A Brittany Tale: The Fright
Being alone on a boat at sea after a warm embrace on the quay carried with it the thrill of solitary freedom and possibility. I stood at the stern by the fluttering French flag watching Dinard fall away, then turned to Saint Malo with its central steeple poking out from the uniform mass of the town.
You know you live in Paris when…: Canal Saint Martin
You know you live in Paris when you, Guillaume and Ahmed have made plans to meet for a drink along the canal at 7:30 and you end up working late and it's 9'oclock and raining when...
Je ne suis pas un touriste
April 2014—The announcements, invitations and press kits arrive daily in early spring, as they also do in September and then again in January, to...
Parisians Show Knee: Paris Fashion Police No Longer Forbid Men’s Shorts
PARIS FASHION FLASH: It’s been a long time coming but the Paris fashion police have finally received the circular concerning shorts, now making it acceptable for local men to show their knees on the street.
Vignette: Paris Weather Report
There is no such thing as global warming. It’s a hoax, an invention of socialists looking for an excuse to have government regulate everything and of their scientist lackeys looking for subsidies for their spirit-hating research.
It’s Official: Springtime Comes to Paris
If you missed the latest France Revisited Facebook quiz—no prize this time, just glory, but isn’t that plenty already?—the question was:
If it were to...
Scarf Season Arrives in Paris
Paris scarf season: Suddenly they were everywhere: loose cotton scarves, thick wool scarves, tight silk scarves, draped scarves, discreet solids, polyester pleats, crinkled pinks, tasseled greens, turquoise blues, bulging fleeces,...
The Harsh Reality of the End of Daylight Saving Time
There’s something therapeutic about turning the clocks back in the fall—harsh reality therapy that makes us aware of our own dwindling time... and the arrival of All Saints Day. November 1, when Catholic tradition in France invites people to place chrysanthemums on the tombs of loved ones.
Five Therapeutic Reasons Why I ♥ Gray Weather in Paris This Summer
I think of it as The Summer That Wasn’t – L’Eté qui n’a pas été.
Last month was the coolest July on record in 30...