Events & News
Thumbs Up For AAPA Happy Hour
Our second AAPA happy hour on February 6 was as big of a success as the first, with over 25 members gathering in the vaulted basement of the Cordonnerie, a bar in the 2nd. True, the space was…
New Year's Greetings from the AAPA
Paris, January 5, 2015.
As we head into what promises to be another exciting and active year at the AAPA, I wanted to communicate my hopes and tentative plans with you for the coming…
AAPA Member Marcia Lord Dies
Determined, intelligent, lively, curious, outspoken, kind and generous are only a few of the adjectives to describe AAPA member Marcia Lord who passed away October 22 at the…
D-Day Veteran Charles Hargrove Dies At 92
Charles Hargrove, a long-standing AAPA member who took part in the D-Day landings, died at his Paris home on Sept. 19 aged 92.
Charles was foreign correspondent for…
Expanding AAPA Revamps Its Management Team For 2014
In one of the 
most stimulating, constructive and convivial AGM evenings in years, AAPA members unanimously re-elected John Keating to a record third term as president, as well as a…
Sun Shines on the AAPA Summer Gala
After a cold, soaking spring, the sun finally came out just in time for the Anglo-American Press Association's annual gala on June 4. People called it the best day of the year (so far), and it certainly was a great evening for the AAPA.
A Critique of France's Elitist Culture
AAPA member Peter Gumbel's latest book France’s Got Talent is a stinging critique of the pervasive French culture of elitism, and its unfortunate consequences.
For the tiny number selected to…
Dryanskys Serve up a Gastronomic Feast
Long-time AAPA member Gerry Dryansky has won the American prize in the Gourmand World Cookbook competition for 2012, for “Best Culinary Travel Guide” with his latest oeuvre, "Coquilles, Calva and Crème: A Love…
New Year's Message from the President
Dear AAPA members,
A New Year is upon us and it looks set to be about as busy as the one we have just seen out. The French, European and international situations loom as being as news-generating and as…
An American In Paris Probes The French Psyche
AAPA member Harriet Welty Rochefort, author of "French Toast" and "French Fried", continues her probing into the French way of life with her third book on the subject: "Joie de Vivre: Secrets of Wining, Dining, and Romancing Like the French" (St. Martin's Press, Oct. 2012). Analyzing the various forms that French expressions of joie de vivre take, she comes up with a few theories of her own. For…