The Paris Traveler

Should you be lucky enough to be in Paris from the 14th to 19th of March you have to promise that you will, for me, since I won’t be there, go to the Salon du Livres.  This is a book lover’s paradise.  It is a French trade show for publishers of all sorts of books:  fiction, non-fiction, children’s literature, books that make great gifts, bookplates, stamps…..you name it.  If it has something to to with books, you will find it here.  One teensy problem–it is all in French.

But it doesn’t matter. (I am pursing my lips and shrugging my shoulders …read more

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The title sounds like some big heavy weight fight being held in some casino in Las Vegas, but really it is a much gentler battle between–notebooks!  Back to school shopping is a big deal in our house.  We all love buying new pens, pencils, folders and notebooks.  A new semester starting this past week meant new classes and gear for those courses.  Going back-to-school shopping in France was an experience us office supply geeks were clearly made for. The French take the organization of their words very seriously and you can find hundreds of stores devoted to all manner of pens, …read more

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