Any expat who spends enough time in France will little by little start appropriating some of the French mannerisms, mentalities and phrases--even when speaking in English! At last, author Shari Leslie Segall has addressed the question of when have you traveled so far...
Belle-Île-en-Mer lies 14 kilometers from Quiberon, off the coast of the Morbihan, and at approximately 17 kilometers by 9 kilometers, it is the largest island of Brittany's islands. Belle-Île, as it's called for short, has only about 5,000 year-round residents, but...
I thought that with all this wintery weather, a flashback to my day on Île de Groix this past summer would be an encouraging topic for this week's post. Île de Groix is an island not far off the coast of Lorient, on the western end of Brittany's Morbihan department....
Since I have been managing my apartment rentals myself, one question has, surprisingly, come up several times already: How far is your apartment from the center of Paris? I never know quite how to respond to this question. What do you mean by the center of Paris? What...
This is my 300th post since I started this blog in the Spring of 2011. So I thought I would take this opportunity to share a few statistics.... In just short of 3 years: 46,870 different people have visited the site I have uploaded 1,494 unique images to the site...
My episode of House Hunters International is re-airing on HGTV this Saturday, January 18th at 11:30pm. Click here for more details! Dining area/kitchen This 22-minute episode follows my apartment hunt and captures the before and after of my apartment renovations....
In November, we spent a fabulous weekend at Chalet L'Orignal in Chamonix. No, not "Chalet L'Original" -- it's not a typo. An orignal is a moose, a head of which greets you as you enter. The chalet's jacuzzi and the iconic Aiguille du Midi Chamonix is small city about...
Living in France, you quickly notice come January 1st how serious an institution "Bonne année" is to the French. In the U.S., we wish our loved ones--and even some strangers who cross our paths--a "Happy New Year" between about 3PM on December 31st and midnight on...
Dear friends, Wishing you and your family very Happy Holidays! Still no plans for New Year's Eve? Join the fabulous Caroline Nin for her Edith Piaf concert! Warm regards,
Every November is Mois de la Photo in Paris (Paris Photo Month). This year, the Yousuf Karsh exhibit at the Mona Bismarck American Center for Art & Culture was top of my list. The Mona Bismarck Center aims to "enable the discovery of the richness and diversity of...
