With the euro at a 12-year low against the U.S. dollar, now is the time to travel to Europe. The euro and dollar are at near parity. TripAdvisor's TripIndex™ Europe study, released last week, found that trips to the most popular European destinations are down an...
In recent years, the Paris Mayor's office (both under Bertrand Delanoë and now Anne Hidalgo) has launched an aggressive campaign to discourage car traffic in the city center. Last week, I wrote about the (very) temporary driving ban. I have also written about the...
There seems to be a bit of confusion over the driving ban (or lack thereof) declared by the city's Mayor, Anne Hidalgo, last week, in an effort to curb a temporary peak in pollution levels. At first, the city was going to allow only cars with license plates ending in...
Last week I was featured in AngloINFO's "Meet the AngloINFO Expat of the Week," and decided to share my interview here as well! I truly enjoyed the interview process: reflecting on my time in France and on questions such as how I went about making friends in my new...
Recently, I was invited by Dale Riehl, owner (along with his wife) of The City Quilter, to visit their shop, an 18-year old store in Manhattan devoted to everything fabric. For the last five years, The City Quilter has been designing its own fabrics that are only sold...
One of my favorite little wine shops in Saint-Germain, in Paris's 6th arrondissement, La Dernière Goutte ("The Last Drop"), is now offering wine tasting classes! Classes are held in their shop every Friday and Saturday evening, as well as Saturday afternoons: Fridays:...
I've signed up for BookBub, a service that sends you a daily e-mail with deals on Kindle or e-books, delivered to you in any format you like (via Apple, Amazon, Google, etc.) It's actually quite dangerous: the e-books are all $0.99, $1.99, $2.99 or sometimes even...
I just finished reading Eric Weiner's The Geography of Bliss, or technically the author, Eric Weiner himself, read the book to me. I'm back into audiobooks now. I first became enamored with them a few years back when I commuted 45 minutes by foot to work. Before you...
Never heard of Sark (or Sercq, as the French say)? You are probably not alone. Most people, even those living in France or the UK, have never heard of this small island in the English Channel off the Normandy coast. Although it boasts a status of 4th largest island in...
Last week, I posted a scene of Sacré Coeur that I "painted" with the Waterlogue app. I decided the app now deserves a post of its own. Waterlogue allows you to take a photo, then turn it in just seconds into a watercolor painting. You have the choice of 12 different...
