Five Paris Pleasures

I was recently in Paris and had so many delicious, relaxing, and enjoyable experiences, I thought I’d share them with anyone who’s planning an upcoming trip. Here are 5 of my favorites (good additions to all of the suggestions we’ve compiled in our ParisSmarts game). 

A good laugh

 While normally I'm not a huge fan of the America's Funniest Home Videos, genre, this one is a pretty funny dog scene. 

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Is It Fair?

I was reading my beloved New Yorker this week and was struck by a one-page ad from the Champagne Region of France. In it they say "Masquerading as Champagne...might be legal, but it isn't fair. There are many fine sparkling wines, but only those originating in the chalky hills of Champagne, France can bear that region's name. A legal loophole allows some U.S. wines to masquerade as 'Champagne.'" Then they want you to demand accurate labeling.

Barking All the Way to the Bank

I don't want to speak ill of the dead, but it would have been nice had Leona Helmsey passed just a few months earlier - it would have been great fodder for a DogSmarts question. You gotta love the "Queen of Mean" - she causes juicy controversy all the way to the grave. Had she passed before we went to press, we would have had a question along the lines of:

 How much money did Leona Helmsey leave to her beloved dog?

A ... $1 million
B ... $6 million
C ... $12 million
D ... $36 million