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 The glorious period furnishings that originally made the Ritz the ritziest hotel on earth at that time is now for sale.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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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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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 …
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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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 …