Eiffel Tower for Sale?
No, not really. But a part of its staircase is up for auction tomorrow. This morning as I was perusing the …
Category Archives: Daily Life
Back in Time at WH Smith Paris
I was recently at the American embassy taking care of some paperwork when I decided to hop by the …
La Traviata Revisted
I was swept off to the opera on Saturday night. I’d always wanted to see the Traviata, ever since I was …
Bartlett Lodge -Perfect Canadian Cottage Experience
Having spent much of my adolescence in Canada, I’m particularly attached to the Canadian ritual of “going to the cottage”, …
Provence – loved it!
I recently wrote a post about the book Provence 1970, a book that I adored and through which I spent my reading …
Festival d’Avignon (Theater…everywhere)
I’d heard about the Festival d’Avignon for years – three weeks of theater in the south of France. Theater in …
La fête de la Musique 2016
In the early 1980s, the French Minister of Culture, Jack Lang, created La fête de la Musique. Since that first …
Le Foot, er, Soccer sweeps Paris
I’m not a sports fan, but the sheer number of jerseys I saw today and the huge road parties made …
Spring cuisine – ideas from a chef
The chef is not, unsurprisingly, me… We recently spent a week with a chef at the Ile de Ré. This chef, …
French Babies Eat Yogurt…?
I knew going into this adventure that the eating habits I was used to back home in North America were …
Becoming Madame 