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  • Image of book The Food Lover's Guide to Paris for review
    Book Reviews,  Specific Info

    The Food Lover’s Guide to Paris: Tempting!

    December 3, 2019 /

    When is the last time you read a food guide in one sitting? The Food Lovers's Guide to Paris is the first food book I ever read cover to cover in one day. I can personally recommend it and say, "delightfully delicious".  You are introduced to the book with a casual overview of then and now and reassured that French cuisine is here to stay. The guide is simply laid out and begins with a map and arrondissement locations of places mentioned in the guide. In the "How-to-Guide" section Helen Massy-Beresford gives essential courtesy tips. She then moves shows you to your table of dining or specialty shop pleasures with…

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    Paris Christmas Activities for 2013-2014

    November 13, 2013

    Un Picasso – Play at Theatre de Nesle

    October 22, 2015
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    Happy New Year 2015 from Paris!

    January 7, 2015
  • Annabel Simms' latest release Half an Hour From Paris
    Book Reviews,  Specific Info

    Secret Day Trips Half Hour from Paris

    August 16, 2018 /

    Antiquity, countryside and history greet you in Annabel Simms' book, "Half an Hour from Paris ... 10 Secret Daytrips by Train". First you have to find your way there. Annabel Simms arranges the book like a quality French baguette au levain sandwich: yummy ingredients between the crunchy crusts. This is a book of self-guided walking tours of various lengths.

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    Treasures in a Mexican Suitcase-Capa, Taro, Chim

    April 16, 2013
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    Activities With Kids In Paris At Christmas

    December 14, 2010
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    Paris Shower Walls-How to Clean Them

    September 17, 2015
  • David Downie's latest book comes out September 26, 2017
    Book Reviews,  Books & Guides & Writing,  Food, Drink & Health

    David Downie’s Parisian Love Affair with Food

    September 25, 2017 /

    "A Taste of Paris, A History of the Parisian Love Affair with Food" is a fun book in David's style. David combines history, travelogue and a personal quest. David's quest this time: "What is it about the history of Paris that has made it a food lover's paradise?" You can follow his Paris food seduction from 53 BC to the present. Bringing Paris food history alive, David presents lots of written culinary activity between the 1300s and 1792 (end of the Ancien Régime) with all the King Louis's, their chefs and the chefs’ cookbooks. David takes us back to the barbarian Parisiis squatting, eating with no tableware and demonstrates how the…

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    Yves Saint Laurent Archives On The Internet

    December 17, 2013
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    Spring Is Springing In Paris

    March 5, 2011
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    Study French in Paris

    February 1, 2015
  • Cartoon from Frantastique a fun, humorous learning tool with animations and quizzes
    Book Reviews,  Language,  Life in Paris & France

    Learning French-Babes to Adults

    September 9, 2016 /

    Learning French comes in a variety of ways. From interactive toys to online lessons to French theatre with English surtitles to language speed speaking to traditional one-on-one lessons or studying abroad. The list keeps growing to fit your convenience. Some ideas from the past for young ages like the P’tit nours bears have given way to Snow & Stella, Lily Lapin, a friend of Pierre Lapin’s, and the very popular ChiChi Love, the showstar Chihuahua. Two large toy stores in Paris stock and innumerable quantity of French and bi-lingual toys and animals. Adults over 15 need not worry because fun is in store for you! Frantastique, a humorous online learning…

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    Hotel Raphael’s La Terrasse Bar in Paris

    July 3, 2014
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    Paris WiFi Hotspots

    June 30, 2010
    Under one of the oldest trees, Jardin des Plantes

    Grand Palais Restaurant Reopens -The Mini-Palais

    September 27, 2010
  • cover of Rosemary Flannery's Angels of Paris Architectural Tour through the history of Paris
    Book Reviews,  History,  Seeing Paris,  Videos

    Rosemary Flannery’s Angels of Paris

    January 25, 2016 /

    How do you view Paris? With an angel on her shoulder, Rosemary Flannery views Paris through angel eyes. Rosemary is the author of the book, "Angels of Paris, an Architectural Tour through the History of Paris". Rosemary wrote the text and took the photos, even if it included carrying a ladder around to get the best angle of an angel. I only recently discovered this book, a little slow on my part, but that shows the timelessness of a subject that dates back....

