Category: Living in France
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The Match Making Weekend Extravaganza, or where friends meet and share some wine…what will it be?
Love potion. A three bottle set. Crystal containers with gilded stars in protective wooden box. A few months ago I teasingly wrote that a French perfume company was creating a love potion, and I asked,…
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Place du Tertre in the Montmartre
There is a hill in Paris where the cobble-stone streets twist and turn, and the many, steep stairways lead you up and up, to a square where artists gather to paint portraits and scenes…
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Paris on the First Day of the Year
Happy New Year! May the sun shine the way for you everyday of the New Year! Photo: The top of one of the corner columns of Pont Alexandre in Paris. We are in Paris! French husband, the children and I…
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Up close, yet faraway at Christmas
The reflection in the Christmas ornament is of me with my new macro lens. French husband is standing over my shoulder smiling. He is giddy! But really I am the happier one because of…
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Latest French Fashion
The other night Chelsea was talking about school and what she hopes to do when she graduates. Afterward, as we walked back to Chelsea's studio, Sacha stopped in the middle of the sidewalk, something…
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The Art of Walking Naturally
Last night as we headed out to the restaurant to celebrate my daughter's birthday, Sacha leaned close to me and asked, "Mom, whose arm do I take?" You see, in France, when you walk…