Doni Belau (founder of Girls Guide to Paris) is also now a published cocktail expert, with her gorgeous book : Paris Cocktails. She offered me a copy which I am absolutely delighted to have, and love to consult it for a cocktail recipe or inspiration for a fabulous place to go get a drink in… via…

One thing that will tell you its August in Paris and the signs and sounds of the city beginning to empty out: the sound of suitcase wheels on the pavement.  All Parisians, as my dad used to say, “turn the same pages of the book in the schools each day” so perfectly regimented across the…

What if I told you that what I know about Paris could be summed up in a single sentence: Your Living Space is everything.  Parisians live both a private and interior life, as well as the more public lifestyle of cafes, restaurants, museums, shops all part of their daily experience. That is why when the…

Beautiful illustrations by expat American Illustrator….we can already taste the macaroons!

When the weather is good I like to go to museums that have gardens since it makes sense to see the space as the artist wished us to see it. This is true especially in the case of Ossip Zadkine, a Russian native via London who settled in Paris and worked at the turn of…

The Hotel Ritz, closed for the past 3 years for renovations, is now about to awaken from what seems like a long sleep.  When the French rating system failed to nominate the hotel as a “Palace” that is, a 5 star rating, it was time to close. What sort of place is this hotel? Always…

When I hear bad news about Paris, such as strikes, or other scenes that show France and its underbelly, I just say to myself, this too, shall pass.  What we all know about France, is that it is not a perfect union, but there are certain things in the economy that may seem a bit…

The Paris Left Bank is where I grew up, right near the Rue Moufftard in the 5th section near the Jardin de Plantes, the Pantheon,  the Sorbonne.  This little neighborhood was very artistic with a plaza with restaurants and cafes and if you turned left to go down the street this area was filled with…