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 ...
Culture and Tradition
Bringing Paris Home – Penny Drue Baird
The other night, I headed to the Alliance Française de Chicago for a lecture and book signing by New York Interior Designer Peggy Drue Baird, author of Bringing Paris Home.
Ms. Baird gave a terrific talk about how she became interested in French culture and how she incorporates French style into ...
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 ...
Jacquemart-André Museum
Recently, I visited the Jacquemart-André museum, the former home world travelers and art collectors Nellie Jacquemart and Edouard André.
The home is a wonderful example of late 19th architecture. It was designed by architect Henri Parent and constructed during the Second Empire when ...
