I love a travel diary. Back in my teens I was a slightly deranged scrapbooker. I picked up souvenirs, napkins, scribbled notes, drawings, cut things up and taped them all into ...
Winter holidays for school children officially begin today. And while most families are off to the slopes in Switzerland, The Alps, or Mont Blanc, we will be staying put in Paris. My husband went skiing without us last ...
This past week has been nothing but rain, rain, short spurts of beautiful Instagram-worthy sunshine, then more rain. Me and my daughter had to duck into a restaurant after getting caught in a horrible tempête that had chairs and ...
To fully appreciate the French art of love there’s no denying that a French lover would be extremely useful. If this is not possible do not despair ...
On my usual route to the grocery store a while ago, with stroller and grocery cart in tow, I noticed that a disgusting deserted old space full of rubble and covered in graffiti had suddenly been transformed! (I must have missed the makeover.) There were potted plants and flowers on the sidewalk. I peeked in the window to ...
The past week somehow just flew by for me. It started full of meetings and trying to stay organized and productive. (When I laid out my vision for the year these were two important ...
This past week I have been in full-on detox mode. It’s kind of crazy because I find all the meals from the Annual Goop Detox pretty tasty, but ...
Okay now that everyone is back to work…it’s time to start thinking about holidays already/again! This country loves time off and so do I. There’s almost no excuse for not making plans and exploring. Get out and explore by ...
Bonne Année! I love the start of a New Year and how the French usually follow their new year’s greetings with “plein des bonne choses!” At first I found this bizarre. “Happy New Year! Wish ...
Hope everyone is having a great winter holiday and spending quality time with the fam. We are in Lucerne, Switzerland, where I am trying to be open-minded about celebrating different traditions than what I am used to. ...