Last week, the kindle version of Tom Reeves' Dining Out in Paris became available on Amazon. I read it on my last train ride from Brittany back to Paris--it's quite a quick read. Tom starts off by saying that those who think you can't get a bad meal in Paris are...
As some of you know, I worked as a corporate lawyer for the first five years I lived in Paris. Last year, I transitioned out of practicing law and onto the recruiting side. I now help place U.S. lawyers in the U.S. and in Europe. I recently wrote a couple of articles...
In April of this year, Tribeca became the proud home to a top-notch new French restaurant, Racines NY. Named after its Parisian counterpart, Racines NY stays true to the same tradition of picking only the freshest, local and seasonally appropriate ingredients. The...
In honor of the 70th anniversary of D-Day, I have posted a new weekend itinerary detailing my visit to the Normandy beaches last summer. Click here to be sent directly to the PDF itinerary. From top left, clockwise: Calves at Château de Vouilly, exploring the grounds...
As my friend explained this new "product" to me, I thought for sure my French was getting worse. But no, it turns out there really is a new type of shellfish, that has just celebrated its official launch! Of course, the shellfish itself is not new. The crepidula...
Driving in France can be a bit intimidating. Driving in Paris can be more than intimidating. Here are a few pointers to help you get used to the new rules and customs: Don't. Don't even think about driving in Paris. What is the point? The metro is so convenient and...
One of my recent guests at Les Miroirs du Marais made the most fantastic amateur-but-you-could-have-fooled-me video, which includes some footage inside the apartment at the start and end of this whirlwind Paris tour. I guarantee this will be the best-spent 4 minutes...
About a 35 minutes' drive north of CDG Airport or a 40 minutes' train ride from Gare du Nord lies Compiègne, a pleasant city in Picardie and the site of the Armistice between Germany and the Allies that took effect at 11:00am on November 11, 1918 and ended World War...
The French spoken by the French is not the French you learned in high school. Real life French is riddled with argot, or slang. But do not despair, there are two pieces of good news. First, you don’t need to speak argot. In fact, with limited exceptions (slang that is...
As a follow-up to a post I did a few weeks back, there's more good news coming out of Kein Cross's Club Rayé in Montorgueil: Only for the month of May, the very talented singer Caroline Nin will be performing on Saturday evenings! Caroline will be giving an exclusive...
