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Lost In Cheeseland
www.lostincheeseland.com
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I'm a Paris transplant from Philadelphia who fell in love with a Frenchman and moved to Paris. Cliché, right? This blog is meant to cover some not-so-cliché topics and uncover some aspects of Paris (or France, for that matter) that you might not already know. Through food, travel, love and obstacles, I experience life in France.
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5 Places Worth Visiting in the 9th

While Im off exploring California, Anne of Prêt à Voyager takes you on a mini virtual tour of the 9th arrondissement. Largely overlooked by Paris visitors until very recently, this is one of the neig...

5 days ago 1 person likes this

Télescope Café

As if anyone needed another reason to spend time in the neighborhood surrounding the Palais Royal and its gardens, my favorite new coffee shop is mere blocks away. At Télescope, Nicolas Clerc (photog...

26 may 12 3 people like this

Franco File Friday: Patricia Wells

For those passionate about Paris, food and cooking, its impossible not to come across the work of Patricia Wells, a former food critic for the International Herald Tribune and resident authority on a...

25 may 12 1 person likes this

Franco File Friday: Ellise Pierce of Cowgirl Chef (+ Giveaway)

Ive encountered three kinds of expats in Paris: those who shed virtually all traces of their former lives and adapt seamlessly to the local lifestyle, right down to vestimentary choices; those who em...

24 may 12 1 person likes this

Scenes from The Hive, Berlin

\\ Nicole, Alex, Emily, Ashley, Me, Brittany, and Anne at The Hive // When Yvonne Dewerne, co-founder of The Hive blog conference, asked me to speak in Berlin, I replied with a resounding yes, b...

23 may 12

Semilla

Saturday afternoon, the 15th consecutive day of rain and unseasonal cold, I huddled into Jeanne A to catch up with a friend.  The previous evening, she and her husband had their first experience...

22 may 12 1 person likes this

Franco File Friday: La Tartine Gourmande (+ giveaway!)

While it’s increasingly common to see people in Paris eating on-the-go or even skipping meals in the face of work and other obligations, the beloved sit-down feast remains a mainstay of daily life in...

22 may 12 2 people like this

Les Vacances

To ward off the doldrums of a hapless spring season and the disappointment from the mini getaway I was aching for but never took, Ive been focusing my energy on preparing my presentation for The...

16 may 12

Things Im Afraid to Tell You

Why do we read blogs? Information and entertainment, for one but also for many of the same reasons we tend to be baited by sensational news, reality television and celebrity fodder. We seek escapes f...

08 may 12 2 people like this

Franco File Friday: Doni Belau, Girls Guide to Paris

In recent weeks, Ive been asked several times by both readers and new friends to share my Paris tale - why I came and how I was able to stay. With each iteration of the story, I feel two things: trem...

04 may 12 2 people like this

Franco File Friday: Trish Deseine

 When I began taking an interest in the foreign movers and shakers on the French culinary scene a few years ago, I didn’t have to look far to identify the major players. Daniel Rose was surging ...

27 apr 12 2 people like this

Franco File Friday: Dorie Greenspan

There are two things I recall vividly about cooking with my mother as a child. Between the clangorous sounds of pots and pans, utensils and slamming cabinets, she’d bellow warnings for me to stand ou...

20 apr 12 1 person likes this

Cantine California

When I set out for lunch on Saturday, I was on a mission - introduce my husband to the food truck phenomenon and sate my ever-present burger hankering. Both objectives were met but not without t...

17 apr 12 1 person likes this

Franco File Friday: Mr. Cheeseland and 1 Year Anniversary!

At this time precisely one year ago, I started thinking about all of the people Ive met or exchanged words with in Paris since I started this site. While our interests, backgrounds and professions va...

17 apr 12

Franco File Friday: Meg Gagnard

One of the people Ive had the pleasure of growing closer to over the last year is someone who reminds me a lot of myself. Naturally curious about language and travel, Meg Gagnards exposure to France ...

13 apr 12 2 people like this

Expat Comforts

During the first couple of years as an expat in Paris, waves of homesickness and leaden spirits were frequent and initially made worse by too many trips stateside. When things were good it was becaus...

12 apr 12 1 person likes this

French Work Culture

Five weeks vacation, recurring cigarette-espresso breaks and two hour lunches are among the stereotypes perpetuated about French work culture and I can say from experience, only two of three are...

07 apr 12 2 people like this

Sunday in Paris

Thursday, 4pm: a metro car packed full of zombied urbanites yawning in unison. Menacing clouds hang heavily above ground, weighing not only on my mood, it would seem, but on everyone elses around me....

07 apr 12 1 person likes this

Franco File Friday: Nicola Williams

Among the many professions I fantasized about pursuing as a kid, travel writer seized my interest the longest. The idea that it were possible to be compensated to explore and document the world - in ...

30 mar 12 1 person likes this

Franco File Friday: Pierre Hermé

Just teasing! No, the macaron master Pierre Hermé is not in the Franco File Friday spotlight today (though how fantastic would that be?) but I knew it would steal your attention. Another francophile ...

28 mar 12 2 people like this

The Hive: European Blog Conference in Berlin!

The start to 2012 has proven to be full of unexpected opportunities. In February, I spoke on the "Whats Eating Paris?" food panel for Social Media Week alongside locals David Lebovitz, Ann Ma...

26 mar 12

Franco File Friday: Cara Black (+ giveaway!)

Most people come to Paris for idyllic adventure but rarely, if ever, for the dangerous variety. Unlike the tough image that other European cities might elicit (think: a rougher, more flawed veneer li...

23 mar 12 1 person likes this

Spring Break

At about this time last year, I was readying myself for a grand transition - out of one start-up and into another with only a measly day in between. Flush with this fleeting freedom, I headed south f...

20 mar 12 2 people like this

Paperd

California native and entrepreneurial web designer Jamie Varon wasnt supposed to stay in Paris. Her plan was to continue traveling through Europe - Spain, Sweden, Italy and beyond - all while working...

13 mar 12 1 person likes this

7 Super Shots

I was recently tagged by Philadelphia-based photographer Christian Carollo (whose photos of Philadelphia are absolutely stunning)  in the latest photo project from HostelBook...

08 mar 12 1 person likes this

Franco File Friday: Maggie of Eat Boutique!

Birthdays. Holidays. Anniversaries. Baby showers: all occasions where gifting is not only customary but expected. Living abroad, the already laborious task becomes even more unenviable. Not bein...

02 mar 12 1 person likes this

The Men of Montorgueil

Rue Montorgueil - a bastion of the Parisian identity - is one of my favorite streets and home to some of the artisanal shops and cafés I frequent regularly. I go to indulge and observe, never disappo...

29 feb 12 3 people like this

Pozzetto: Italian Ice Cream with Soul

As a kid there was little I awaited with as much anticipation as the daily passage of the ice cream man during the summer. The mysterious yet familiar music-box melody that bellowed from his rooftop ...

24 feb 12 2 people like this

Franco File Friday: Cristina of From Buenos Aires to Paris

Since I spend a lot of time online, whether to write, read, pin or tweet, I look to blogs for a sense of escapism. Often this is achieved via travel and food blogs that offer both inspiration and eff...

24 feb 12

Love Locks on the Pont des Arts

In the cloying cold that consumed most of Europe a few weeks ago, spending any considerable amount of time outdoors was unthinkable. Physically impossible, even. But when the sun resurfaced at the he...

17 feb 12 1 person likes this

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