebuild understanding and to foster cooperation between law enforcement and community members." Regardless of the outcome of the federal investigations, Brown's family also could file a wrongful-death lawsuit against Wilson.
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MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) - One of the busiest, most stressful travel days of the year posed special challenges in the crowded Washington-to-Boston corridor as travelers on their way to Thanksgiving celebrations contended with a nor'easter packing rain and snow. Major Northeast cities were likely to see moderate to heavy rain most of the day on Wednesday, though New York and other places also were gearing up for several inches of snow, National Weather Service meteorologist Bruce Sullivan said. Higher elevation areas west of the Interstate 95 corridor could see as much as 6 to 12 inches before the nor'easter exits Wednesday night. "Right now we don't see snow as a big issue in most of the major cities like Washington, Philadelphia and New York," Sullivan said. "The snow is really going to have to come down to get any type of accumulation." Some travelers did not wait for the precipitation to start before heading for their holiday dinner tables. "I don't want to risk it," said Jenna Bouffard, a New York City public relations executive who headed for her family home in Uxbridge, Massachusetts, a day earlier than she had planned. "I'd rather be safe than sorry, and if it doesn't snow, then I just have an extra day at home with my family." NJ Transit executive director Veronique Haim said Wednesday is the commuter mass transit agency's busiest travel day of the year. In addition to operating on a weekday schedule, NJ Transit said additional "early getaway" service will be available from New York, Newark and Hoboken Terminal starting Wednesday afternoon. Major airlines dropped their ticket-change fees for people flying in and out of the Northeast, allowing passengers to try to sneak on an earlier flight, though that appeared to be a challenging proposition since most planes were filled. United said it was planning to cancel 100 flights Wednesday in and out of Newark Liberty Airport in New Jersey - a small fraction of the traffic there. Delta planned to cancel 57 flights. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which operates the Kennedy, LaGuardia and Newark Liberty airports, said it was lining up extra staff and snow removal equipment in the event of a heavy snowfall. Crews were prepared to work in 12-hour shifts if necessary, officials said.
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Otter Creek House Rental Photos and Description
6-bed, 2-bath, sleeps 11 (no sofabeds or futons)
Embrace nature in a home with large windows and sun room overlooking very private treed lot. Conveniently located on Otter Creek Drive (Route 3), the house is only five miles to downtown Bar Harbor for dining, shopping, catching a whale watch or nature cruise, or cooling off with some blueberry ice cream. Within the park, serene Otter Cove or 110-foot high Otter Cliff are minutes away. Access the scenic Park Loop Road at the Sieur de Monts Spring, just two miles away. Other island activities are easily accessed via Rt. 3.
Within Acadia NP, you can watch the tide at Thunder Hole, snack on popovers at Jordan Pond Tea House, or go horseback riding. Explore the park's 45-mile carriage road system on bike or horse-drawn carriage. Hike through forests and up mountains on 125 miles of trails. Kayak at Jordan Pond and Eagle Lake. Take a dip at Echo Lake or Sand Beach to refresh. Whatever you do, you'll have stunning views of the mountains of Mount Desert Island and Frenchman Bay.
Amenities: The house is fully equipped for your large traveling party, with flexible arrangements which sleep up to 11 people on three levels. The large living and dining area offers full view of the outdoors with large windows. Lower level sun room offers additional living space for games, puzzles, reading, etc. The open kitchen is fully stocked, from crock pot to lobster pot. The large deck is just off the kitchen, complete with outdoor seating and propane grill. Pack light by making use of washer, dryer and detergent. Keep your bikes or other gear dry in the attached garage. The house has a large lawn, but is surrounded by trees for privacy. Feel free to use the puzzles, games, books, DVD player, cable TV, and WI-FI Internet after a full day enjoying the island and the park. For families with small children, we have a pack and play and high-chair available. There is plenty of parking on the long driveway.
Activities: We hope you enjoy Acadia National Park and Mount Desert Island as much as we do. We've been coming here since 2005 and still find new trails to hike, roads to bike, spots to nature-watch. We've rarely done anything twice, other than dine at our favorite Bar Harbor restaurants. Visitors are truly spoiled for choice when it comes to family friendly activities, and we hope that you find it as inspiring, relaxing, and refreshing as we do.
If this is your first visit to Acadia National Park, we'd be happy to fill you in on more specific attractions for your traveling party.
