Archive for December, 2009
Winter Wonderland
Friday, December 25th, 2009Paris is even more beautiful when covered with a blanket of snow. I took this photo last week, but it seems appropriate to share it with you today. Wherever you are in the world, I hope you are enjoying your own winter wonderland. Joyeux Noël!
Cookie party!
Monday, December 14th, 2009I’ve tried to ignore the signs, but even someone as faintly Scrooge-like as myself can’t deny it: Christmas is here. With pine boughs decorating shop windows, and stores open on Sunday (they’re allowed special dispensation during the month of December), bells are jingling and so are cash registers. Two things that make me thankful to live in [...]
A year in a French market: The great pumpkin
Thursday, December 10th, 2009How much would you pay for a can of pumpkin? You know, a 16 oz can of Libby’s solid-pack pumpkin? A lot, it turns out, if you live in Paris. I don’t like to complain about Parisian prices too much, because Paris is a world capital and world capitals are expensive. But, tasked with making [...]
French State dinners through the ages
Friday, December 4th, 2009I’ve always thought that few occasions could be considered more glamourous, alluring or intriguing than a State Dinner — an opinion clearly shared by others, as, ahem, evidenced by current events — so I was delighted, a few weeks ago, to catch an inside glimpse of France’s State Dinners. No, I didn’t crash one. Paris’s [...]