Thursday, June 27, 2019

France's favorite village of the year - St Vaast La Hougue - Normandy

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Every year viewers of the French TV show - Beautiful Villages vote for their favorite French Village. This year the tiny village on the s...
Wednesday, June 26, 2019

Remembering Anthony Bourdain..

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Its been a year since we lovers of real food lost Anthony Bourdain..I can't believe it.. He expressed for me and my chef brother, so ma...

Paris and France heat wave...

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Yesterday it was 104 degrees ( 40 Celsius) in Paris...wow!!!! The hottest since 1947 ... WOW! Most French do NOT have AC, and those that d...
Friday, June 21, 2019

Monaco - France's tiny neighbor and one of my favorite places to indulgent in one of life great pleasures

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It's Friday morning in sunny Beverly Hills and yet, my thoughts go to the second smallest country in the world - Monaco. Within its mere...
Thursday, June 20, 2019

French rules of dining etiquette - what another one?

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" Where do I out my cell phone, the left or right side?" Yes, Being in France, there is a strict code of rules on how to behav...
Monday, June 17, 2019

Tired of the overtouristed, overdone French Riviera? then...

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...head to the Ile de Re, on the Atlantic coast..( one of my all-time favorite places in France) , its a haven for foodies (I hate that term...
Friday, June 14, 2019

France cooking - Silly food vs real food - guess which is which? Nuf said!

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Wednesday, June 12, 2019

It's Over - The days of Metro individual tickets is going away after 119 years...

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For nearly 119 years from the first opening of the Paris metro in 1900, the little rectangles of thick white paper with a black line on the ...
Tuesday, June 11, 2019

Gratitude - It comes in Two Kinds

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First, there is the gratitude which we should all feel for what France has given the world. The language, the hardest by far of the Romanc...
Friday, June 7, 2019

The Megaliths of Carnac - The largest gathering of standing Stones in the world

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In Brittany ( my favorite part of France) stands 7000 years old megalithic alignments and one of the most important European prehistory c...
Thursday, May 30, 2019

St Tropez – nothing succeeds like excess

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St Tropez is quiet simply, the most famous resort in Europe – and it has attracted the artistic and dissolute long before BB ( Brigitte ...
Tuesday, May 28, 2019

The British tourist is always happy abroad as long as the natives are waiters. – Robert Morely

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 Some reasons why American’s think French waiters are rude and why they are wrong Q: My waiter wouldn’t help me understand the men...

Capucins market– The ‘belly’ of Bordeaux.

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Shopping in the Capucin market   is a weekend ritual in Bordeaux   Around since the 18 th century, this Baltard-style market, wit...
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Sunday, May 26, 2019

A traditional USA diet vs a Howard E Lewis French Diet - do I need to ask?

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The traditional healthy Mediterranean Diet . Monthly – Red meat Weekly – Sweets, eggs, poultry and fish Daily – Cheese and yogurt, o...
Thursday, May 23, 2019

Bordeaux - a new way to discover the city

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The city of Bordeaux is certainly now the hot destination within France and yet, it is still often overlooked by visitors intent on the Par...
Friday, May 17, 2019

Can Life get any better?

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When two ambassadors of the black brotherhood of bigorre come together! It's talking good products, madiran, treats, fat and sausages! ...
Friday, May 10, 2019

La Chassagnette - A wonderful garden that happens to have a wonderful restaurant, outside of Arles

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Many restaurants within France have a garden, but here just outside the historic city of Arles ( some 15 miles away) is a wondrous organic v...
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Saturday, May 4, 2019

In the Marais area of Paris - Waffles out of this world..I mean it

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Yummy and Guilt Free is what we call in French a Bar a Gaffers ( a waffle bar) and its located in the beautiful Marais area in Paris. I mus...
Wednesday, May 1, 2019

I know it ain't France, but oh!!! The German Black Forest...

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As you may know, I love the city of Strasbourg, France. Its mixture of France/German cultures is just wonderful and exciting. Just acros...
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Chantilly - I've said it before and I'll say it again, You haven't seen France if you have not visited Chantilly

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Forget Versailles, the real jewel in France is the Castle/chateaux at Chantilly ( just 30 minutes north of Paris) Besides a 'knock-your...
Friday, April 26, 2019

Rouen follow up: A must tea room to have tea and homemade cakes and a fantastic view of its over- the- top cathedral

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During you day trip from Paris to Rouen, a must ( right across from the famous Gothic cathedral) is a lovely tea shop - Dame Cakes Have you...
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Is fashion a true art form? I think so and Paris fashion museums prove it.

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I think fashion is an art form - because the same amount of artistic expression that goes into clothes, goes into a piece of pottery or a pa...
Thursday, April 25, 2019

Traveling with a 'time machine' is no fantasy, it is now possible when visiting France ...

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One of the great things ( among so many others) about France is their high speed rail system all throughout the country. Based ...
Wednesday, April 24, 2019

GIRAFE, A TERRACE FACING THE EIFFEL TOUR

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Paris is alive with new, hot, restaurants and one of the best is GIRAFE.  Inside ( with views of views Eiffel Tower) , its a cozy decor, c...
Tuesday, April 23, 2019

Paris for a Sunday lunch – Where is the life that late I led? Totally gone. Totally dead, but its not...

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Sunday ( or for that matter) Saturday in Paris  looking for an old fashioned typical French bistro  meal is hard to find.  So I can report,...
Monday, April 22, 2019

Is this heaven? , No its France, the Domaine des Etangs to be exact.

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J ust three hours south of Paris, lies the lavish and unconventional five star resort encompassing 2000 acres of forest, lakes and rolling f...