More photos & website: To learn more about the property and see additional photos, please visit our website at www.ottercreekacadia.com.
- Suitability:
- Long-term Renters Welcome
- children welcome
- non smoking only
- pets not allowed
- wheelchair inaccessible
About Wendy Sabin
We've been traveling to Acadia together since 2005, the year we met.
Wendy Sabin purchased this house in 2010
Why Wendy Sabin chose Otter Creek
We bought the house in 2010 after falling in love with the home's location, yard, and windows.
What makes this house unique
The location for this home is ideal - close to the park entrance, close to Bar Harbor. The lot has a large yard with lots of trees, so you feel like you're staying right in the park. The seclusion and convenience are our favorite parts of the house.
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- foodiemermaid Aug 4, 2013 11:35 AM
My husband and I are going on a second honeymoon to Paris in October and while we are big-time foodies, we would love some recommendations for serious gastronome in other kinds of cuisines besides French, particularly Asian.
We're from Toronto so we can get excellent authentic Chinese. We're looking for more of a "dining" experience, not the "hole-in-the-wall" kind of places we go to here at home. Are there any nice Vietnamese or Cambodian places we should look at in addition to Chinese?
Thanks for your help!
Just behind Palais Concorde is Rue Saint-Anne with many Japanese restaurants with okonomiyaki, ramen, udon noodles, etc. There mostly small, quite authentic and very inexpensive.
Kunitoraya is an udon noodle place that is always packed just like the ones in Japan. Gracious dining no, but spot on noodles. There is also Kunitoraya II, much more gracious dining with larger menu and also great noodles.
Compared to Vietnam, l have found the places not close to the original and all the phos and bahn mi's to miss, sorry Parigi.
re: Delucacheesemonger
I think you mean Palais Royale. I also think the Kunitoraya on rue St Anne has closed. There was a new name on the place in April.
re: Delucacheesemonger
"Compared to Vietnam, l have found the places not close to the original and all the phos and bahn mi's to miss,"
Agreed, at least compared to Viet Nam circa 1967-8 and even Paris Viet Namese food in the 1950's.
As I said in a prior post, there have been a host of threads on non-French cuisine in Paris; just recently ones on sub-Saharan food, Japanese places that are not hole-in-the-wall but great (Abri, Sola, Concert de Cuisine, Passage 53, etc) and many Chinese, Thai, Lao & Cambodian as well as Korean ones (largely in the 13th Chinatown). I'd start by putting Vietnamese, Cambodian & Chinese in the search box and pay attention especially to the comments by Parigi and Ptipois who know these places/cuisines best.
Also since many of us have fled Paris for August you may get fewer responses than usual until the rentree.
A few non-French, worthy, dining experiences I heartily recommend:
- Lac Hong, Vietnames on rue Lauriston
- Pasta e Basta, Enoteca in the middle of Chinatown (don't miss their tasting menus and exceptional wines)
- Chen Soleil d'Est is a wonderful, expensive restaurant in a Blade-Runner like, yet very bourgeois, location. Don't miss their Turbot with the fried bones on the side
- There is (Parisian?) tradition of high end Chinese or Vietnamese with exceptional wine lists: Tang, rue de la Tour and Tanh Dinh, rue de Verneuil among them
- Vong, rue de la Grande Truanderie, for their Pecking Duck -- or Poularde on order, also for an unexpected setting (70s setup inside a historical building)
- Sormani, rue du Général Lanrezac is a high end Italian restaurant that is run by a French chef and feels like a high end bordello -- it's awesome, lots of wonderful pasta, lots of truffle in season, wonderfully generous
- Awesome "Champs Elysées/Cotton Club" experience at Tse Yang, on rue Pierre 1er de Serbie (they also have a place in Midtown NYC)
- Wally le Saharien is still one of my favourite restaurants in town the dry couscous, the méchoui, etc;
- Aida (Japanese) on rue Pierre Leroux is one of handful of recommendable Japanese restaurants (160€ Omakase, though), along with Isami and Benkay
- Passy Mandarins (one on rue Bois le Vent and one on rue d'Antin) does very fine Chinese, Parisian style (superb fried dim sums)
- Tong Yen, rue Jean Mermoz, is a see and be seen, 70s high end Chinese
I know some will turn their nose up at all or most of those. I'll just say: they're very good, they have many sophisticated regulars, they're consistent. And maybe, I'll make fun of those who consider that Toronto (or SF, or Vancouver, or NYC...) Chinese cuisine is somehow more authentic than the one in Paris.
