Friday, October 26, 2012

Pressed Duck - The Last Bastion of This Wonderful Dish is only now in One Restaurant In Paris - Enjoy!

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The La Tour d'Argent is, YES!  maybe a very touristy ( but so is the Eiffel Tower and Mont Saint-Michel) and over priced ( for sure)  b...
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Friday, October 5, 2012

Any Month is Always April In Paris for Me

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Happy Friday......................
Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Club Med In Provence - NOW, Wait, before you say no ....

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First of all, Club Med is not what it use to be ( get that out of your mind) - today its a an 124 acre resort all-inclusive vacation for al...

Ballerina For A Day - For Young Ladies Of All Ages

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Adults have monopolized Paris as one of their favorite playgrounds for so long that we tend to forget all the amazing experiences and discov...
Monday, September 24, 2012

Vespa Tours Of Paris

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                                              Driving a Vespa!!! Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck popularized it in the 1950's with ...
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Thursday, September 20, 2012

The Cotentin Peninsula - Normandy - Seaside France - Unspoilt

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Located between Normandy and Brittany, this unspoiled region is rarely visited and yet offers sandy Atlantic beaches, dapper little ports an...
Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Pilot Your Own Boat - On the Canals Of France

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I know, I have said it once, if not twice and now three times, but one of the best vacations I have ever had in France ( and I have done thi...

My Thought For The Day

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Food to me, is a source of gratification and thus that is why I love France. In France ( as far as I'm concerned)  mealtime is the hi...

Visit France's White House - The Elysee Palace

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In Paris, The President's home, the Elysee Palace will be open to visitors once a month, the last Sunday of the month. The French, no...
Monday, September 17, 2012

Mont St-Michel - Experienced From Another Point Of View

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Explore the secret side of France's most visited site, Mont St- Michel. An island topped by an 11th-century abbey built by Benedictine...
Tuesday, August 28, 2012

The French Thumb Their Nose at California - Hurrah! For The French!

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L ast month, the state of California put into effect a law originally signed in 2004 prohibiting the manufacture and sale of foie g...
Monday, July 30, 2012

The Ruins of Provence - An Adventure

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One of the greatest things about Provence is that there are ruins everywhere. From the well preserved Roman sites in Arles to the remna...
Wednesday, July 25, 2012

French women DO NOT WEAR EARRINGS.

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One of the joys of visiting France is always taken up by long hours hanging out at local cafes and watching the French world go by. I am a...
Thursday, July 19, 2012

One Of My Favorite Ways To Explore France - Hands Down

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  Barging is my favorite way to journey within France . Self-driving barging is something I do year after year. It’s a bit more work and you...
Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Paris Mall "Rats"...Need A Shopping Mall Fix?

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 Not that anyone going to Paris, wants to see another mall!, But if you need a Mall Fix , especially on a  Sunday ( when most things are c...
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Tuesday, June 26, 2012

A Lovely Find to Dine on The Ile Saint-Louis

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A friend of my family, Clarissa, a beautiful young lady ( who knows her restaurants because she is in the business in California and a m...
Thursday, June 21, 2012

The Best Kept Secret In France....

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Just a few hours east from Paris is Alsace, one of the loveliest and most picturesque regions in France. With its quaint towns and natural...
Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Just Back From France and am I Wowed!

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I have just returned from a long sojourn in France and thought in my many years, many, mind you, of traveling to each region that nothing ...
Friday, May 25, 2012

Whales in the Med? It's True!

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I had no idea there were whales in the Med! Or that you could get up close and personal with them on day cruises. So I was delighted to fi...
Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Paris Grand Palais - A Photo History and a Creme Cafe, Maybe?

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Not that I am big on musuem restaurants or cafes, but at the Grand Palais, I must admit I do like the new cafe. Inside the Grand Palais, th...

Here are some important updates if you are planning to visit Le Mont St. Michel and the Eiffel Tower this year and next:

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Le Mont St Michel: There are big changes here that you need to build quite a bit of extra time into your day. The parking area is a good...
Friday, May 18, 2012

A Secret Corner of Avignon to Find Some Serenity

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                                  Near the Palace of the Popes in Avignon (during the summer, in the heat of Avignon, the old city can b...
Thursday, May 17, 2012

You're The Top - 1930's Musuem in Paris

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The Thirties was a time of intense creations. Crazy years of economic prosperity and intense boiling of technics, industrials, socials, a...
Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Louis XIV railway carriages take to Paris-Versailles line

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Possibly the most glamorous local railway carriages in the world started operating on Wednesday between Paris and Versailles. They may l...

Sunday Dancing in Paris

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For a real treat, get yourself down to Rue Mouffetard, for the weekly dancing that takes place on SUNDAYS at the lower end of the street, ...
Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Breaking News- Parisian Cat Runs Five Star Hotel Le Bristol

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If you’ve got more than $1000 bucks a night to spend on a hotel in Paris, make it the Hotel le Bristol. Actually call me, as maybe I can get...
Friday, May 11, 2012

Enter a Lactose Induced Coma at Bordier's Best Butter In France Shop

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All of France agrees that the best butter by far is made in the historic port city of St Malo on the west coast of France  by the irrepres...
Thursday, May 10, 2012

Paris is the most expensive city in the world for ordering a club sandwich

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Although I love everything French, I am always exposed to be an American ( to my French friends) in my love (since is was 21 years old) fo...
Tuesday, April 17, 2012

60 Million Years in 45 Minutes............In Provence

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Discovered in 1902 during quarrying, the Thouzon Grottos remained intact thanks to its immediate preservation. Hidden Splendors of our plane...
Friday, April 6, 2012

One Of The Best Places You've Never Heard Of...

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At the end of May I am off for 2 weeks to visit and explore an area of France that most tourists have never heard of and yet it is one of th...