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I love Paris and try to go at least a couple of times a year as I’m only a two-hour train ride away. Last year, we decided to spend New Year’s in Paris, and it was fabulous. Seeing the fireworks over the Arc de Triomphe was quite a sight to see.
However, I also remember my first few trips to Paris, and there were several minor and not so minor mishaps that could hav...
High above the Dordogne River in southwestern France sits a Renaissance chateau with soaring towers, intricate gargoyles, and brilliant stained glass windows that catch the light like jewels. Chateau des Milandes looks like something out of a fairy tale, which is exactly what Josephine Baker thought when she first saw it in the 1930s.
She called it her Sleeping Bea...
Walk past any French restaurant at 1 pm on a Tuesday, and you’ll see it. People sitting, talking, laughing, with plates of food in front of them and no sense of urgency whatsoever. The rest of the world might be wolfing down lunch at their desks, but in France, eating is practically a competitive sport.
And they’re winning. OECD data show that the French spend an av...
There are shops, and then there are Les Grand Magasins de Paris. The city is well known for its luxury shops, and the Champs Élysées is full of designer stores. But step away from the 8th arrondissement, and there is a shop you won’t want to miss.
La Samaritaine is a stunning example of Art Deco and Art Nouveau, and the epitome of experiential shopping. But before i...
Most people recognize the name Dior. They know the fashion house, the iconic perfumes, the elegance that Christian Dior brought to post-war Paris. Many have heard of Miss Dior, the fragrance that launched in 1947 and became one of the world’s most famous perfumes.
But few know about the woman it was named for. Catherine Dior, Christian’s younger sister, was a French...
