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Patrick Roger's "Chocolate Mine", Maille Mustard Boutique and "The Queen of...
Since Stéphane is traveling for work this week, I thought that I would get up to a bit of monkey business - Parisian style. My first stop was Patrick Roger's newly opened boutique on the Place de la...
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Choices. Inside the life of an expat.
Sara and her friend, Bridget at MIT/WHOI. Thanks to Bridget's blog post, "A Defense at WHOI", I was able to see a key moment in Sara's life when she flipped over her photo to signify the completion of...
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Sunday's Picture and a Song: Poilâne
While strolling the streets of Paris, Stéphane and I spied these petits pains prénom (first name rolls) at Poilâne on Boulevard de Grenelle. Unable to resist the temptation of sharing one of their warm...
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Move it!
Christmas is on its way. It's time to get moving! But I don't mean with your Christmas shopping, cards or holiday parties. Put all of that aside for an hour and jog on over to L'île aux Cygnes because...
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Talents Boutiques - Handcrafted in France
Talents Opéra Is that a donkey in the window?Even though I'm not much of a shopper, I must admit to getting a thrill when I discover something uniquely original, like the vast array of handcrafted...
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Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rockJingle bells swing and jingle bells ringSnowing and blowing up bushels of funNow the jingle hop has begun...As you may have guessed by the introduction, I'm...
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Day four of the 20 day cure
Part of the cure includes mixing the contents of one these ampules with water and drinking it once a day.It all started a couple of weeks ago when my stomach began growing at an alarming rate,...
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It's official. I'm a blogger!
Some people jump into blogging with both feet, others wiggle their toes in the water before easing into the online world. Me? I'm definitely the latter. I've been slow to commit. With malice...
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Sunday's Picture and a Song: Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire
Come and join us next to the fire! I think that Stéphane and I may have found the best place in Paris to drink hot mulled wine, these comfy chairs in the new bar at Le Bristol.
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Looking for the Gingerbread Man in Paris
Can you spot the Gingerbread Man at the Christmas Market? Even though the picture is a bit blurry, I love the people's reactions to Stéphane holding a Gingerbread Man on the Champs-Élysées. What...
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Perfume Tour: Niche Perfume Houses in Paris
... they gave me a bottle of Chanel perfume ... (excerpt from a letter to my parents dated June 1983)I'll never forget the day that Mme M took me to Galeries Lafayette to select a bottle of perfume for...
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It's already Friday?
This week has passed in a blur. Here are some of the highlights.Monday: Dinner at the almost-impossible-to-book Frenchie Restaurant as part of the "December Indulgences" intimate gatherings organized...
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Disneyland for adults? An adventurous night at Hotel Seven in Paris!
Behind the panel in the "007 Suite", there's a 160 cm screen for viewing the collection of James Bond films.What a contrast! On Wednesday evening, Sara, Gwan and I were surrounded by screaming children...
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Sunday's picture and a song: Grown up Christmas List
The Christmas season has officially started. I just listened to Natalie Cole and David Foster's "My Grown up Christmas List". It brought tears to my eyes, the same as it does every year, because it...
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Stéphane's pick of the day: brunch at Saint James Club
Just as I was about to turn off the reading light next to my bed after a long day at Disneyland Paris last Wednesday, a very enthusiastic Stephane returned home from a business dinner bearing a couple...
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Sara's pick of the day: bánh mì at Saigon Sandwich and cappuccino at Ten Belles
"It's all about the sauce!" At least that's what Sara kept telling me when she said that she was craving bánh mì and asked if I knew of a place to get them in Paris. Since I hadn't ever eaten one of...
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It's a Winter Wonderland - Ice Skating at the Grand Palais
From an outdoor rink surrounded by mountains in Saas Fee, Switzerland to an indoor rink in a glitzy shopping mall in the tropical city of Surabaya, Indonesia, I've skated in some fairly unique...
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Sunday's Picture and a Song: Christmas Caroling in Paris
Delicate Norwegian Christmas cookies. The grateful smiles of an elderly couple. Steaming hot cocoa topped with marshmallows. Old fashioned Christmas lights twinkling on snow covered houses. This is the...
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The Paris of "Out and About in Paris": My Interview with "Paris-Lifestyles"...
Special thanks to "Joseph the Butler" for allowing me to use this photo commemorating our first meeting for the Paris-Lifestyle interview. It was easier "going public" with a friend by my side!One of...
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It's a Tradition: Celebrating our Wedding Anniversary with Afternoon Tea at...
Good things come to those who wait.It's really not an exaggeration to say that Stéphane has been dreaming about the hot chocolate at the George V ever since we went there to celebrate our wedding...
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