Sweet Success…A Camel is Named!

This morning I woke up and wiped the sweat from my brow.  A February heat wave in Paris, you ask? Nope, it was a frigid 24° Fahrenheit when I popped my eyes open. Perhaps the apartment was much too warm? Never! I have decided the French don’t believe in insulation. The windows seep so much cold air…

Catacombs and Cocktails

Catacombs and Cocktails

While my camel continues to wander the deserts of  Blogland nameless (see my last post if you are scratching your head right now), I decided to visit the bones of over 6 million Parisian residents in the Paris Catacombs. Yep, that is right, 6 million skeletons…and most are elegantly stacked and artfully presented like only…

Bonne Année 2012! Happy New Year 2012!

“Be always at war with your vices, At peace with your neighbors, And let each new year find you a better man.” – Benjamin Franklin   “..or woman.” – Jen Jedda   My prediction? It is going to be a great year.  I have no indicators that suggest its greatness other than it feels like it is…

The Sound of….

The Sound of….

Before I left America, I loaded my 2 favorite Christmas CDs onto my iPod: Amy Grant’s Home for Christmas and Sarah McLachlan’s Wintersong. Playing in the background right now is “The First Noel” by Ms. McLachlan.  Lovely. Now I just need a glass of vin chaud and this picture of me sitting among unwrapped gifts…

Oh, the Patisseries of Paris! Première Partie

Mouthwatering displays of handmade chocolate confections, windows showing-off  their colorful fruit tartelettes, chocolate eclairs with glistening glaze, bite sized macaroons of orange, green, yellow and burgundy, baskets full of flaky pain-au-chocolat and picture perfect croissants….these are my daily temptations as I walk the rues of this beautiful city.  Sometimes I stop and just admire…or as…

My Week with Victor Hugo

Since I have arrived to Paris, I have had a mild obsession with Ernest Hemingway.  I have read his books, done numerous searches about his life on the internet, read biographies on his wives, visited the places he frequented and have generally fantasized about his past daily activities and how they might differ in today’s Paris.  He…

Occupy Hemingway Bar at the Ritz Paris

Right now in my home country an ongoing demonstration is taking place in a private park in the financial district of lower Manhattan. You may have heard of it….Occupy Wall Street. Over the past 28 days the movement has spread across the great US of A, and is also said to be trickling into other…