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: History
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 …
France is in Shock
But perhaps they shouldn’t be. After Brexit, the concerns of those fearful of the future have been put on the …
Wine in Montmartre
There’s a vineyard in Paris! In my backyard… no kidding. This weekend was the Fêtes des Vendanges in Montmartre. (Montmartre Grape …
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 …
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 …
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, …
A Book for a Rose?
Or is it Sant Jordi… Last weekend I was down in Perpignan, way down in the south-west of France …
Reading Paris
I have just put down Provence 1970, the book I found in the free book mail box in Chinon …
Becoming Madame 