Paris is a wonderful polyglot of cultures. Little India forms an exotic splash of very colourful shops lining several streets in the northern part of the 10th arrondissement. Anytime I want to have the freshest of coconuts, the sweetest ripe mangoes, those strange looking vegetables, or Indian spices, I head that way. It is also …
Paris has been baking hot this summer! This summer long heat wave hasn’t left yet! In the almost 20 years of living here, this has never happened! Paris is not equipped to handle this heat! I’m talking about summertime being consistently hot, which just doesn’t happen here! Sure, there are always a few really hot days …
I did not have any particular plans to stroll through Luxembourg gardens Sunday. It just worked out that way. Sunday afternoon, I was really looking forward to going to a Louisiana music and dance festival not far from Versailles. I ended up being royally disappointed when my daughter did not feel up to making the …
I love crusty brown baguettes and birds of all kind! I can indulge in birds all I want, whereas with baguettes I can’t. Sunday, I took in two festivals, Fête du Pain and Fête de L’Europe, both of which I look forward to attending each year. Both were surprising, one in a great way and …
One of the happy pluses of living in Paris is the plethora of fantastic free concerts that you can attend throughout the year. Paris is one of the most expensive cities to live in or travel to, so it’s a great bonus to rely on these free concerts to fill your need for high quality …
Putting on the Ritz came to denote a total abandonment to opulence and luxury, the highest echelon that money could buy. The glorious period furnishings that originally made the Ritz the ritziest hotel on earth at that time is now for sale. Sunday, I stood in a long line on the Champs Elysees to see first …
Stained glass and other glass arts are being taught in this wonderful lycée(high school), specializing in creating artists for the future. France has long recognised that not everyone wants to, nor is meant to follow an academic curriculum in a university. Lycée Lucas de Nehou is just one of several throughout the city that offers a professional …
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Easter chocolate becomes an extremely creative and competitive art form with practically every chocolate maker and pastry shop here competing to outdo one another! Paris is already a chocolate lovers dream, bar none, as several of the world’s most renown chocolatiers are Paris based, but Easter is another special time to be dazzled, like with …
Hermès horse show was a marvelous introduction to a sport that I have never been exposed to before. I was able to attend this spectacular event because of a pretty Texan, Jacqueline, who also has a French connection. She so very kindly and generously invited me to share this special occasion with her and her …
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Some women in orange wigs and other various disguises, reviving the Blanchisseuses parade of old Paris, started dancing to the beat of the drums, getting ready to march. This was not a wild event to go to in Paris, as it was many years ago, but it nevertheless was something I wanted to see that …
Printemps new marché and marvelous food hall just opened, and I had been wanting to take a peak of this magnificent rooftop/terrace full of gastronomic delights. I had already visited several times the older terrace just to take in the breathtaking 360 degree views of Paris, which was a rather hidden secret, few even knew …
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You might wonder what Sainte Geneviève has to do with the swollen Seine that fortunately has started to recede. Well, to some of us, a lot. Let me explain that it wouldn’t be the first time Sainte Genevieve pulled some celestial strings to save her beloved Paris from disaster. Three weeks ago, I went back …