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Wednesday, December 31, 2014

Heureuse Année!

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A lovely, if somewhat dark, 1928 carte de voeux that I found at the Marché aux timbres in Paris. Bonne année cards haven't always...
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Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Suggestions for Celebrating New Year's in France

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How to celebrate New Year's in France? Here are mouth-watering and intriguing suggestions ...from 60 years ago. The 1954 December is...
Saturday, August 16, 2014

Looks like Paris

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I'm a huge fan of the blue doors in Paris. Some days, when I was living in Paris, when I didn't quite know what to do with myself,...
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Saturday, August 02, 2014

Lessons from Mrs. Goodfellow

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When I was in college, I spent summers waitressing in a perfect, perfectly charming historic inn in Maine. One of the delights was to be...
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Thursday, April 03, 2014

High-flying Sunday on the Seine

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Denis Josselin  photo © Caroline HENNEL If you are in Paris this Sunday, April 6, do yourself a favor and hightail it over to the 12e ar...
Thursday, March 20, 2014

Boulevard Clichy, 1950s

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This painting of Paris, entitled “Boulevard Clichy, Paris,” hung in our house all of my childhood. To me, it was Paris – everything th...
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Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Valérie Trierweiler’s Brother Recounts the Break-Up with François Hollande

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[Vanity Fair France has a great article about the Hollande-Trierweiler split, explained by a family member, which hasn't been publishe...
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Friday, February 14, 2014

10 Little French Words to know for Valentine's Day

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Ah, the language of love. It's just so... fundamental! So I bring you some of the basics, in French. A is for aimer A is als...
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Sunday, December 15, 2013

Season's Greetings

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from a postcard I bought Souhaits de Bonheur.   Happy wishes of the season.  Which is of course, what I wish to all of you. But take a...
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Wednesday, December 11, 2013

This dog takes the phrase "leche-vitrine" to a new level

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It's the holidays! Time for some shopping, or at least a little window-shopping, n'est-ce pas ? This Manhattan pooch must have s...
Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Le Crocodile in Paris

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Paris vitrines (store windows) never fail to delight and inspire. More often than not, they make me stop in my tracks. And snap photos if m...
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Thursday, October 31, 2013

How do you say "Boo!" in French?

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Like this: Pasteur statue, place de Breteuil. 
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Thursday, October 17, 2013

Bonjour Black

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Seen on the streets of New York.  Is black the new black?
Thursday, August 29, 2013

That first magical summer in France, 40 years ago?

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Forty years. Forty years ago today, I boarded an Air France flight at Orly to return from France to the U.S.  It had been a magical summ...
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Monday, August 05, 2013

Fermeture Annuelle: photos

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We all know by now, don't we, that Paris more or less shuts down in August.  Some of us revel in the peacefulness of a quiet Paris .  Ot...
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