SUMMER-AUTUMN 2008 m a g a z i n e SUMMER ‘58 ALL THAT HAS CHANGED AND ALL THAT WE LOVE TO RETURN TO FAIRY-TALE PLACES JAZZ IS IN HOME FROM HOME UN INSTANT POUR TOUJOURS ETake d the time i to t see o "Gosh, you sound so old!" Well, that doesn’t sound like much of a compliment - and yet it should be. But what I really mean to say, in the guise of a well used cliché, is that "we don’t see where the time goes…". After all, if our elders grumble about how the years rush by, they must have a good reason. Maybe a discreet protest against this galloping age in which we live, feverishly re-inventing everything and sweeping away the customs and traditions we hold so dearly? Maybe we don’t even see this accelerated time anymore because we don’t know how to look at it? Well, the journalists of Megève magazine are looking at it! Evelyne, third generation of a family whose profession is to immortalise the present : photography. Béryl, the never ending movement of a machine that whisks us up to the summits: the ski lift. Alexandre, an incessantly improvised legend, that of Jazz. Cathy, a friendly song from way back, the welcoming melody. Adrien, the patient steps of a village walking towards a responsible tomorrow. Pascal, the BUT WHat I REALLY bounce back of a game which makes heads MEAN TO SAY, IN THE turn : tennis. Johana, the everlasting savours of GUISE OF A WELL a season, sweeter than is said… They all look USED CLICHÉ, IS THat at time until they see it as it really is: a machine "WE DON’T SEE WHERE which brings back the threads of our most THE TIME GOEs…". beautiful memories and explores all our futures. A delicious vertigo, ready to wipe everything out, only to start again. A remote control with a "pause" button, too often ignored, which should have been called "pleasure". Who could be happy deprived of memories or an appetite for tomorrow? A dog? Enough of all this nonsense, one last second to greet Nathalie who will be joining us on the next issue, and take all the time you need to read this! The Megève Tourisme team 5 SUMMARYM EGÈVE M A G A ZINE - s UMM E R-AUT U M N 0 8 60 10 53 L ONG LIVE SUmmER ‘58 ! 42 13 3 geneRatiONS in HigH paSTURES MEGÈVE CULTURE 14 PHO TOGRapHic 40 BOOKS, FILMS… FamiLY A SUmmER IN 42 HOme FROM HOme THE COUNTRYSIDE 15 M egÈVE in THE SADDLE 48 PURE BLISS 54 DOUBLES at THE net 16 M agicabLE caR ! 50 M ARC, MegÈVE anD 56 GReen taLentS AUTUmn 22 CH ILDRen’S CORneR 58 ADV entURE intO 53 SpeciaL AUTUmn BReaKS THE canYON 24 Stepping intO THE LegenD 60 TimeS FOR CYCLing 29 Specia L SUmmeR 62 Dia RY anD baSic BReaKS ESSentiaLS 30 Re SPONSibLE 64 H OW TO get SHOpping TO MegÈVE 34 GR een STORY 36 J AZZ IS in 7 JEAN-CHRISTOPHER, THE Air… NE W S In the Bourgeois family we call upon the eldest son - Jean-Christophe - 32 years old, helicopter pilot and Lieutenant Commander in the Fleet Air Army. This Mègevan, very attached to the village T H E W ORLD where he was born, has been travelling around the world since he chose a military career at the age of 21. His O F M E G È ve profession has taken him from Salon-de- Provence to Brest passing through Dax or VIVA ESPAÑA MEGÈVE LOVES ITS PLANET Cognac; he has discovered the world Frédérique, Legal expert in Alicante, is FLYING HIGH through different maritime expeditions: an examiner in the counterfeit and At the end of 2007 Megève won the Guyana, the West Coast of Africa, or the brand protection department of the First prizes and records already first prize in the contest "I love my Mediterranean Basin. Today, based at Office de l’Harmonisation for the under his wing, competitor for planet", in the towns and villages domestic market. Her sister, Emilie, is a Hyères, our Officer accomplishes varying eleven seasons, the paraglider category. "Prioriterre", a non- journalist and has been presenting types of missions: trade surveillance, the Dominique Guénard is competing government body, and organiser of the France Bleu Berry’s morning show, La fight against drug trafficking and in the Paragliding World Cup this contest, is active in the environmental Matinale, in Châteauroux since January respecting embargoes. year, thanks to his seventh place in domain, notably advising small 2006. Their profiles may be radically the 2007 French Championships. businesses and institutions on how different but a few similarities have Last year Dominique, member of to improve their efforts in water and added spice to the career paths fol- Megève Sports club, gave one of energy efficiency and conservation. …AND DOMINIQUE, lowed by these two sisters: an his best performances over long Yves Paccalet, philosopher, writer, THE LUXURY economic baccalaureat at the "Lycée du Mont-Blanc" ; higher education at distance: Passy Plaine-Joux to Gap journalist and Jacques-Yves Cousteau’s In the Bourgeois family we call upon the Grenoble University, followed by a