My good friend Maria-Grace has come to Paris to attend the Christie's Reunion and to deliver her daughter Julia to ballet school.
Julia is an absolutely delightful young lady and, apparently, quite a talented dancer. She comes to Paris for a month each summer for an intensive ballet course. I met ...
Le Flore Champagne Cocktail
Festive, sweet, and delicious for an outdoor summer gathering.
2 Tablespoon of Grand Marnier
2 Tablespoon of Cognac
2 Tablespoon of Coulis de Fruit Rouge – which is just a fancy way of saying, puréed strawberries and raspberries.
Place the ingredients in a flute and fill the remainder ...
Christie’s Reunion
One of the best things about summer in Paris is spending time with friends who come to visit. On that account, this summer has been exceptionally rewarding. After arriving in Paris, I learned that Christie's Education has organized a reunion and several of my former classmates will be in town for ...
La Favorite
On the rue Passy rests an unassuming little café that could easily go unnoticed by passers by - there's no view, no celebrity clientèle, no historic relevance and no tree-lined terrace. In fact, there's nothing at all remarkable about this little place.
What is does offer, however, is the ideal ...
It’s time for Café Noisette
The French take coffee drinking seriously, And, how they “take” their coffee depends largely on the time of day.
In the morning, they usually have café crème or café au lait – coffee with warm milk. In the afternoon, or after a meal, they usually have un café – a small, but strong black coffee ...
Foyer International des Etudiantes
Because I was in the neighborhood and because I hadn’t been there in many years, I decided to stop-by my former residence hall at 93, Boulevard Saint-Michel. I stayed there for a few weeks one summer while studying at the Alliance Française.
The Foyer International des Etudiantes was founded by ...