re: souphie
From my experience to put Paris and Vancouver on the same Chinese grid is very pushing the issue.
re: Delucacheesemonger
From my experience, the superiority of Chinese or Vietnamese restaurants on the American continent is largely an urban legend.
re: Delucacheesemonger
Have to agree with Pti here. Sorry.
re: souphie
"I'll just say: they're very good, they have many sophisticated regulars, they're consistent. And maybe, I'll make fun of those who consider that Toronto (or SF, or Vancouver, or NYC...) Chinese cuisine is somehow more authentic than the one in Paris."
I'll join the fun if you allow me. I think you're absolutely right on these points.
I am not such a fan of the big bourgeois-chinois places you're mentioning, but I do agree that they are sound and high-quality. They certainly have updated their fare since the 1980s. There are now many affluent Chinese visitors and even residents in Paris and they now cater to them too. So you may have perfectly good whole steamed turbot and seaweed-seafood soup.
Besides, these chinois-bourgeois restaurants (a little-known fact) have played their part in the evolution of Chinese cuisine during the 80s and 90s: some dishes that were developed there later inspired new creations on an international level. For instance foie gras cooked with Sichuan pepper was invented at one of these places; I think it was at Diep, rue Pierre-Charron.
For the same reasons, during the last ten years, some more modest but excellent Chinese restaurants have been opened by natives of Shandong, Zhejiang, Yunnan, Hubei, etc., — offering more northernly and easterly fare than the usual Cantonese (which was hitherto offered through the medium of Cambodian-Chinese or Vietnamese-Chinese families, which is not to say that their food was not perfectly good and authentic, far from it. But it was only Cantonese).
re: Ray2
It is indeed to die for, though it used to be better than it is now (older generations who started the Vietnamese restaurants back in the 80s have now retired and their children do not always choose to take over). Now there is more Cambodian and Laotian presence, which is also to be praised.
Great addresses have disappeared in the last few years, but you still have a few good ones that you'll locate in the various threads on this board.
re: Ptipois
Recently I have become particularly fond of Cambodian. Any specific recommendations?
re: jock
Yes. Tricotin (the big glass case in the lower part of avenue de Choisy) is run by a Cambodian family and they do have excellent Cambodian "dry soups" (ask for the "soupe de nouilles maison"). Best dim sum in Paris too.
Right next door to it, Hao Hao is smaller but same origins. Walk past Tricotin into the small square mall, all the restaurants are Cambodian there.
Basically most restaurants in that lower-Choisy area are run by Chinese-Cambodians.
A friend of mine (ex-chef at Le Pré Verre) recommends Melinda, same avenue, as you walk closer to the Périphérique.
If you mean trad French cuisine, I get tired of it too. But modern French cooking rarely bores me enough to inspire a side-step into non-French cuisine. I do like ethnic cuisine for the variety and cultural adventure (and value!) but it's hardly a necessity.
Toronto has a fab variety of ethnic eateries but not an abundance of modern French restaurants. It would be somewhat of a wasted opportunity to follow the Asian trail if you are only in Paris for a week.
Fine dining Asian is pretty rare in Paris. I can only think of Shang Palace in the Shangri-La Hotel on the avenue d'Iéna/ 16th. There's also the used-to-be fab but now pretty disappointing and over-priced Vietnamese fancy-pants resto Tan Dinh on the rue Verneuil in the 7th.
Le Cambodge on the avenue Richerand in the Canal Saint-Martin quartier is good (not a wow ) but the setting and cadre are lovely.
re: Parnassien
"Fine dining Asian is pretty rare in Paris." Dude, I just listed ten, and I'm sure there's more. No one ever goes to Chen and then they say there's no interesting Chinese in Paris...
re: souphie
Ten out of 8,000 restos= pretty rare, mon pote. I was just adding to yours... and expressing my negative opinion on your included Tan Dinh.
re: souphie
Especially when Shang Palace (good with many serious flaws) and Le Cambodge (hectic, overhyped and not as good as it used to be) are given as examples.
Ten decent bourgeois-chinois (at least) out of 8,000 is not such a bad deal unless the other 8,000 are all Chinese.
('Fine dining' is not really a concept that would apply to Chinese restaurants.)
re: Ptipois
" 'Fine dining' is not really a concept that would apply to Chinese restaurants."
