July 14th Bastille Day, by Henry Jules Jean Geoffroy (1853-1924)
![Bastille Week celebrations start today (actually started on Tuesday).
Thursday, July 12: 3rd annual annual pétanque tournament, can-can dancers, pastis, et pommes frites at Cercle Rouge, from 10am-8pm; and Bastille Day Ball, from 7:30pm-1am at the Club 404.
Sunday, July 15th: Bar Tabac and Provence et Boit will have their pétanque tournaments (10th anniversary for the former) at Smith St. — [an esquared favorite and tradition]— avec live music, french fares, et Ricard et Lillet; and fi:af will hold its annual Bastille Day Celebration on 60th Street.
Saturday, July 14th, from 3pm to 3am, Times Square at the Novotel Hotel, will have its Bastille Day celebration in association with French Culture Nights, free with online registration.
D’autres:
o Rally Citroen — 13th annual rally and rendez vous around New York City, Sunday, July 15. Starts at 122th and Riverside at 10 am, running to 5th ave and 60th st, driving through the High Line and 3rd ave. Cars on display from 1 pm to 5 pm.
o French Restaurant Week, now thru July 15, which, bien sûr, Jules is participating, sans the guillotine this time.
o Bastille Day Wine Crawl NYC, Saturday, July 14, 12PM - 6PM.
o Second Annual Bastille Day Bash at Dekalb Market, downtown Brooklyn, Saturday, Juy 14, 6pm-10pm.
o Bastille Day Rooftop Party at Juliette, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Saturday, Juy 14, 6pm-10pm.
o Bastille Day Party at Flute Midtown, Saturday July 14, 5pm-10pm.
S’amuser.
De rien.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m72147iRie1qa2c94o1_400.jpg)
Bastille Week celebrations start today (actually started on Tuesday).
Thursday, July 12: 3rd annual annual pétanque tournament, can-can dancers, pastis, et pommes frites at Cercle Rouge, from 10am-8pm; and Bastille Day Ball, from 7:30pm-1am at the Club 404.
Sunday, July 15th: Bar Tabac and Provence et Boit will have their pétanque tournaments (10th anniversary for the former) at Smith St. — [an esquared favorite and tradition]— avec live music, french fares, et Ricard et Lillet; and fi:af will hold its annual Bastille Day Celebration on 60th Street.
Saturday, July 14th, from 3pm to 3am, Times Square at the Novotel Hotel, will have its Bastille Day celebration in association with French Culture Nights, free with online registration.
D’autres:
o Rally Citroen — 13th annual rally and rendez vous around New York City, Sunday, July 15. Starts at 122th and Riverside at 10 am, running to 5th ave and 60th st, driving through the High Line and 3rd ave. Cars on display from 1 pm to 5 pm.
o French Restaurant Week, now thru July 15, which, bien sûr, Jules is participating, sans the guillotine this time.
o Bastille Day Wine Crawl NYC, Saturday, July 14, 12PM - 6PM.
o Second Annual Bastille Day Bash at Dekalb Market, downtown Brooklyn, Saturday, Juy 14, 6pm-10pm.
o Bastille Day Rooftop Party at Juliette, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Saturday, Juy 14, 6pm-10pm.
o Bastille Day Party at Flute Midtown, Saturday July 14, 5pm-10pm.
De rien.
c’est la vie
Heads up, or off, for Bastille Day at Jules Bistro
florent morellet dressed as marie antoinette (in red sash) for bastille day 1989 at florent, now vanished
and from bastille day 1992 at florent
(via ev grieve)
Bastille Day This Week
It’s that time of the year again. On July 14th, it’s French National Day aka Bastille Day. The holiday celebrates the storming of the Bastille fortress on July 14th, 1789. In other words, it’s an amazing time to go out, drink, and celebrate being French!
In the meantime, this Joe Dassin song should be on heavy rotation on your iPod this week. It’s about the iconic avenue called Champs-Élysées in Paris, where the largest and oldest military parade takes place annually to celebrate this glorious day. Careful, hearing this song can make you hum with a happy skip in your step all day.
and here are seven ways to celebrate bastille day in nyc
On the north end there’s skateboarding, and everywhere are actual French people, like, speaking French and smoking Gauloises cigarettes. Along Smith and down the side streets, vendors sell booze (pastis, Lillet, sangria, beer) and food (merguez sandwiches, etc.); tables are set up everywhere under big umbrellas. But there’s also tons of bar-hopping, and in Bar Tabac at 3 p.m., you can’t make it from the front to the back in less than 15 minutes. At the intersection of Dean and Smith, the Baby Blue Orchids play jazz and swing; the dancing gets sloppier as the day goes on….
… It was so much more fun than the Fourth of July. Vive la France!
Bastille Day on Smith Street (village voice)
related (and pic via) :
Vive la France on Bastille Day (the brooklyn paper)
JAN’s rocking french tattoo. Shot by Michael Kopplstätter at the C.r.a.f.t Studios. (via craftdenim)
