For my Christmas card, I chose an image by impressionist painter Afred Sisley, titled L'Effet de Neige sur Argenteuil. ...
Everyday France
Le Beaujolais Nouveau est arrivé!
Every year, on the third Thursday of November, le Beaujolais Nouveau is released for sale in France.
Beaujolais wine is unique in that it is harvested, fermented, bottled and shipped within six weeks. Thus, the term “nouveau” is assigned to the wine. According to tradition, at one minute past ...
Salon Coiffure
Have you ever noticed the number of beauty salons in Paris?
There seems to be one on every corner…and for good reason. On any given Friday or Saturday morning women line up at the salon to have a brushing, meaning a shampoo and a blow dry. Armed with a round brush and a powerful 2100w ...
Going Home
The taxi to the airport arrived promptly at 7 AM. It is Sunday morning, it’s still dark outside and I don’t want to leave.
I know this routine well. I’ve done it many times and it’s always the same: a sense of melancholy brought on by my impending departure, juxtaposed with joyful satisfaction at ...
Fashion Week
Fashion Week in Paris is coming to a close. Most major fashion houses have shown their Spring-Summer 2009 Collections on runways at the Grand Palais, the Carrousel du Louvre and in tents along the northern edge of the Tuileries Garden.
The French magazine Madame Figaro has published ...
