Posts filed under ‘About Paris’
Paris Under Attack Again…
“…a few of the thoughts my family and friends have shared in the aftermath of the dreadful events of November 13 in Paris…”
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An Interview with Cara Black, Author of Murder on the Champ de Mars
“Aimée Leduc was born from my love affair with Paris and my desire to be a Parisienne. I think a lot of us have an inner French girl struggling to get out. I…needed a woman who would be strong, feisty, vulnerable, good with computers, fashionable, and who would solve crimes wearing high heels…”
Book Review: David Downie’s “A Passion for Paris: Romanticism & Romance in the City of Light”
…I found myself instantly drawn in and not only interested, but mesmerized, by Paris of the Romantic Age as he has brought it to life….
A Conversation with David Downie, author of A Passion for Paris
“My early relationship with Paris was pugilistic. Then I became enchanted…I’ve been here about 30 years, and I have always tried to understand the spell Paris casts on people from all over the world…Why Paris? Why not Rome, or Amsterdam, or New York, or Tokyo, or San Francisco?”
Lafayette (et Charlie, et Ahmed) nous voici!
Last Sunday, several thousand of us…accepted the French Ambassador’s invitation to join him and other dignitaries in a silent march to honor the victims of the massacre in Paris last week…
What Should I Do When I’m in Paris? (An Anti-Tourist Guide)
People often ask me what they should be sure to see or do while they are in Paris.
Of course the answer to this question depends a lot on who you are, what interests you, and how long you will be there….
Au revoir, Paris…
There is always a little bit of melancholy in the last few days I am here each year…then the whisper, or the saying-it-aloud as I head down the beautiful streets and toward the airport, at least when my kids were younger and were there with me to say it: “Au revoir, Paris, merci!”…
Hemingway’s Paris for the Budget Traveler
Is the magic still there? The good news is, yes, it is–and even better news is that you don’t have to pay inflated prices to experience it…
Merci et Au Revoir, Mme. Hellier…
A sad farewell to another wonderful independent bookstore..the Village Voice English-language bookshop in Paris. And a thank you to Odile Hellier, bookseller extraordinaire…
Writing from the Heart, Reading for the Road 