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Emblematic Monday Postcard of Paris
1. When you live in Paris, it’s easy to forget that you live in, well, Paris. Before I was a tour guide, my day to day nearly never brought me in front of some of Paris’ most famous monuments (despite...
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Monday Postcards from Paris at Christmas
1. When you live far away from home, the immortal question of the Clash always arises at the holidays: do I stay, or do I go? When it comes to the Country Boy and me, we’ve come to the decision that we...
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Roasted Cauliflower Soup
We have a family tradition of having soup on Christmas-Eve-Eve – every 23rd of December. This has apparently evolved into a pre-Thanksgiving tradition since I stopped spending Thanksgiving at home, but...
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Monday Postcard: Paris Street Philosophy
1. On a recent literary tour of Paris, one of my guests asked me about Montaigne. This famed essayist wrote some of my favorite tidbits about everything from friendship to love, but on the base of this...
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Monday Postcards of Life in Paris
1. I was already familiar with the word “concierge” before I moved to Paris, but it didn’t mean what I thought it did. To me, a concierge was a person working at a fancy hotel who hooked you up with...
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Modern Pastries with a Franco-American Twist at Liberté
I’ve mentioned Liberté several times before on this blog, both with regards to its delicious bread and even more delicious (in my opinion) cream puffs. But I thought it was high time I explore the rest...
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Monday Postcard from the Musée de Cluny
1. I only knew about two things about the Musée de Cluny (the national museum of the Middle Ages) before I visited: that it was home to the Lady and the Unicorn tapestry (which I did not photograph...
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Purple Potato Salad with Shallot and Chive
When it comes to dating someone – or marrying someone – whose language is not the same as yours, miscommunication takes on a whole other level of strange. I know that even people who speak the same...
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Monday Postcards of Paris Streets (Again)
1. I can’t help myself. Though I know I’ve already posted postcards of the streets of Paris, but to be fair, they’re gorgeous, and it seems there are no two alike. This is the rue des Vinaigriers in...
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Wednesday Bites: Eating Around the Canal
Despite the fact that the Canal Saint-Martin is a good 40-minute metro ride from where I live, it’s without a doubt the neighborhood I spend the most of my time in in Paris (and not just because I like...
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Baby Beets with Coriander (And Now, for Something Completely Different)
Non-Francophones, activate Google Translate now. I never write in French; people ask me, all the time, if I do, but the truth is that very rarely do words come to me in the same way, with the same...
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Monday Postcards of Paris in the Snow
1. You wouldn’t think, after growing up in New York, spending high school in New England, and living for nearly two years in Canada, that I would still get this excited about snow, but I do. Mainly...
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Beef and Sweet Potato Chili
In my personal opinion, French people are way too comfortable with having food poisoning. Generally speaking, I try very hard not to make sweeping generalizations, but in this case, I really can’t help...
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Monday Postcards of Café Tables
Café terraces are usually populated in the summer months here in Paris, when you can take advantage of the (occasional) nice weather. But just because they’re emptier in winter doesn’t mean they...
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Pulled Pork Curry with Sweet Potatoes
The Country Boy is not terribly picky, but there are a few things that he hates that I love, two of which are coconut milk and chile. And while he’s very sweet in saying that there’s no need for me to...
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Monday Postcards of Literary Paris
1. Literature and Paris are firmly entwined, from the thespians of the 17th century like Molière and Corneille to the 18th century philosophical essayists like Voltaire and Montesquieu to the 19th...
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George Whitman’s Dream is Realized at Shakespeare & Co Café
When I moved to Paris, one of the first places I went looking for a job was at Shakespeare & Company. I’m surprised they didn’t laugh me out of the shop. The legendary bookshop attracts people from...
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The Ultimate Workspace at La Compagnie du Café
I’m constantly on the lookout for more cafés that I can turn into homes away from home, places where the coffee is good and not too expensive, where I can get a delicious lunch if I need to but don’t...
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Monday Postcards of Paris: Fun Facts Edition
1. If you’ve been wandering in Paris, you’ve probably come across one (or several!) of these green painted fountains. Known as Wallace Fountains, they were added to the cityscape in the 19th century by...
View ArticleSalmon and Beet Bowl (and the French Administration Strikes Again)
Last week was a pretty crazy one, for me. Not only did I sign with my wonderful new agent (I’m still on cloud 9) but I also had my administrative interview that will eventually (hopefully) lead me...
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