The Paris Traveler

Oodles has been written about French women–their philosophy on life,  how they achieve that “I just got out of bed, forgot to run a comb through my hair, found a top that just happens to fall off my shoulders in just the right way and I may or may not have makeup on but no one will ever know” look that is pretty hard for many of us to accurately copy.  But they do it so well and up until a few years ago, how it was done was a tightly guarded secret.  That is until one of “them” decided …read more

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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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