With the first round of the French presidential elections just three days away, I have been giving some thought to how I would vote if I could actually vote here in France. It is easy in your home country to be persuaded by tradition, by how your family tends to vote,...
Over the Easter weekend, I took my first trip out of Paris since January. The initial idea was to visit Brittany. While our precise itinerary changed several times before the final iteration, in the end I managed to do a little of everything. This trip combined...
Paris Weekender Turns One! Exactly one year ago today, on April 15, 2011, I posted my very first post on Paris Weekender, on a subject close to my heart, BURRATA. This is my 122nd post. To date, Paris Weekender has welcomed 7,124 unique visitors and 20,496 pageviews....
It occurred to me last week that I had only been outside the périphérique once (and only for a half day) since my trip to Val d'Isère in January. That's craziness! This past weekend, with three full days, I took a fabulous trip to Normandy and Brittany and I most...
With the nicer weather already making some cameo appearances, I decided it was time to share my list of favorite Paris terraces - the restaurants and bars among my picks that offer the best outdoor seating. View from Le Café Marly French: • Le Café Marly (1st) in the...
Le Palais Garnier or Opéra Garnier is one of Paris's most recognizable landmarks, famous as much for its intricate and ornamental façade (completely renovated and restored in 2000) and grand staircase made of marble as for its auditorium and the importance of that...
This week's get-to-know-Paris challenge is to slow down and read the historic markers! Have you noticed these brown signs around the city? Well, next time you pass one, take a look and you might just learn something! Does you know where the marker in this photo is...
No, it's not really Restaurant Week in Paris. That falls September 17 - 23 this year. But I had my own personal restaurant week recently. It's not often that I go to three restaurants in a row that are absolutely top notch. So I decided that this unexpected phenomenon...
My first article has been published on Ma Vie Française ("My French Life")! Ma Vie Française is a unique resource for French, expats and Francophiles, wherever they may live, in that it's truly a bilingual site. I encourage you to check it out and click around! I...
Every month, I post a list of some of my favorite or just the most eye-catching articles, recipes, blogs and other links I have come across in the past month. Some relate to Paris and European travels and some have nothing at all to do with the themes of Paris...
