All Plans Out the Door
One of my secret pleasures is to poke around private courtyards, narrow passages and the charming covered passageways of Paris. Especially when I happen upon one that I wasn’t expecting. I have been...
View ArticleFinally, I found my Angel
The apartment that I am staying in this time, looks down onto two courtyards from the main rooms, which makes it very quiet but difficult to see what is going on outside in Paris and how the weather...
View ArticleStepping Out in Paris
With no pain killers and all the pharmacies closed on New Years Day had me confined in the apartment all day. Perhaps it wasn’t a bad thing to finally get some rest and sleep. However, today had me...
View ArticleCan’t Keep a Good Girl Down
Cold and dirty, hobbling around with a broken toe and the wonder shoe makes me feel like a homeless person. My stylish brown coat albeit many years old now, has either stretched, or I have shrunk and...
View ArticleA Rainy Day in Passy
Paris Greeters is a great initiative. Local residents volunteer their time to take fellow visitors like myself around their neighbourhood and bestow a bit of culture, interesting facts and sites and...
View ArticleA Walk in Paris
This was my mission for the day. Two tiny buildings, sandwiched at a T-intersection on Rue Galande. I don’t venture over to this part of the left bank often, it might be the multitude of tourists...
View ArticleCooking up a Storm
Having a large dining table, a reasonably equipped kitchen and a gas stove inspired me to invite a couple of friends over for dinner. The burning question is … do you cook French for the French?...
View ArticleFoundation Louis Vuitton
From the moment I saw the small square of blue sky from the kitchen window, I decided to swing into action, the dishes from last night’s dinner party can wait. I wanted to get out of the apartment...
View ArticleThe Same but Different
Quite a few years back, before I launched myself into the world of blogging, I was vibrant and busy. Squeezing every minute out of the day and life. I loved to cook, enjoyed entertaining and embraced...
View ArticleOn Reflection – 35 Days in Paris
Promise me you’ll always remember: You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. A. A. Milne Is it a coincidence that the past five years (barring one)...
View ArticleThe Treacherous Path of Provins
Working, skimping and saving, wishing a whole year away only to arrive in Paris, to leave it a few days later seems like an oxymoron but that is what I have tended to do over the past three years...
View ArticleReine des Neiges
After my long treacherous walk yesterday, I arrived back at my accommodation exhausted with tired feet and muddy boots looking like a hobo. Not quite the look to be staying in such an establishment...
View ArticleSinging in the Sunshine
Attending a musical at the Chatelet Theatre each year is something I look forward to. I always manage to secure the same seat on the first balcony, the theatre is glorious and the audience are so...
View ArticleHoly Places and Heavenly Doors
As a general rule of thumb, I take the metro but on the few occasions that I have taken the bus it was fun watching the world go by than avoiding eye contact in the metro. Today being Boxing Day,...
View ArticleThree Churches and a Risotto
Seeing a café called Bonne Nouvelle wasn’t unusual considering I was in the area of Bonne Nouvelle but it felt like a sign and I smiled as I snapped a picture of it. It was indeed good news and I was...
View ArticleBonne Année from Paris
Why Did the Girl Stand In The Middle of the Road? The simple answer to this question, is to get one shot. This shot. But that isn’t completely true. The girl, being me, is a long stretch of the...
View ArticleParis Adèle Discovers a New Favourite Place in Paris
A girl can predict the way a day is going to pan out when she has a good hair day. The temperature lifted slightly and so did the air pollution, although I couldn’t tell by looking at the brilliant...
View ArticleA Night at the Philharmonie de Paris
Oh what a night! Never fear, I am not going to break out into song, wearing my trousers too high and tight as I belt out the 1975 classic hit by the Four Seasons with a high pitch, however my evening...
View ArticlePlanning for Paris
Researching and planning for Paris has become a hobby and an addiction. My house is littered with enough books on Paris to fill a bookstore. I trawl the internet and anything I can get my hands on...
View ArticleFood Shopping in Monoprix
When I plan to do nothing in Paris, it seems that the city will not allow it. Tucked away safely in the privacy of my own apartment, I decided I had a plan, and that was to do nothing but Paris and I...
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