Aimée’s birthday celebration was for her as difficult as Christmas and New Years. Despite my best attempt for distraction and evasion, it is impossible to blot up the grief that seeps through the fabric of our lives. Plus there is always a sibling’s survivor’s guilt at play too, though not always expressed at every turn. …
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Song and dance and great wines all go into making for good cheer and great times! It was all good medicine to lighten up a heavy heart! Just what fortification I needed to wade through the preceding days before Christmas, which frankly I do not look forward to. Yes, it was the first sunday of …
Americana Song And Dance, Great French Wines, And Good Cheer Read More »
Notre Dame Cathedral is reaching out for restoration funds, and one of the first events to promote global awareness was a sound and light show. In all the years I have lived here and even before, I have never seen a sound and light show at Notre Dame and it was truly spectacular! …
Unesco and a piece of art called the Domestikator have nothing in common really, except both are mired in cultural controversy. Did the Louvre really banish it for being too provocative and is Unesco worth leaving? I ended up treading into both this past week. We all see what we want to see based …
Twice a year I am royally tempted by this extravagant garden show at Château Saint Jean de Beauregard, and this time I gave in. Right now, as autumn approaches, my grief brain needs all the flower power I can soak up. It is the oldest and largest garden show in France. I always found the …
Superb Garden Show At Château Saint Jean de Beauregard Read More »
Paris had two big “fetes” of gastronomy and gardens going on this weekend. I chose the ethnic food fair on the Seine and a famous garden show at a château that I will write about next. Autumn is always full of activities to do here, so it was somewhat of a dilemma to fit in all …
Ethnic Food Fair Along The Seine Reflects Cosmopolitan Paris Read More »
Hidden gardens, mansions, and spectacular places not otherwise open to the public are the jewels I love seeing during the weekend of Journees Patrimone or heritage days. A lot of monuments, châteaux and museums are generally open for free as well. I look forward to it each year and always marvel at the secret beauty …
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Jean Jacques Henner may not be well known, especially outside of France, but his nudes, religious subjects and portraits are beautiful and very provocative. There is very little written about his life, but his art speaks volumes about this obscure artist seen in a self portrait as a young man. The first time I saw …
Jean Jacques Henner, His Very Revealing Nudes And Portraits Read More »
I really wasn’t in the mood to celebrate my birthday. To fully celebrate my own birthday when I have lost my son is not possible right now. Walking in Paris provides great distraction for me, and fortunately is still enjoyable. It is also good therapy for the bereaved and depressed. After the onslaught of a …
Parisian pleasures are waiting to be discovered in strolling aimlessly around the many different quartiers of Paris. I just happened to be in the Beaubourg and lower Marais this Sunday, in search of joy and distraction. When I don’t have any particular plans, nor any big event beckoning me, and it isn’t free museum Sunday, …
Saturday I wanted to get in another walk in my neighborhood before starting dinner, which is hard for me to find the energy to do right now. There was my ever present heaviness of heart that just is a part of me now; that this city girl needed to be alone with. Sometimes one …
How I Discovered That I Am Really A City Girl At Heart Read More »
Paris is privileged to welcome many great ballet companies every year, but I was totally surprised to see Ballet de Cuba was on its way. Ballet de Cuba is not a ballet corps you expect to see, and for many, including myself, constituted a surprise that one even exists. Little did I know that …
Spectacular Miraculous Story Behind The Ballet de Cuba Read More »