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Diary of a Working Mom
Blog: ParisienSalon.com - 4 November 2009
Even with her faux pas, La Mom has returned to work in Paris and is loving it.
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More Green Eats, Drink and Sleep Around France
Blog: Green Earth Guides ~ Traveling Naturally - 4 November 2009
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Cimetière de Montmartre in Paris
Blog: Atlas Parasite - 4 November 2009
Hey everyone it’s time for another installment of one my favorite games while traveling: grave hunting. If you don’t know what grave hunting is, there is a crash course in the intro of our previous post on Lake View Cemetery in Seattle. And I know it’s two days due because last Saturday was Halloween and [...]Rating: 0.0/10 (0 votes cast)
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Eye Prefer Paris Contest: Montmartre
Blog: I Prefer Paris - 4 November 2009
Dalida grave at Montmartre Cemetery I have been doing tours of Montmartre lately and it inspired a new contest. From the Moulin Rouge to Sacre Coeur, to the majestic views of the city below, to the windy streets frequented by...
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Yann Tiersen!
Blog: Half - 3 November 2009
Bah! I love my job!! About three weeks ago, my boss called me to ask if I could conduct a phone interview in French. I said yes, to which she replied, “Wonderful! I just gave Yann Tiersen your cell phone number. He’ll be calling you at 7pm.” Me – In my head: WHAT?!? Yann Tiersen?? The Yann [...]
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Chez Rene Socca and Restaurant Saison, Nice, France
Blog: An American in London - 3 November 2009
This is the fourth and final post on our trip to Provence two weeks ago. On our last trip to Nice in May 2007, we fell in love with socca, which is chickpea flour in its most evolved form (a crispy pancake), and we had a good dinner at the restaurant Keisuke Matsushima. So [...]
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Fall Foliage in the Marais
Blog: I Prefer Paris - 3 November 2009
When I lived in New York I would have to go to either Central Park or upstate New York to see the fall foliage. Luckily in Paris I just had to walk down the street near my apartment in the...
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Classical Paris: Music for the Fall
Blog: ParisienSalon.com - 2 November 2009
You may know of the hazy jazz dungeons in the 5ème, and scene-y indie rock clubs in the 20ème, but don’t forget about classical music! Vingt Paris’ David Britain fills us in on classical music concerts, ballets, and operas you won’t want to miss in Paris this fall.
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Green and Groovy Eats in Paris
Blog: Green Earth Guides ~ Traveling Naturally - 2 November 2009
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November Eye Need to Do's: BNP Paribas Tennis Masters, Deadline and Joe Allen's Thanksgiving Dinner
Blog: I Prefer Paris - 2 November 2009
Deadline A exhibition about dead artists who knew they were dying may sound morbid but Deadline is actually quite moving. Inspirational works by 13 artists including Joan Mitchell, Willem de Kooning, Robert Mapplethorpe, and Felix Torres-Gonzalez chronicle the last days...
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Diary of a Working Mom
Blog: ParisienSalon.com - 2 November 2009
Even with her faux pas, La Mom has returned to work in Paris and is loving it.
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76-Second Travel Show: "Travel Magazine Olympics (Oct/Nov)"
Blog: REID ON TRAVEL - 1 November 2009
Episode #006F E A T U R I N G * 44 * B O N U S * S E C O N D SWe understand the time constraints on your life. We understand, too, you like to dream. That's why SSTS has poured through five travel magazines for the October/November 2009 period and picked out the three best contributions for you to read.
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The Art of Being a French Woman
Blog: ParisienSalon.com - 30 October 2009
Having grown up in the American Northeast, Dani Baron has seen more than her fair share of cold winters. So she's no stranger to all the seasonal bearing of scarves and hats—the accessories necessary to staying warm when temperatures plummet. But during the two years she lived in Paris, Dani felt like “a complete failure in the winter fashion department,” as she recalls.
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Tour du France The Green Way in Limoges, Gueret and More
Blog: Green Earth Guides ~ Traveling Naturally - 30 October 2009
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M.F.K.Fisher, the Ultimate Foodie, in France
Blog: A Traveler's Library - 30 October 2009
France on Friday Destination: France Books: As They Were and Long Ago In France by M. F. K. Fisher I could list many more books by Fisher above, but these two just happen to be on hand at the moment. One summer a long time ago we were spending some lazy time on the beach in California and I [...]This content is a post from: A Traveler's Library
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Halloween in Paris
Blog: I Prefer Paris - 30 October 2009
Paris celebrates Halloween in a much milder manner than the U.S. Festivities this year include a Tim Burton film festival with a showing of Beetlejuice, Halloween night at Euro Disney, and of course The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Below are...
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La Petite Cuisine, Cassis, France
Blog: An American in London - 30 October 2009
Less than an hour’s drive south from Aix-en-Provence is the pretty port town of Cassis, which is *not* famous for creme de cassis but which *does* produce crisp, white Cassis wines. In addition to wandering the town’s pretty lanes, admiring the town beach, and taking a boat tour of the local inlets (les calanques), we had [...]
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A Day at Paris’ Les Puces: Marché aux Puces de Saint-Ouen
Blog: ParisienSalon.com - 29 October 2009
If you’re a lover of flea markets, then you’ll definitely want to make a trip out to Les Puces, the world’s largest flea market. With over 3,000 stands and between 1,00,000- 200,000 visitors each weekend, Les Puces has enough antiques, pictures, collectibles, furniture and second-hand clothes to make just about anyone happy. There’s also some history behind it, as it is often considered to be the world’s first flea market, beginning in the 17th Century.
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An Eco Saturday in Paris
Blog: Green Earth Guides ~ Traveling Naturally - 29 October 2009
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Lunch with Lynn/Paris Under 20 Eats: Cafe Lafayette
Blog: I Prefer Paris - 29 October 2009
Lynn was on a strict budget this month so she said that the 6th floor restaurant at Galeries Lafayette had some good lunch deals with an added bonus of panoramic views of the city. We arrived about 12:30 and it...
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Spooky Halloween around the world.
Blog: another pin on the map - 28 October 2009
Halloween traditions around the world.
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The Lumiere Museum in Lyon
Blog: Atlas Parasite - 28 October 2009
You might have heard of Lyon as the gastronomic capital of France, the second largest city in France, the home of the Olympique Lyonnais football club, which was undefeated for seven (!) straight years between 2002-2008…or maybe you haven’t even heard of it at all! You should only be really ashamed of this last option [...]Rating: 0.0/10 (0 votes cast)
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Chavernet: Parisian Couture for the Modern Chick
Blog: Paris By Appointmenty Only - 28 October 2009
Over the last ten years hundreds of French artisans have been given the ax at venerable fashion houses by number crunching executives sending production overseas. But one man’s trash is another man’s treasure…especially when centuries-old savoir-faire is heaped high in the bin! Taking advantage of luxury industry’s shortsighted greed and indifference towards its own heritage, Chavernet, a new Paris-based couture house, is putting Paris’ forgotten couturiers back to work.
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Give This Mama Some Shelter in Paris
Blog: ParisienSalon.com - 28 October 2009
Coming to Paris and need an inexpensive yet hip place to stay in these trying times? Well look no further than the 20th arrondissement where a fabulous hotel designed by Philippe Starck opened last year: the hotel Mama Shelter.
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Parisian of the Month: Jennifer Butler
Blog: I Prefer Paris - 28 October 2009
I met Jennifer Butler earlier this year at a book signing party she graciously hosted in her lovely Paris apartment. I immediately liked her ebullience and wonderful style and we became fast friends. She is passionate about art, literature, and...
