The Paris Traveler

May 18th, 2008

The Grand Finale

We shed just a “few” happy tears!  
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May 6th, 2008

Paris Cocktails

 Once again, we here on the Travel Channel at b5media are participating in a “channel” post if you will.  Our guy out in DC, Jon, The DC Traveler, invited all of us to participate in World Cocktail Week, ” established to celebrate the rich history of the cocktail and recognize the craftsmanship and skill of the bartenders who have […]

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March 6th, 2008

Lisa

With so many things in life, we sometimes have to pause and re-adjust where we are in our heads and hearts.  What matters, what doesn’t.  Today is that day for me.  
 
 Eight years ago, a friend of mine, Lisa Perry, was diagnosed with breast cancer that by the time she found out what was happening […]

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February 17th, 2008

A Few Observations As I Get Started

Oodles of things are being revealed to me as I make my way through the streets of Paris looking at it through different eyes this trip–the eyes of a blogger having to write about what she sees on the the streets of Paris.

 For one thing, I realize that I am very uncomfortable taking pictures of […]

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February 15th, 2008

Just 24 Hours Required to Achieve Bliss

Well, here I am all tucked away in 25 rue des Grand Augustins in the 6th arrondissement.  A mere 24 hours of being awake and traveling to get to Paris but it is always worth it.  My flight took only 7 hours from Chicago which is an hour and 50 minutes quicker than it should […]

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December 30th, 2007

Fetes des Rois

I know that we still have New Year’s to get through, but I thought I would let you in on the next celebration that the French enjoy every year.  Actually, the French need no specific reason to celebrate other than it is a new day but this particular event has a much loved ritual attached […]

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December 27th, 2007

Publicis Drugstore

 
Lunch in a drugstore?  In one of the food capitals of the world?
  Yes, and it is one of the most fun seats in the house (city) for people watching.   Publicis Drugstore is located at the far end of the Champs Elysee near the Arc de Triomphe and on most days there’s plenty of people and bustle […]

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December 24th, 2007

Joyeux Noël

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 For those of you unable to be in the City of Lights when it really lives up to it’s name, specifically, right now, here is a little Christmas present.  I want to wish all of you a very Happy Holiday. […]

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December 23rd, 2007

Ducasse’s Domaine

 Clearly a master of the universe where cuisine is concerned, Alain Ducasse can add the Eiffel Tower to a long list of locations that bear his stamp of culinary artistry.  
On Saturday, he launched the refurbished Jules Verne restaurant, located in the second level of The Eiffel Tower. Long a tradition for both Parisiens and […]

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December 18th, 2007

How about a capsule of coffee?

     I love coffee–after brewing an 8 cup pot in the morning I will drink at least three-quarters, if not more of it before I am out the door.  That is why when I first arrived in France (this applies to all of Europe for that matter) I laughed at the little shooters of […]

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