Well it’s about time! Just last week we were all wearing our spring trench coats and hats, with the thermometer outside hovering in the 65-70°F range during the day, lower (with wind and...
Around Town
It’s officially summer today, and it’s good to be back in Paris after a long trip back to the homeland. Lots to get excited about over the next few months, including the new...
The paulowina’s, lilacs and horse chestnut trees are in bloom, the parks are full of Sunday picnickers, and the café terraces are packed full of sunglass-wearing Parisians. The women are...
Today’s Indulgence in Honor of "Le Saint Valentin" (from my neighborhood bakery).
Ice skating at the Hôtel de Ville (this video shows the kiddie section…adults are in the larger area in the back), through March 4.
Hangin’ at the Galerie Magda Danysz It was such a lovely afternoon today — no coats needed — that I finally succumbed to Lena & Pedro’s imploring looks and took...
I get my veggies direct from the growers at my local market (blvd Auguste-Blanqui, in the 13th). I particularly like the mutant carrots. I’m afraid to ask what kind of fertilizer they use!
Well, hell. I wasn’t going to say anything, but I can’t help it. The head-to-toe purple is one thing (yes, the shoes are lavender), but the cat litter?! Proof that not all...
For the third summer in a row, the leaves of the city’s horse chestnut trees are covered in brown spots and turning brown. In another few weeks they’ll shrivel up, die, and fall...
Some of my tour clients asked if they could have their photos taken with the Gendarmes. They seemed more than happy to oblige! Photo taken outside the Palais de Justice (on the Place Dauphine...
My Lu Petit Ecoliers totally melted!
(Still tasted good, though!)
Who knew Steven Seagal, butt kickin’ action hero of American cinema, is also a blues singer? Well, maybe I’m just out of the loop…good thing I saw this poster pasted up on...
