I was going to post on macarons today, but Im so darn addicted to Karen Wheelers Tout Sweet:Hanging Up My High Heels for a New Life in France that I decided to dig out my 6-year old photos from...
Biffs photo by Karen WheelerThis morning while doing a search on Amazon for books on moving to France I met up with Biff. He belongs to fabulously funny Brit author, Karen Wheeler, Who wro...
She didnt blog yesterday...She was caught up in the mad search for visas Up against the walls of bureaucracy She went into hiding fearful, trapped She would pretend all was ...
Blue suede shoes seem right for Memorial Day no? Heres a way to double your creativity - spritz yourself all over with blue paint like Jean-Paul Goude did to Jean-Paul Gautier! One of...
Do you look at the world through rose-colored glasses?Jonah Lehrer says the color blue can help you double your creative output. Consider switching to blue glasses. I am... Lehrers book Im...
Its a well-known cultural difference that the French do not go in for big toothy grins at the drop of the hat like Americans. Serenity now with a hint of mystere - oui.A slightly open ...
Todays post was supposed to be on STAPLERS not strawberry tartes but cest la vie. A stabler is an ESSENTIAL to bring to Paris but no one bothers to tell you. I ordered this petite pink bea...
Berries by Fantin- Latour The French have always been mad for their fraises/strawberries. Is ther...
Lately Ive been reading, Paris I ♥ You But Youre Bringing Me Down by Rosecrans Baldwin - another book of Paris vignettes (much longer) of an 18 month stay working in a Champs Elysees ad ag...
Paris marche are one of the best things to do on a Sunday arent they?I seem to return to the Raspail Bio marche every Sunday.It never disappoints for pure visual beauty.Chef Marthe pointed out t...
Voila Macaron day!!MERCI for your best wishes hier/yesterday! At Gerard Mulot on 72,rue de Seine 75006 just down from the piscine. Chef Mulot is often on the premises checking everyth...
Today is Norwegian Independence Day.Its also my birthday.Today Le Figaro was awfully kind to send me good wishes.Who knew if you subscribed youd get a card and a virtual gateaux?Ive been cleani...
I took Lynn Sherrs SWIM on my Kindle to Paris to motivate me to hit as many of Paris community piscines as possible. We swam before we walked or breathed, but then we forgot. The same thing hap...
I walk through the streets and enjoy listening to wild chattering French with the same level of understanding that one has glimpsing a row of sparrows crowded on a telephone line. Are these peo...
Paris pets in the Metro...a common sight to be sure.You have to keep your eyes peeled to catch Parisian pets on the bus.But they are very much present, here hopping off the bus.I noticed a slew...
And for maman this weekend...what are you planning? Why not run over to Eric Chauvin for some pretty fleurs? 22, rue Jean Nicot 75007 Pick out exactly the rose you want in the co...
Everyone goes to Paris looking for love in all the wrong places. I found my true own love across a crowded room at Chef Marthes. I fell hard. Truely, madly deeply in love with her lem...
Carolg did NOT want to leave Paris this trip!merci Jean-Paul Goude A last jump into St.-Germain piscine.I wish Carolg would stop saying,Je neige when she means Jai nager..ahemThe flip...
By chance I popped into the musee Branly and they were playing my song... Les Maitres du Desordre is on till 29 July. If youre messy DONT MISS IT! It will validate you in ways you nev...
Is it possible to have too much of a good thing? Too much French bread, fromage or caramels? Everything is balanced on a t our with Paris By Mouth and Phyllis Flick to M...
A visit to Patisserie Pierre Herme in Paris is an absolute must-do. &n bsp;His windows always surprise. Pastry poetry. Inside the shop its humming. Its so busy no one sp...
I sent a desperate email to French Girl in Shanghai,WHERE R THE COOKIES? Sometimes you cant see the forest for the trees. The COOKIES were in French Girls book case (still full) holding up...
Cest le 1er Mai! What better combination than Martine Lambert fraises/strawberry ice cream + a sprig of lilly of the valley/muguet? Its tradition. Shop owners give you a sprig of mugu...
Paris isnt all wine and pots of muguet for your balcon ya know... 1rst things first. Get a Brita water purifyer. Paris water is full of calc. It will stain every bit of the cuisine/kitchen...
I took a long walk this morning and asked myself, What is Paris to me?Joggers! Boots! L es touristes everywhere. Some are French. Scooters. Kids on scooters and grownups. The...
Photo by Louise Chauchard of Raids-PatisserieDo you know Raids-Patisserie? You should. Louise Chauchard/Raids-Patisserie is the best Parisian pastry expert par excellence I know. Her...
Fauchon has a new Spring tea - the vert parfume Everyone in Paris hopes to have a balcon no matter how small and on that balcon must go little pots of flowers/herbes. *Remind me to water F...
Come for a random walk around Paris in the drizzle. More watercolor illustrations from Printemps artist, Aurore de la Morinerie. At la goute time/4:30pm Angelina was packed like sardi...
Bear had a lovely trip over on the AirFrance air bus.Bear thinks he will never need to watch another French film in his life, he watched soooooo many on AF! Unfortunately Carolg is still h...
Thanks to you I wasted easily an hour this morning pinning Pinterest pinks. (An hour I dont have since I am NOT packed and this trip I would like to remember to take my makeup so I dont have to...
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