AT Frenchies present
A Paris
Affair.
France America
Creators. Founders. Media. Business.
One private gathering in Paris.
Our book ‘Pardon Our French’ begins with a simple question: what can France and America learn from each other? On September 28, that conversation leaves the page and comes to life. Creators, founders, media, diplomats and publishers, together at the Hôtel de Talleyrand. We are Alex and Tom. We will be your hosts.
Hôtel de Talleyrand · U.S. Embassy in Paris
September 28 · Invitation only.
Hosted by: Alex Durand · Tom Carles
The address
A historic house for a new kind of conversation.
Talleyrand hosted Europe’s leaders at this table, with Antonin Carême, the world’s first celebrity chef, in the kitchen. The Marshall Plan was run from these offices. The United States bought the building in 1950; today it is part of the U.S. Embassy in Paris. On September 28, the house fills again.
Hosted with the support of the U.S. Embassy in Paris
Two countries that love to tease each other, and cannot stop loving each other. One night for everything they share.
Your hosts
We are Alex and Tom. Two Parisians who moved to America and…
Six million followers. Billions of views. A Penguin book. Along the way: Macron, Trudeau, David Guetta, the Olympics, the World Cup, the White House Correspondents Dinner. America changed our lives. For years our work has lived in the space between France and America, the funny parts and the deep ones. The book is the next chapter. A Paris Affair brings it home.
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Le programme
Five moments. Several palatial rooms.
01 · The arrival
La rencontre
You arrive at a house that has been receiving remarkable guests since before America had a constitution.
02 · The book, live
La conversation
Alex and Tom open the question at the heart of their book: what do France and America keep teaching each other?
03 · The voices
Les voix
Voices from culture, media and business on how ideas cross the Atlantic today.
04 · Vive l’amitié
Le toast
To America’s oldest friendship, and to everyone keeping it young.
05 · The part you came for
Le salon
The stage empties, the conversations keep going, and the house does what it was built for.
Guest of honor
The book comes home to Paris.
“Thank you, Alex and Tom, for making our beautiful French language shine with such humor and energy!”
Emmanuel Macron · President of France
Pardon Our French is about France and America: what each gets right, what each gets wrong, and what they can learn from each other. Humor, culture shocks, food, work, life. Published by Penguin. A Paris Affair brings the heart of the book to the table.
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