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Thursday, June 30th, 2011After years of saving our pennies, we’re finally taking the plunge and buying an apartment in Paris, a postage stamp that we can call our very own. And now that I’ve viewed many (many, many) apartments, I can say with some confidence that whatever and wherever we end up buying, we’ll need to do some [...]
Summer reading
Thursday, June 23rd, 2011Now that summer is officially here (though you’d never guess it from the rainy weather), I’m dreaming about vacation. Whole days of uninterrupted sloth reading by the pool. Which begs the question: Reading what? Last week I asked for your summer book suggestions. I got so many excellent ideas, I thought I’d share some of [...]
Unleashed
Thursday, June 2nd, 2011Paris gets a bad rap for dog mess, and it’s true that some streets are worse than others. In my neighborhood, I’ve learned to watch my feet on rue Dupin and rue Coëtlogon, which, after several unfortunate incidents, we now call rue de la Merde. I thought I was the only one who noticed the [...]
Cold combinations
Tuesday, May 10th, 2011It’s ice cream season again in Paris and, if the long lines are any attestation, this stuff is to Parisians as those hideous boot-sandals are to teenage girls. There are so many wonderful ice cream shops in Paris that I’ll leave the deliberation over who’s the best to the experts. (Though I’ve listed my favorites below.) [...]
May flowers
Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011As a bookish — let’s admit it, nerdy — child, I was a fan of Louisa May Alcott’s books. Not just Little Women, but her entire oeuvre, including a book called Jack and Jill, a rather preachy tale about two kids who are injured in a sledding accident and their subsequent convalescence. One of the scenes [...]
Oh, to be in Britain
Thursday, April 28th, 2011Are you planning on watching the Royal Wedding, mes amis? I am, even though I’m fully aware that makes me little bit cliché. I was six when Charles and Diana tied the knot and I can still recall getting up in the middle of the night (I grew in California, remember) to watch the bride [...]
Picnicking in the Jardin du Luxembourg
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011One of my most favorite things to do in Paris when the sky is bright and the temperatures are balmy is to pack a picnic and go sit in the Luxembourg Gardens with a good book. Sometimes I’ll cobble together a lunch of leftovers, more often I’ll buy a sandwich on my way to the [...]
A delicious week
Friday, April 22nd, 2011What a week, mes amis! In between our trip to Nice and sundry writing projects, I hunted for my byline in the newspaper and managed to sneak in a few delicious bites. Here they are in no particular order: 1. Asparagus — I’m not sure it’s really spring until I eat my first stalks. Luckily, the spears are currently shooting up like [...]
French hopscotch
Thursday, March 17th, 2011Did you play hopscotch as a kid, mes amis? Out for a walk, I spotted this hand-chalked grid marked ciel and terre, or heaven and earth. Can any Français out there enlighten me on how this game is played? I’d love to know!
Flower therapy
Tuesday, March 15th, 2011Aren’t these flowers pretty? My friend, Janet Skeslien Charles, gave them to me because she knows I love tulips. Sadly, after only a day, a couple of the stalks started to droop. Luckily, I know a flower trick that I learned from my dad. Fill a basin (or the sink) with cold water and submerge your stems. [...]
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