year in eight and a half hours! This partner in adventure, presented the daughter - Dominique - 35 years old, in Canterbury, for Frédérique – to unique exploit put him in fourth awards to the prizewinners at the who decided, as a teenager to follow polish up her knowledge of English position in the Fedaral Cup for "Naturellia" Show, before giving in the family tradition. After studying Law, and in Madrid for Emilie – who long-distance. Nurse by profession, a conference on the theme : "Will foreign languages and obtaining a chose the family holiday destination, avid follower of tandem flying, a Humanity disappear or is there an Masters degree in Hotel Management, the Spain of her childhood holidays. passion which he regularly shares, Emergency exit?" What encouragement A postgraduate diploma in Community Dominique worked as a lounge service Dominique Guénard was also the for our own commitment, in the form of Law at Montpellier and the will to orien- trainee in a famous London hotel, which first to fly over Mont Blanc from an appeal for a collective awakening in tate towards an international and then went on to offer her the position of the starting point of Rochebrune, Environmental preservation! multicultural environment, led in 2003. He has not said his last Housekeeper. Since then she has been Frédérique to Spain where, in 1998, word! exploring the different facets of her she joined the OHMI, a community FOURTH FLOWER LES ENFANTS, profession by multiplying the posts and organisation closely linked to the RESTAURANT TERRIBLE the destinations; after the George V in European Commission. A postgraduate This year Megève has joined the very Paris and the Provence at Terre Blanche diploma in Journalism, from the French elite circle of communes which have Atmosphere lying somewhere between on the Côte d’Azur, it is now in the Four Press Institute in Paris, gave Emilie the been awarded "4 flowers" by the modernity and nostalgia… "Les Seasons des Bergues in Geneva that she opportunity of working in the profession national Council of Towns and Villages Enfants Terribles" (the terrible children) is pursuing her career, in the same hotel that she had always dreamed of. As a in Bloom. The national jury was with its decor, a blend of past and chain to which she has always been free-lance journalist for RMC and the obviously greatly seduced during their present in tones of red, black and loyal. Public Sénat channel (the Sénat is the summer visit to the resort. They wanted tobacco brown. Wall lighting with French equivalent of the House of to pay homage to its landscape and coloured crystals inspired by 50’s Lords), she then obtained her first design, pottery from the Jean Marais contract with Radio France, where at plant heritage, the improvement and GEORGES, A GREAT FIGURE IN CHAMPAGNE enhancing of a living environment workshop, original frescoes and first she worked as a stand-in, then obtained the post she has today. For where preservation is also taken into etchings signed by Cocteau, are all The "Georges", in homage to Georges Boisson, an emblematic personage in Frédérique, who draws up legal docu- consideration. A beautiful recompense absolutely irresistible. the story of the Mont-Blanc hotel. Dedicated to the memory of a man who put all ments concerning the protection of With its open kitchen, the traditional his personality into this jewel of french hotels, from its beginnings in 1949. for the technical department and Brands, the future is in Spain, where the village council’s Environment cuisine, including dishes that have "Festivities in the simplicity of luxury" could be the concept of this Champagne she married in 2004. For Emilie, the Commission. become an institution, and its Bar where the ambiance hinges on that of great houses. Caviar and Foie idea of returning to Megève is not unat- spectacular service, a certain style of Gras, to release the magic of the bubbles. The ambiance, without having the tractive, but then the perspective of www.megeve.com dining has been revived, in the image overtones of a cabaret, leans on the most beautiful images from the past and yet working for France Inter, as she did last of the great brasseries. presents a very up to date concept. year, is rather too enticing… 8 9 D O ssie R L O N G L I V E SUMM E R Aren’t you fed up with hearing that the march 58of time is provocative and insulting because it’s irreversible! Taking it that way, then why not grieve over the fact that a cow’s feet irremediably face downwards? We have thrown out the nets of our memory, somewhat at random, happening upon the 50’s, and the catch has been excellent: the legend of a new era bringing a breath of fresh air, of a certain style of living, of good manners and breeding, vibrating with new trends, and other curiosities, memories of which can only put us in good humour.