What do you get when you mix these sandals and 10 hours of blazing sun beating down on your unprotected pieds? Zebra feet. That was my souvenir from our day spent at Roland Garros--the 2012 French Op...
Real talk---> I like France, but I love Germany. A lot. Maybe its the whole they speak English without hesitation thing or the fact that Allemagne has the best Christmas markets around or that I r...
Im going to pretend its hot and sunny in Paris and just ignore the pools of rain collecting on my terrace. I think thats a good plan because this wet blanket weather is seriously grinding my gears. A...
Pin much? Some days I feel like a pin maniac, virtually hopping from one site to another pinning images left and right. Photos of recipes, clothes, home decor, and jewelry all find a home on my obses...
I love yogurt. You might even say jadore yaourt. Yesterday I ate 2 cups of yogurt and thats not counting the yogurt I hid in the slice of cake I scarfed down for my afternoon goûter. France is ...
As a daily subway commuter with a 40 minute ride to and from work, I have a lot of time to reflect on the good, bad, and downright rage-inducing qualities of the Paris métro system. Too much t...
Paris is a safe city, but every big city has its unsavory bits. And when youre under the magical glow of the Eiffel Tower, its easy to get googly eyed and lose your common sense. Unfortunately, thats...
Okay, maybe I didnt win the mega million, but thats what it felt like last week when my mom showed up at my work totally and completely unexpected all the way from the U.S.A. Talk about the best surp...
Contrary to what mon mari thinks, I do read things other than celebrity gossips rags. I read a lot in fact. I even belong to a super dorky website called LibraryThing where I track all of the books I...
Thats what my attempt at a gluten-free diet has been--one huge hot mess. I told myself that after my party in the U.S.A., Id stopping falling off the gluten-free wagon every time I walked past the bo...
Mon maris sister is coming to Paris with one of her universitys classes, and Im playing virtual tour guide by answering questions she and her classmates sent my way. Unfortunately, Im not the Paris g...
Want to know how a blog post develops? Ill tell you. RED WINE+LISTS+FRIENDSRed wine gets the creative juices flowing, lists are formed, and friends make those lists sound ridiculous. Maybe I made the...
Coucou readers! My sister-in-law is coming to Paris in May! She should not be arriving solo either or else, and this is a big ELSE, girlfriend is going to need to find another place to plop her suitc...
According to this 2010 article, there are 6 million rats in the City of Light. And that was 2 years ago. Were probably getting up to 8, 9, 10 million now. Some might call that a rat explosion. Not a ...
This is the kind of terrible photography that happens when Im about to be presented with a chariot of desserts. Oui, cest vrai! A limitless chariot of desserts! In Paris no less! And from where did t...
The I word is a sneaky little devil... It creeps up on you when you least expect it.It makes you obsess. It makes you worry. It makes you second guess. Have you ever met the I word? You know the one ...
_Sorry for the cliche Miley Cyrus post title...the song is stuck in my head, but after going through the photos of my vacation to the States, I thought Mileys dance party lyrics fit my jam-packed tri...
Dont start sobbing or anything, but...today is the last post in the Paris Mad Libs series. Stop boohooing because you can read the previous four stories here, here, here, and here! For the final inst...
Last week I shared my review of M.J. Roses latest novel The Book of Lost Fragrances, and today Ive got a special guest post from the author. Enjoy her insiders story about a unique Guerlain scent! Iv...
Only a few days left for me to gobble up as many Fritos and Diet Dr. Peppers as I can before getting on a plane back to Paris, but all this Mad Libs talk of baguette and brioche has me hankering for ...
Coucou! Today Liz from What am I doing in France? shares her Paris Mad Libs story. Liz recently moved to Paris and writes fun, honest posts about what its like living in Paris with her husband a...
Im taking a petite pause from the Paris Mad Libs series to showcase a wonderful new book. Several months ago, a publicist for author M.J. Rose contacted me about reading and reviewing The Book o...
Welcome to Part Deux of the Paris Mad Libs series! Todays guest Mad Libs writer is Jayme from Life en Route. Jayme is a Canadian expat who came to Paris to master the French language and discover the...
On Friday I arrived in my hometown of Washington, D.C. for not one, but two weddings and a little R&R in the land of the free and the home of the brave. Blogging is going on the back burner while...
A little over a year ago I was on a plane to Madrid talking to mon mari about running. I told him I thought running 26 miles was just ridiculous and swore up and down that I would never run a maratho...
_If were talking in percentages, Im giving the gluten free diet about a 70% effort. 30% of me still wants to plunge head first into the nearest bread basket and swim in a sea of gluten goodness. Thos...
Theyre out there salting the holes used to put up the stakes for the neighborhood market tents. Yikes. Its freezing here. I believe this post from September is finally justified...winter has arrived!
{source} With one real class left, I thought I should let you know that Paul Giamatti has been teaching my French class. Pretty awesome right? Who knew famous actors moonlighted as level two French i...
Commitments are piling up, and Im feeling a little overwhelmed. This happens every once in awhile especially when living abroad starts to feel like normal life. Im trying to adjust by using lots of h...
Even the French founded electronics chain, Darty, is getting into the spirit of the U.S. presidential elections. Do you think the products packaging says something about where theyre throwing their s...
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