+HOTEL DUC de SAINT SIMON+ (paris, france, spring 2011) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >note : marianne & i have completed the final air/ship arrangements to +FRENCH ROOTS SAFARI+ >france for april-may next year. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +MUCH HERITAGE CONNECTION+ is appearing daily to aid >our 2011 multivalent search< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +SEARCH FOR DUKE deSAINT SIMON+ >louise de saint simon-verloing< >wed at magny fouchard< +FAMOUS FRENCH MEMOIRIST+ >(much nobility insight)< ^^^^^^^^^^^^ > hotel "duc de saint simon" named for >this most famous ancestor is< +GOOGLE FOR INFO.+ >a top choice in the st. germain area of paris on the left bank near the +LIBRAIRE DU MERVIELLEUX+ >site and the< +SAINT SULPICE CHURCH+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >(he lived in rue st. simon)< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +6TH ARRONDESMENT GENIUS+ (a great intellectual area) +APOLLINAIRE-SARTRE-BOUVOIR+ >breton and surrealists< +CAMUS-GIDE-MALREAUX-EXUPERY+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >guillaume apollinaire lived on boulevard +PENTHOUSE OVERLOOK+ >st. germain, at the corner, and picassos memorial sculpture for him is next to +THE ST. GERMAIN CHURCH+ >a few blocks away, but rather surreal as it is a head of dora marr who was +PICASSOS BEAUTIFUL MISTRESS+ (a little taste of picasso irony) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +NOLA FRENCH COLONY, 18TH C.+ >across the atlantic, and the sad gulf of mexico and into the barataria jungle focus on the indian mound indigo +PLANTATION HOUSE+ >of j. b. v. degruy & elizabeth his wife< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +TROPICAL ARCHITECTURE+ >(it was a french west indies type creole plantation house rather like magnolia mound house near l.s.u. campus in b.r.) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +DEGRUY JUNGLE MOSQUITOES+ >can you imagine the mosquitoe problem our ancestors faced in the height of the +RADIANT SUMMER HEAT+ >yellow fever and malaria threatning< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +HARSH TENUOUS EXISTENCE+ >their survival in this mise-en-scene was tenuous at best considering not only the harsh jungle conditons but also +SLAVE INSURRECTION+ >suffered in the west indies that >spread into st, charles parish<. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +LATE 18TH CENTURY MOVE+ >this may account for the brothers movement from st. charles to the jungles of the barataria) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +OTHER CONTINGENCIES+ >(jean lafitte's wealth also made the shift attractive as well as the dusseau de la croix land. >(elizabeth's dowry)< ^^^^^^^^^^^ +MOSQUITOE BAR SURVIVAL+ >francois mignon writes about the history of the life saving mosquito bars at +MELROSE-YUCCA PLANTATION+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >a saving concept on our< +VERLOIN deGRUY PLANTATIONS+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >to be continued.... gene ray, san diego, california