The U.S. Presidential Election and the American Overseas Voter
Paris, Oct. 27. Editorial on the upcoming American presidential election from the perspective of overseas voters.
My French Life, the Interview
Dec. 2011. Some much appreciated recognition came knocking at my screen this month, one via from California, the other via Melbourne, Australia.
First the California-based North...
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...
An afternoon nap on the French national holiday, July 14, 2011
Paris, July 15, 2011 – I had a delicious nap on the afternoon of le Quatorze Juillet, the French national holiday, known outside of...
Paris Writers News Interviews Gary Lee Kraut
April 2011 – I’m normally the one asking the questions, but for an interview now appearing on the literary blog Paris Writers Notes, editor...
A Man’s Home May Not Be His Chateau: From Versailles to Vincennes
Château can be lazily translated as castle, but a traveler in France soon learns that there are many types of chateaux and not all are castles.
Egypt and the Opera
Feb. 14, 2011. With the winds of change blowing across North Africa and the Middle East it’s only natural to notice a slight breeze...
Bloomberg News: Strikes in Paris leave tourists well-fed anyway
A Bloomberg news headline of October 2010, taken up by many online publications, states “Strikes at Eiffel Tower, Orsay Museum Leave Tourists Stranded.”
Arbor Day and the Award-winning Travel Writer
On becoming a double award-winning travel writer on the occasion of Arbor Day, despite the demise of the silky dogwood.