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Etretat or Normandy
Summer is almost over for the Frenchies. It’s been a calm, quiet, empty Paris during July/August because a fair number of people leave on vacation. There are plenty of inexpensive charter vacations...
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Gleeful in Paris
Thank goodness people love the camera as much as they love this city. Wandering about Paris can give you this gleeful want-to-jump-in-the-air type feeling. The combination of the warm sun, the...
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Bombay Sapphire crystals
This little beauty was for sale in the tiny exclusive bar of the Hôtel de Crillon in Place de la Concorde. It is a reconstructed bottle embedded with Swarovski crystals for a mere 30,000 EURO. But if...
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Sacré Cœur performer
Besides the thrill of walking up all those stairs (or riding the quaint funicular) to the top to see the famed Basilica of the Sacré Cœur, there is also a quite talented performer who juggles the...
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Decadent pastries
One thing that the French do better than anyone else in the world is the fabrication of pastries and baguettes. I am not kidding. So much so that I am wont to eat them anywhere else. It’s just not...
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Passionate in Paris
Anyone can be passionate, but it takes real lovers to be silly. -Rose Franken You’ll see lots of passion in Paris. People take themselves quite seriously here. But silliness? Maybe, if you’re lucky.
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No $$ for a Xmas tree?
If you start now, you can save all your green sparkling water bottles and make your own Christmas tree. The environmental version. One you can recycle year after year. Sadly enough, Christmas is not...
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The return of the Parisians
The days of calm, relatively empty Paris are over. The ‘rentrée’ has happened, where all the Parisians, singles, families, and couples alike, have returned for the start of school, thus marking the...
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Wine country weekend
Want a quick getaway? Wine regions are aplenty and many are not far from Paris, reachable by car or train. Book a quaint hotel (they’re all quaint in these rustic regions) and spend the day touring...
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The almost perfect handbag
It doesn’t hold anything, barring it from perfection. But it is absolutely adorable, and edible. An ornate, petite, evening handbag carved out of chocolate. What more could you ask for? A larger day...
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