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The Paris Traveler

November 15th, 2008

Shopping & Strolling the Champs-Elysees

This guest post is by Mary Jo Manzanares, Travel & Culture Channel Editor and travel blogger at Flyaway Cafe.
If the thought of a fine bag, a decadent pair of heels, or the feel of the fabric of a finely crafted suit makes you swoon, then an afternoon on the Champs-Élysées in Paris may be […]

By Mary Jo -- 0 comments

April 28th, 2008

For The Record: I Am Not Old Enough To Have Taken These Photos

I’m in the process of weeding things from my surroundings as our family gets ready to pack up the last 12 years of our life and come July, all splitting off in different directions as we go through a monumental shift in how and where we live our lives.  As a result, I have been […]

By Kim -- 0 comments

October 11th, 2007

Michel Drucker’s Red Couch

I went to see a good friend of mine at her workplace who was retiring after years at a job she loved. I can still remember when JJ first started working there and how happy she was. It was a dream job right off the Champs-Elysées. Not because she met celebrities all the time; she […]

By Lynn -- 4 comments

September 18th, 2007

This Is Paris To Me

I recently sent one of my poems (not this one) to be included in the Jack Kerouac exhibit that will be taking place on the 23rd of September in Paris at the Cabaret Pirate in front of the BNF (Bibliothèque Nationale de France), which got me to thinking….  How could I have not seen that […]

By Lynn -- 0 comments

September 9th, 2007

Guerlain Paris

(After writing about World Cup Rugby for the guys, I thought I would do a post for the ladies this time!) 
Okay, so that beautiful tan you worked on all summer is slowly starting to fade now that the summer holidays are over, and you don’t want to go to a tanning salon. What to do? […]

By Lynn -- 4 comments

July 29th, 2007

The Tour de France Goes Out With a Whimper

This year’s Tour de France was once again clouded with suspicion on which cyclists were using their own natural power and strength to continue the grueling journey throughout France, and which were steeped in artificial agents to help propel them ahead of everyone else.
When Alexandre Vinoukourov and his team were ousted, and then the next […]

By Lynn -- 6 comments

July 29th, 2007

Kim Peek….Is There a French Connection?

Clara over at Tips of All Sorts has five great video clips about Kim Peek who is better know as “Rain Man” depicted by Dustin Hoffman in the awarding winning film by the same name.
It’s part of a fascinating documentary about the man, who some say is, “the world’s greatest savant.” Since the influence of […]

By Lynn -- 3 comments

July 22nd, 2007

Lancel Paris

I really can’t understand what all the hype is about owning a Louis Vuitton bag! Personally, I prefer Lancel. Perhaps it’s nostagic memories of my first Lancel leather purse more than twenty years ago bought for me by one of my French admirers. Or perhaps it has more to do with the fact that although the price was […]

By Lynn -- 78 comments