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 …
Tag Archives: Travel
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 …
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”, …
Secrets of France – Contribution
I was recently asked to contribute to the Secrets of France newsletter featuring French bloggers favorite French places. This edition was …
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 …
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 …
Rue Caulaincourt Brocante
Twice a year, one of the prettiest streets in Paris – winding its way toward Montmartre – hosts an enormous …
Becoming Madame 