I would have loved to have stayed all night gazing at all the very softest of pastel colors Fragonard excelled in his paintings of romantic love and libertinage. Eroticism in his era was more mentally evocative and veiled, allowing the observer much more freedom to project his/her own sensuality and erotica, rather than being limited …
Sensual Paintings and Perfumes, Paris Nuit Blanche 2015 Read More »
It was just way too much! At least for me! Fête du Gastronomie, Heures Heureuses des Tartines, Fête des Jardins, Gazons Paris and Paris Sans Voitures(without cars). Down right impossible to enjoy them to the fullest, and practically impossible to get but a few smidgens here and there! Why did the mayor of Paris …
Certainly the ghost of Napoléon Bonaparte was floating around École Militaire this weekend, proud as a peacock for sure. He was only 15 years old when he first entered École Militaire de Paris, having been already designated as a “promising student” from his former military school in Champagne. The sky was as blue and sunny …
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How many times have some of you lamented with much grief and sorrow that someone you loved never returned your affection. Left with only with a broken heart and bitter crumbs from a failed relationship, you limp through life seeking the “why” of it all. I want to tell you that what your weeping eyes …
Despite all the terrible injustices going on the world, and there are many that have garnered my utmost empathy, I nevertheless also have sympathy for Les Dames Pipi of Paris losing their job. These ladies, who the majority are over 60 years of age, were let go, not because they weren’t doing a good …
There I was in front of a neatly stacked pyramid of coconuts. Parts of them appeared to have been sprinkled with turmeric water and there were tiny yellow chrysanthemums tucked here and there. Behind me was a small altar, carefully arranged with offerings of rice, lemons and bananas with incense burning and more coconuts awaiting Lord …
As a proud American living in Paris, I just wanted to applaud and thank these very courageous men, Alex Skarlatos, Anthony Sadler, Spencer Stone, Mark Moogalian and Chris Norman, along with an anonymous Frenchman who all earned the highest medal of honor in France, the Légion d’Honneur. Their daring monumental tackling and subduing of the …
Thank You Alex, Anthony, Spencer, Mark and Chris! Heroes Of The Day Read More »
Church bells tolled at noon throughout France on August 15, during Assumption, a national holiday here as a wake up call to the increasing genocide of Christians in the Middle East, who are being displaced and slaughtered without mercy by the Islamic State. Assumption is my favourite Marian holiday, that is also the anniversary of …
Bells Toll In France To Save Middle East Christians, A Call To Action Now! Read More »
For those of you who have already seen the Louvre and the Musée d’ Orsay, and are not totally maxed out on art or perhaps returning for another stay in Paris, then by all means go to the Jacquemart Andre Museum, a veritable hidden jewel! Not only will you see an extraordinary collection, especially of …
Andre Jacquemart Musée, Heavenly Art and Parisian Opulence Read More »
From time to time, I will see in my therapy room people who have little notion of who they really are. By that I mean they have never differentiated into their real selves, nor even started individuation. What is the real self, you might ask? In a nutshell, it is an integration of your very …
Every year when July 22 comes around, besides being reminded that I have only one month left before my birthday in August,I always think about celebrating the feast day of Mary Magdalene. I have done this several times at La Sainte Baume Saint Maximin, in the south of France, which remains one of my favourite …
My Celebration Of Saint Mary Magdalene In Vezelay Read More »
Cité Universitaire is really a unique and fabulous residential campus, probably the only one of its kind in the world! At any given time, it houses over 12, 000 university students from 140 different nationalities in an immense lovely landscaped park in southern Paris. What started in 1920 as a beautiful, conscientious and noble idea …