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 The glorious period furnishings that originally made the Ritz the ritziest hotel on earth at that time is now for sale.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 …
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 …
Hermès Horse Show At Le Grand Palais, Reflections On Trust Read More »
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 …
I always look forward to the biggest farm show in Paris, the Salon de L’Agriculture. I know is will be crowded, and I know I will come back exhausted with some sad feelings about the animals seen and adored. It is a once a year humongous farm extravaganza and immersion into all aspects of …
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. …
Aimée’s Birthday Celebration At Grease And The Sea Read More »
Fabulous French feasting during the holidays is an almost impossible marathon for even a foodie such as me! Too much, too delicious and too rich! Christmas Eve feasts are just the beginning, with a second even more elaborate at New Years. Then comes the onslaught in January of Galettes des Rois, irresistible buttery confections …
Fabulous French Feasting From Bûche de Noël To Galettes Des Rois Read More »
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! …
I kid you not! Not since World War II has France faced such a severe butter shortage and the crisis is worsening as butter stocks have literally melted away from grocery shelves. France runs on or perhaps I should say swims in butter! It has the highest butter per person consumption in the entire world. …