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• French Cooking with Wini Moranville: A French Recipe for Your Farmers Market...

  

  It happens nearly every time I go to a farmers market: I buy basketfuls of beautiful produce and have a lot of fun, but by the time I get home, I’m starving... Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2014 DESTINATIONS, EXPAT, FOOD & DRINK, ORGANIC, RECIPES, TRAVEL

• May 2014 Eye Need to Do’s: Monumenta 2014, Caroline Nin American Songbook, Jazz...

  

  Monumenta 2014 For its sixth installation, Monumenta has chosen Russian artists Ilya & Emilia Kabakov to fill the vast Grand Palais space with one of their... Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2014 DESTINATIONS, EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Once Upon a Time on the Orient Express at Institut Du Monde Arabe

  

  The fabulous new exhibit Once Upon a Time on the Orient Express at The Institut du Monde Arabe celebrates the 130th anniversary of the legendary train service... Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2014 DESTINATIONS, EXPAT, TRAVEL

• David Burke's Writers in Paris: Writers in the Luxembourg Gardens-The French

  

  More than at any other time in French literary history, the 19th century saw the high point of popular adoration of writers.  As evidence of that, all we need d... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2014 DESTINATIONS, EXPAT, TRAVEL

• David Burke's Writers in Paris: Writers in the Luxembourg Gardens-The Americans

  

  A special treat this month, David Burke has written a two part series about Writers in the Luxembourg Gardens, Part one- The Americans, today, and tomorrow, Par... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2014 DESTINATIONS, EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Parisian of the Month: Frédérick Foubet Marzorati

  

  I met Frédérick Foubet Marzorati a few years ago at Vincent’s art opening and we immediately bonded when he told me he was a shoe designer. I regaled him with... Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2014 DESTINATIONS, EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Lunch with Lynn/Under 20 Eats: La Baque De Kenza

  

  Lynn wasn’t available this month, so I flew solo on this one. I used to pass La Bague de Kenza, an outpost of the legendary Middle Eastern pastry shop on the... Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2014 DESTINATIONS, EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Meredith Mullins: Floating in Budapest

  

  I spun the "B" travel wheel for my April vacation (Berlin, Bratislava, Budapest, Brussels, Bordeaux, Barcelona.) Budapest won . . . again. Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2014 DESTINATIONS, EXPAT, TRAVEL

• My Friend Saundra Tobman

  

  Dear Readers and Subscribers,My apologies for the Door of the Month photos not coming through on Monday and for not posting yesterday. Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2014 DESTINATIONS, EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Door of the Month: Amsterdam

  

  I have a special treat this month, it’s a series of doors from recent trip to Amsterdam. The doors are attached houses built in the late 1600s, much like... Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2014 DESTINATIONS, EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Easter 2014

  

  Here is my annual Easter post showing all the eggciting Easter eggs across town. Have a Hoppy Easter! I forgot to wish my Jewish readers Happy Passover. Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2014 DESTINATIONS, EXPAT, TRAVEL

• My Story

  

  I am asked all the time by my tour clients: How/Why did I move to Paris? How did you start your blog and tours? I have told the story hundreds of times and... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2014 DESTINATIONS, EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Mapplethorpe/Rodin Exhibit

  

  Taking full advantage of the glorious April in Paris weather, I went to see the Mapplethorpe/Rodin Exhibit at the Rodin Museum. Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2014 DESTINATIONS, EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Day Trip to Amiens

  

  As glorious as April in Paris has been the last few weeks with sunny days and comfortable temps in the 60s, it’s nice to travel outside the city and breathe som... Read more

  Posted on 14 April 2014 DESTINATIONS, EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Marais Night Photos

  

  After the breathtaking sunsets at the Pompidou a few weeks ago, I walked home from the museum. It was the blue hour, where evening is just beginning and the... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2014 DESTINATIONS, EXPAT, TRAVEL

• L’Institut Guerlain, 68 Champs-Elysees

  

  A few weeks ago I went with Carol from Paris Breakfasts to the newly renovated L’Institut Guerlain on the Champs Elysees. It was French luxury in its purest,... Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2014 DESTINATIONS, EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Trip to Amsterdam: Museum of Bags and Purses

  

  I was thrilled to see the Vermeer paintings and the Night Watch by Rembrandt at the recently reopened Rijks Museum and delighted in viewing the amazing painting... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2014 DESTINATIONS, EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Trip to Amsterdam: Keukenhof Gardens

  

  Last week I went to visit my friend Sandra from New York who now lives in Amsterdam. I always wanted to see the tulips blooming and I made a plan with Sandra... Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2014 DESTINATIONS, EXPAT, TRAVEL

• New Book: How Paris Became Paris

  

  Rosemary Flannery reviews the new book How Paris Became Paris by Joan D Jean. How Paris Became Paris is a must addition to the library of Paris lovers. Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2014 DESTINATIONS, EXPAT, TRAVEL

• French Cooking with Wini Moranville: Three French Ways with Asparagus

  

  It’s finally arrived! Asparagus season. Here are three French-inspired ways I love serving this veggie.But first, a little know-how: Of course you know how to... Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2014 DESTINATIONS, EXPAT, TRAVEL