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16.15 - Chocolat & the French Art of Not Trying Too Hard PLUS better introducing our Contributor team

16.15.a - From Cuban Slave to French Clown, Autumn Harvests & the People Who Fill Your Cup

How to Become Your Best Self in 2026 (And Why the French Don’t Try So Hard)

From Cuban slave to beloved French clown: the story of Chocolat

Domaine Évremond

The Man Who Vouched for the Chairs at Versailles

16.14.a - La Curiosité est Contagieuse

How To Get Stuff Done In France

Say It First: A love letter to “bonjour”

Rocamadour: The wonder of Fromage – unveiling one French cheese at a time

I Fell Down a Literary Rabbit Hole at Chanel

16.13 - Life in France: Starting Over, Slowing Down, Paying Attention

16.13.a - Château Dreams, Sacred Nights and a Spring Arriving Before You Can See It

Restaurant Review: Helen, Paris 8

Seasons in the Southwest: Early Spring

Musician, Translator, Chevalier

The Most Sacred Experience in Paris

Chromo-cartes: clever advertising in 19th century France

Why I Love Being Alone in Paris

Attention, Global Francophiles: Check Your Wardrobes & Drawers, Just In Case

16.12 - French in a Tea Cup, Leftovers in the Law and the Paris Street Nobody Told You About

16.12.a - New Voices, Old Streets and the Magic of Living With a Language

Paris Has a New Mayor. And He Rode to City Hall Without a Helmet.

Why I’m Learning French Through Tea

20 Streets of Paris #3: Rue Réaumur

Leftovers on Purpose: Stew, Law, and Anti-Gaspi France

16.11 - French Threads, Peaks & Point de Vue

16.11.a - What does France smell, look and feel like right now?

Haute-Savoie: Mountains, Lakes, and the Occasional Fondue

Point of view interiors

Leavers Lace and Cité de la Dentelle et de la Mode, Calais

16.10 - France: Savour, Stroll, Speak

16.10.a - A Quieter Summer, Paris Secrets & a Writer Who Nearly Chose Springsteen Over France

Paris After Hidalgo: The City She Remade, and Why Parisians Can’t Decide How to Feel About It

The restaurants of wrath

Why Poetry, Music, and Literature are the best tools for French Pronunciation

Bonjour — Let Me Introduce Myself

The Email of Paris Recommendations I Send to Everyone

16.09 - This Week, Paris Reveals Itself — Slowly, Deeply, Beautifully

16.09.a - France Doesn't Give Up Its Secrets Easily — But This Week, We Got Lucky

The story of Île de la Cité and Hôtel-Dieu in central Paris

Walking Paris as a Sacred Practice

Favorite Vacation Destinations of the French

French Film Reviews: Cycle of Time (C’était mieux demain) + The French Job (Les Règles de l’art)

16.08 - Look Down, Look Up, Look Back — France Has Something to Show You This Week

16.08.a - The Kind of Week That Makes You Fall in Love With France All Over Again

20 Streets of Paris #2: Rue Saint-Honoré

36 Things What I’ve learned about Paris in 36 years

Where the Weeds Know Your Name

16.07 - The France Nobody Tells You About — Until Now

16.07.a - From Rodin to Royal Scandal: Your Weekly French Deep Dive

The Siege of Calais and Auguste Rodin’s Burghers of Calais

Why the French Don’t Obsess Over Purpose

The Queen Who Wore Her Underwear in Public

French Film Festival: AFFFF 2026

16.06 - French Reading Culture, Drinking Less in Paris & Adventures in Cognac

16.06.a - The Writers' Room, Book Club Magic & Reading Culture: Your Weekly French Fix

France: A Country of Readers

Cognac & the Fishing Dinghy

Drinking Less in a City That Drinks

16.05 - When Books Fight Back & Temples Whisper

16.05.a - The Analog Rebellion, Sacred Silence & Stories That Shape Us

France, where print is not dead

24 Hours of Spirit in Paris

French Book Recommendations From AI—Be Careful What You Ask For

The France That Doesn’t Give a Damn If You Like It

16.04 - Time Travel Through France: A 1190 Tower, Napoleon's Vision & the Original Riviera, ALL are thriving today + Your Event Invitation

16.04.a - Launching: The 20 Streets That Made Paris - New series reveals the extraordinary history beneath our feet

The Grand Old Hotels of Hyères

France’s Quiet Podcast Revolution: How Public Radio Beat Silicon Valley at Its Own Game

The Last Voice of Paris: Why Macron Honoured a Street Newspaper Hawker

20 Streets of Paris #1: Rue de Rivoli – Napoleon's Grand Boulevard

The Iron Lady Finally Gets Her Sisters

The story of the Grande Boucherie & Tour Saint-Jacques

16.03 - What Changes When You Return to Bordeaux After 14 Years (And Why Toulouse Isn't What You Think) + Your Event Invitation

Exclusive Quiz: Your Weekly Brain Teaser

16.03.a - The Cheese Pilgrim, The Bilingual Storyteller & Your French Adventure Awaits

Toulouse Wine Bars, Patisseries, Markets and More

A weekend in Bordeaux

MyFrenchLife™ #bookclub online EVENT - IN CONVERSATION with MARK GREENSIDE - Saturday-Sunday, 7-8 February 2026.

16.02 - Winter Wanderings & Bardot's Final Farewell

16.02.a - Launching THE WRITERS' ROOM + Upcoming 2nd #bookclub EVENT

Chaource: The wonder of Fromage – unveiling one French cheese at a time

Brigitte Bardot: What we may not have known about her

Saint-Émilion: Beauty in the Off-Season

Why France Never Bought the “Vegan Leather” Dream — and What It Reveals About the French Idea of Quality

16.01 - Mystics in Montmartre, emotional truths, and why we stay—this week's French connections

16.01.a - The Stories Behind the Storytellers

Only One Promise

14 Things I Love About Living in France

IMPORTANT NOTE: Only 14 hours to go! - YOUR ZOOM ACCESS LINK has been emailed to you - FINAL Announcement: ‘Mona’s Eyes’ online discussion - action required

MONTMARTRE: A Pilgrim’s, Artist’s, and Sacred Feminine Seeker’s Guide

The 3.5 Emotional Stages of Living Abroad

French Culture Deep-Dive: Beyond the Clichés

When Animation Became France’s Secret Weapon: The €1.44 Billion Story Nobody Saw Coming—French Film #3

16.00 - New Year, New Stories: France Beyond the Cliché Awaits

16.00.a - We've Been Celebrating New Year on the Wrong Day

Lee Miller: An Extraordinary Life

EXCLUSIVE QUIZ: How Well Did You Read le Bulletin newsletter 16.04.a? — 31 January 2026