Sabrina Haouzi was my French professor for five years and throughout those years became a very close friend. She has a way of making everyone feel at ease with the language. She teaches far more than just the French language. She taught me so much about French culture...
If you've been following my blog for any length of time, you know that I am a big fan of (obsessed with?) France's long distance trail system (the grandes randonnées). I completed Corsica's breathtaking GR20 in 2009 and 2011, and have walked a number of segments of...
Many of you know Michelle already. She manages my Marais apartment on the ground and is super helpful and organized, but she is also a wealth of information on everything Paris. For a couple of months now, she has been telling me about the Open Mic Nite at Club...
Last week I e-mailed my friend Mary Kay of the wonderful blog Out And About in Paris and said, "I know you must be up to some fun adventure this week--whatever it is, count me in!" Fair trade coffee Sure enough, she was thinking of checking out a spot I had never even...
Some of you may be wondering what was up with my bizarre Twitter, Instagram and Facebook video posts on Sunday afternoon. I usually have limits for the level of embarrassment I am willing to allot my online presence. Well, guess what? All rules dictating socially...
I first heard about The Paris Architect by Charles Belfoure from Paris Book Club, and I immediately pre-ordered a paperback on Amazon. My father was visiting a week or two later and told me he was reading an excellent book that he thought I would like, that in fact he...
Our traveler has quadriplegia, but that's not going to stop her from moving to Paris this summer. It's just a twist in the plot like any other obstacle she may encounter in moving to a new country and dealing with a new culture: it gives her more to write about! Our...
Visitors from all around the world descend in masses upon Mont Saint-Michel each year. This medieval town on its own island, linked to the mainland of Brittany by a narrow causeway, is an amazing site. But so many visitors come all this way and then miss some of the...
Rarely does an anglophone spend more than a few days in Paris without venturing over to its most famous expat bookshop, and perhaps the most famous expat shop in the world, Shakespeare & Co. Jeffrey Mercer wandered over to Shakespeare & Co. in the early days...
NEW! See this short video Xavier just made of scooting through Paris!! Recently, I spoke with Xavier of Paris by Scooter about his new scooter tour and rental venture. And Xavier has been kind enough to offer reader of Paris Weekender 10% off any Vespa Tours reserved...
