It’s been said that a man’s home is his castle. For a lot of women around the world, it’s a castle that needs to be cleaned, fixed up, and made welcoming for family and friends. It’s a job.I retired from a full-time career almost a decade ago which meant I never have to go to the office, get on a plane or spend the night in a hotel room again.
Nothing makes you more of an insider than acronyms, those multi-letter abbreviations for things big or small, physical or conceptual, long-lasting or ephemeral.
The importance of your name in France: Why its wise to keep all the documents that confirm our identity in see-thru plastic pocket folders in files that we carry with us to any and all official meetings
Driving in France: Have you experienced the complex task of asking the French government to let you drive?
Pain: After seven years of living in Paris, I can safely say that very little makes a day better than visiting your local boulangerie and coming away with a warm-from-the-oven baguette.
Sunday French lunch captures the essence of French life: Good food, good friends & family, good conversation and good cheer.
Chateau Vincennes: An advantage to living in Paris is that you often stumble across less ballyhooed museums, monuments, buildings, and gardens that aren't ringed by souvenir shops full of berets and Eiffel Tower key chains.
Runaway Wife: After 40 years of making my living by writing and editing, I decided if this place I now call home is a good enough subject for the writers in Paris before me, I should give it a try.
Come with us to experience French life beyond the cliché.
Magazine – Events – Experiences
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