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    February 12, 2018
    Printemps Christmas Window Prada Child looking at window and the bears

    Paris Christmas Activities for 2013-2014

    November 13, 2013
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    Lightness of being at the 58 Tour Eiffel restaurant

    July 27, 2010
  • Two euro book of short stories by Guy de Maupassant
    Book Reviews,  Books & Guides & Writing,  Life in Paris & France,  Photography-Art

    Paris Fashion – Read a Book

    October 1, 2015 /

    Want to read a French book? Don't want to spend a fortune if the exchange rate goes bad? Buy a two euro book. All Parisians read a book. Ride the Paris metro and look at what people are holding in their hands: A book.... "Boule de Suif" is a book of short stories by Guy de Maupassant that began my two euro addiction. I skipped looking up the adjectives because I understood the gist of the stories. Each of the stories is about a woman....

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    Lightness of being at the 58 Tour Eiffel restaurant

    July 27, 2010
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    Handy QR Codes for Paris Buses and Museums

    September 26, 2013
    La Colomberie Christmas decorations and ornaments

    Christmas Decorations With A Paris Theme

    December 4, 2010
  • Cover of PJ Adams' latest book "Intoxicating Southern France".
    Book Reviews,  Books & Guides & Writing

    Book review: PJ Adams-Intoxicating Southern France

    May 11, 2015 /

    Passing through some of the villages in Southern France and stopping along the way, JP Adams is your chauffeur. Get intoxicated. You won’t have a hangover, but you will feel a good buzz while reading PJ Adams’ latest personalized travelogue, “Intoxicating Southern France”. Each chapter is broken down into seven sections: History & Landscape, People & Lifestyle, Food, Shopping, Wine, Navigating the Area, Culture & Art. Having visited these regions, I like her personal touch, information and anecdotes

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    Dior-Designer of Dreams at Arts Décoratifs

    August 25, 2017
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    Lost And Found In Paris-One person’s story

    August 9, 2011
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    French Theatre in Paris & English Surtitles

    July 12, 2016
  • Book Reviews,  Life in Paris & France

    Dining Out in Paris – Book Review

    July 8, 2014 /

    While on the plane, spend less than two hours scrolling through the pages of Tom Reeves' helpful ebook, “Dining Out in Paris: What You Need to Know before You Get to the City of Light”. The delightful book is heavy with information, light to carry and easy to read “cover to cover”. Tom, who has a Paris website, Discover Paris! of walks, tours and activities, gives advice and cultural contrasts clearly enough that his audience is encouraged to pull or push open the door and walk in to a restaurant or local shop.

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    Shuttle Arc de Triomphe to Fondation Louis Vuitton

    January 30, 2020
    RER C Versailles 01 figaro, Photo Recoura Christophe pour la SNCF

    Royal Travel on RER C to Versailles

    May 22, 2012

    Natali’s Bohemian Style!

    August 2, 2017
  • Partial book cover "Intoxicating Paris" by PJ Adams with Metro, Hotel de Ville plaza and Notre-Dame in the background
    Book Reviews,  Books & Guides & Writing

    Book Review: “Intoxicating Paris, Uncorking the Parisian Within”

    January 14, 2014 /

    There is always something useful and something to learn in a guide book. PJ Adams' recent book, "Intoxicating Paris, Uncorking the Parisian Within", is a combination of helpful hints all rolled into one. It is a personal insight, lightweight travel guide with suggestions, partial psychological and psychotherapeutic guide to American and French cultural differences, and a marketing tool for other authors. I was able to identify myself in some parts and appreciated the parts on the cultural differences. "Intoxicating Paris" is a good start for a first-time visitor.

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    La Samaritaine Department Store Facelift

    June 21, 2010
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    Day Trip to Giverny via Vernon

    July 8, 2017
    Denis Josselin crossing the Seine with Cité des Art et du Design to the right

    A Stroll on a Tightrope Stretched Across the Seine

    April 8, 2014
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