I am often emotionally moved, and touched to the core by events in the news and this is one of them that I felt compelled to share for my 100th post! Underneath the whole story is a truth in need of being celebrated. Crystal Kelley is a single mother of a 2 young daughters, who …
Some weekends in Paris, there is just too much to see and do! The Salon d’Agriculture is definitely one of my favorites salons and then this Sunday was free museum day. I look forward to this huge and most popular salon every year, where the country comes to Paris.! There you will find the most …
My Weekend With Piglets, Cows, Nudes and my Luscious Walnut Tart Read More »
Being a joy seeker is a full-time job of sorts, but the rewards will fall on you! True from time to time, joy just might alight upon your lap, but in general it is best to cultivate creating and seeking that which brings you joy! I often tell patients to ask themselves in the morning …
What a wonderful weekend in cold snowy Paris! I don’t think I have ever had so many variations of foie gras and fun as I did this past Saturday and Sunday. I was lucky to receive an invitation from Gault Millau, the other and better French restaurant guide to The International Cookbook Fair, that …
If you think navigating this life is pretty tough as an adult, you are right. But, It is not much easier being a kid! Sure kids aren’t going around telling you how awful it is, because they have no other frame of reference. Additionally they can not really formulate into words how they are really …
Paris is such a multicultural city, that in some parts, you can almost think you are no longer even in France. Such was the case last sunday when I attended the parade celebrating the Chinese New Year. Paris’s largest and most famous Chinatown is in the 13 th arrondissement. Mandarin scroll adorns every storefront, with …
Firecrackers and Dancing Dragons Bring in the Year of the Snake Read More »
Today, one can read a lot about finding your purpose in life and that is all well and good. But the core value or prima materia that actually should make up your “purpose” must come from your inner vision . A vision constitutes your deepest image of yourself as how you envision or dream about being …
I, like million of others have always been thrilled to hear the bells of Notre Dame, so I had no idea they were claimed by an imminent campanologist (bell expert) to be “the most dreadful set of bells in France, damaged and badly tuned”. Really? Those bells in question, except one, were all bells made …
If I had Mr Spock in my practice, he would have been easily recognizable as having Alexithymia. His perplexity with emotions was very well-played by the puzzling expression he had whenever confronted with human emotions. Alexithymia comes from the Greek meaning (a),without , lexis (word), and thymos, (emotions). In a nutshell it means that …
One of the many things I love about French culture is the association of traditional foods around the many holidays here. In Paris and the rest of France, February the 2th is the celebration of Chandeleur or the Festival of Lights. The majority of the French celebrate the holiday with crepes, but not in Marseille! …
Crepes or Orange Flower Cookies Celebrate Chandeleur(Festival of Lights) Read More »
All of us have months, dates, or seasons that we have associative memories, both good and bad. February is one month that brings back some painful and sad memories, wishing I could just as soon zoom past straight to March. I do not think I am any more superstitious than the average person, but perhaps …
This is the second time that I have been a victim of pickpocketing within a year! Once is already enough! This last time occurred after buying a ticket at the machine in Cité Universitaire RER rail station using my credit/debit card. Last Monday, Paris was still covered in snow as I scrambled in haste to …