Spécial: Photographer Robert DOISNEAU
This weekend’s edition of the Figaro Magazine showcased a fabulous Special on Parisian photographer Robert Doisneau. Most of you probably …
Monthly Archives: March 2012
The Parisian Magic behind Scorsese’s ‘Hugo’
This year’s Oscar nominations gave a flattering nod to French cinema. True, not all the film I include in this …
Springtime in Paris
The past ten days have brought with them a sky over Paris as blue as a translucent sheet of sapphire …
Tintin: A Testament to Technology
I watched Steven Spielberg’s rendition of Tintin in HD last night with my husband. Tintin, for those of you who might not know, …
An Election Year in France – Details
As many of you know, we are coming to the climax of a Presidential election year here in France. The …
The History of Accessories
The Figaro Madame is a French magazine published by the Figaro newspaper conglomerate, the Dassault Group, here in Paris. Serge Dassault, the chairman of …
Quel week-end à Paris!
For the past three years, Parisians have known springtime is beckoning when the posters for the Hermès International Horse Show, …
“Race” on Paris’ Broadway
Last evening, I went to a play at a grand old theatre in Paris, le Theatre des Champs-Elysées. At the …
The History of Words in Five Million Books!
Since I put down The House of Mirth, I’ve been fascinated by the use of vocabulary. In conversation with my husband …
The Lyrical Genius of Edith Wharton
One of the books I picked up at Shakespeare & Company some weeks back during my Literary Afternoon in Paris was Edith …
