The Paris Traveler

I was talking on the phone the other day with a friend who bought the bestseller “French Women Don’t Get Fat“ by Mireille Guiliano. She’s hoping to shed a few extra pounds. I told her to save herself the time and the effort, French women do get fat! I did go on to say, however, that ‘Parisian Women Tend Not To Get Fat’, but it has nothing to do with all the blah, blah, blah, written in Guiliano’s book.
Well, maybe I am a bit harsh, but the truth of the matter is, when you live in Paris it’s really hard to …read more

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Funny how synchronicity works in our lives. I just finished reading Suite Française by Irène Némirovsky a little over a week ago, then a few days later we were invited for cocktails on a French destroyer, after that we invited two French fighter pilots, Sylvain and Jean-François, over for dinner, and today a friend sent me this video clip.
I know this took place on the 4th of July, but it’s well worth showing at any …read more

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