And another upmarket Asian that hasn't been mentioned: that expensive "coloniale" Indochinois place near Opéra (haven't been in years and can't remember name.) Any good these days?
As a non-purist, I quite like Le Cambodge... and still a very pleasant dining experience mid-week.
re: Parnassien
Yes, mid-week is OK, and I suppose August would be less crowded. But I think the quality of the food has sunk in recent years.
Colonial indochinois near the Opéra? Can't see that clearly. Are you referring to Le Santal? I have never been there, having never met or found anything that could inspire me to. The few reviews I've read weren't enthusiastic.
Also near the Opéra, another hidden restaurant, Cantonese this one: Mandarin Opéra, which used to have very good dim sum. I went there again a few months ago and the dim sum were just meh.
I tend to relinquish these old 'colonial' places fallen into a state of decline since there is so much better food now in the 13e or between Saint-Lazare and the Canal. Pity, in a way, since there is something to be said for 'postcolonial' Asian cooking. After all pho, banh mi, stuffed crabs and nem chua are products of that culture.
re: Ptipois
"Le Cambodge (hectic, overhyped and not as good as it used to be)"
Yes I have to agree... not only that, but it used to be really cheap. You would get a huge bowl of Bobun for 6.50€ I think at the time. It slowly raised its price, and was around 11€ last time I went...
Their "Natin" was pretty good too.
The only reason to still visit is the nostalgia of hearing that high-pitched waiter taking your order...
re: Parnassien
"Fine dining Asian is pretty rare in Paris. I can only think of Shang Palace in the Shangri-La Hotel on the avenue d'Iéna/ 16th. There's also the used-to-be fab but now pretty disappointing and over-priced Vietnamese fancy-pants resto Tan Dinh on the rue Verneuil in the 7th. "
I dunno, granted I've only eaten at the Shang once and Tan Dinh twice and only been stationed in Viet Nam 365 days but if forced to set the helicopter down, I'd rather it be in Vancouver or Toronto than Paris.
Tired of "trad French cuisine"?, not yet.
re: John Talbott
Vietnamese restaurants in Paris, in the late 80s and 90s, served outstanding food. Before that, the 'quartier vietnamien' around Maubert had many gems. There are only a few remains of that left since more recent waves of immigration from other Asian countries have replaced most of the Vietnamese offering. But you can still go to Pho 67 near Notre-Dame to have a slight idea of what it used to be like.
The thing about Vietnamese food in France is that it was never toned down, or the portion size modified for North American standards, or based on inferior ingredients. The emphasis was always on the delicacy of tastes and subtlety of aromas, as Vietnamese cooks were accustomed to do for the French of the colonial era. Serving raw beef in pho is quite unique in Asia; it was originally required by French diners. Some would order it served in the broth, some would order it on the side and dip it in the broth as they ate. As I've heard, even Vietnamese food in Vietnam is no longer what it was thirty years ago.
re: Parnassien
I guess I should provide more details - my husband doesn't eat fish at all and I am lactose intolerant, issues that make it difficult to walk into any restaurant and just have the daily carte. We can really only go to places that offer multiple choices for each course, eliminating what sounds like many of the best new restaurants with the most exciting chefs in Paris. Very frustrating.
But we ARE foodies - my husband works in a lovely high end restaurant as a waiter here in Toronto and has been a server for almost 30 years. I am a fairly accomplished home cook. It's just the thought of having to dodge fish and dairy for 3 meals a day is exhausting, no matter how delicious, which is what brought me to request help seeking out great food that's not necessarily French. We would love to experience the service and quality of food that Paris is famous for and some of these Chinese and Vietnamese suggestions sound perfect.
If anyone has recommendations for trad French or modern French that have larger menus, that would be hugely appreciated as well. I've been through many past threads and lots of the ones focusing on ethnic foods are quite old, and many of the ones suggesting places to tourists don't discuss the number of items on the menu. I agree with Parnassien - Toronto doesn't have many modern French restaurants and we would love to find some on our trip that could accommodate our (admittedly) self-imposed restrictions.
Any ideas? Or should I start a new thread?
re: foodiemermaid
"Any ideas? Or should I start a new thread?"
Yes to both, otherwise people will focus on the non-French emphasis and miss your new query. There are lots of exciting places with many items on the cartes.
re: John Talbott
Thanks, I will do that.


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