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LATEST ARTICLES ( 61 )

• Eiffel Tower for Sale?

  

  No, not really. But a part of its staircase is up for auction tomorrow.This morning as I was perusing the newspaper a photo of an oddly out-of-place twirling... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2016 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Back in Time at WH Smith Paris

  

  I was recently at the American embassy taking care of some paperwork when I decided to hop by the neighboring bookstore WH Smith to see what they might have... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2016 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• France is in Shock

  

  But perhaps they shouldn’t be. After Brexit, the concerns of those fearful of the future have been put on the forefront of many minds. We see trends like this i... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2016 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Wine in Montmartre

  

  There’s a vineyard in Paris! In my backyard… no kidding. This weekend was the Fêtes des Vendanges in Montmartre. (Montmartre Grape Harvest Festival) Having live... Read more

  Posted on 11 October 2016 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• La Traviata Revisted

  

  I was swept off to the opera on Saturday night. I’d always wanted to see the Traviata, ever since I was a small girl looking up at Julia Roberts on the big... Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2016 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Bartlett Lodge -Perfect Canadian Cottage Experience

  

  Having spent much of my adolescence in Canada, I’m particularly attached to the Canadian ritual of “going to the cottage”, up north in Cottage Country. Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2016 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Secrets of France – Contribution

  

  I was recently asked to contribute to the Secrets of France newsletter featuring French bloggers favorite French places. This edition was published on their sit... Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2016 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Provence – Loved It!

  

  I recently wrote a post about the book Provence 1970, a book that I adored and through which I spent my reading hours vicariously living the rugged, burnt-sun... Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2016 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Festival d’Avignon (Theater…everywhere)

  

  I’d heard about the Festival d’Avignon for years – three weeks of theater in the south of France. Theater in the streets, theater in cafés, theater in... Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2016 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• La Fête De La Musique 2016

  

  In the early 1980s, the French Minister of Culture, Jack Lang, created La fête de la Musique. Since that first year, thousands of musicians have flooded the... Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2016 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Le Foot, Er, Soccer Sweeps Paris

  

  I’m not a sports fan, but the sheer number of jerseys I saw today and the huge road parties made me pause and take notice!It must be the Irish against some... Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2016 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Spring Cuisine – Ideas from a Chef

  

  The chef is not, unsurprisingly, me…We recently spent a week with a chef at the Ile de Ré. This chef, who is in fact the older cousin of my better half,... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2016 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• A Book for a Rose?

  

  Or is it Sant Jordi… Last weekend I was down in Perpignan, way down in the south-west of France near the Spanish border, for the release of my better half’s... Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2016 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• French Babies Eat Yogurt…?

  

  I knew going into this adventure that the eating habits I was used to back home in North America were not what they are here in France. Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2016 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Becoming Madame is Becoming Maman!

  

  Some exciting news:Becoming Madame is Becoming Maman (!!), and that explains, along with the full time job, much of the white space this blog has seen over the... Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2016 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Rue Caulaincourt Brocante

  

  Twice a year, one of the prettiest streets in Paris – winding its way toward Montmartre – hosts an enormous brocante, garage and antique sale… all piled into... Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2016 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Reading Paris

  

  From “The Tenth Muse: My Life in Food, by-Judith JonesI have just put down Provence 1970, the book I found in the free book mail box in Chinon during my latest... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2016 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Touraine, Loire Valley: A Road Trip

  

  We have wanted to explore this area for a long time. We’ve both been to the grand chateaux before – Chambord, Amboise, Blois, Chenonceaux… – but never had we... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2016 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• A Morning at a Paris Antique Market

  

  UPDATE: A reader wrote to me recently asking for that list I promised – far too long ago now – of the various brocante markets around and about Paris. Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2016 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Homemade Galette Des Rois – Recipe & How To

  

  On January 6, France celebrated Epiphany. Like most of the holidays in France, this is a Catholic festival or day of feast; this particular one in honor of God’... Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2016 EXPAT, TRAVEL