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Seeing From Another Angle

Jan 9, 2010 | Discoveries, Introspection, Journal, Paris, Travel Blog

This whole time (Italy, France...) is a lesson for me that my life experience is entirely a reflection of what's going...

Lotsa Mink

Jan 2, 2010 | Christmas & New Year's Eve, Discoveries, Journal, Paris, People, Photos, Travel Blog

I haven't seen this much fur ever, anywhere. Between Milano and Paris my eyes are full-up with fur coats! Women stroll...

Faces of Friends

Jan 1, 2010 | Featured Articles, Journal, Paris, People, Photos, Travel Blog

New Year's Eve. "Capodanno" they call it here. Fireworks are going off in the distance. Having just come back from the...

Magic in Paris

Dec 28, 2009 | Christmas & New Year's Eve, Discoveries, Featured Articles, Journal, Paris, People, Photos, Travel Blog

By day's end, my feet were screaming. The "slow museum shuffle" is exhausting, more so than walking briskly for 5...

Savoring and Relishing

Dec 27, 2009 | Cheese, Christmas & New Year's Eve, Featured Articles, Food!, Journal, Meals, Paris, Photos, Travel Blog

Journal Entry: "8:00 P.M. After a day at the Louvre. I've just eaten the most sumptuous dinner at a little...

Midnight Mass at Notre Dame

Dec 26, 2009 | Christmas & New Year's Eve, Featured Articles, Journal, Paris

It seemed to me that the ultimate Parisian, Catholic experience would be attending Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve....

Fast Food, Parisian-Style

Dec 25, 2009 | Cheese, Christmas & New Year's Eve, Discoveries, Featured Articles, Food!, Journal, Meals, Paris, Shopping & Markets, Travel Blog

Hungry in Paris? Good food is never far away. I like that the stores are specialized and are clustered near each...

Christmas Eve Dinner

Dec 25, 2009 | Cheese, Christmas & New Year's Eve, Discoveries, Featured Articles, Food!, Journal, Meals, Paris, Shopping & Markets

What was for dinner on Christmas Eve in Paris? Fast food, Parisian-style! From my journal yesterday: 5:30 P.M....

I Can Change My Clothes Tomorrow

Dec 25, 2009 | Journal, Paris

Christmas. Friday. 9:11 PM. My suitcase just arrived from my flight on Monday. I can change my clothes tomorrow....

My Personal Tour Guide

Dec 24, 2009 | Christmas & New Year's Eve, Discoveries, Featured Articles, Journal, Paris, People, Photos

Group tours aren't generally "my thing" but I found out in Washington D.C. a few years back that hitching a ride on a...

Oh So Chic in Paris

Dec 23, 2009 | Christmas & New Year's Eve, Journal, Paris, People, Quips

If someone had said to me: "You're going to Paris for a week, but the only thing you get to wear is what you wear on...

Joyeux Noël

Dec 23, 2009 | Christmas & New Year's Eve, Featured Articles, Graphics, Journal, Paris, Photo of the Day, Photos

Today I simply followed inspiration and ended up south instead of north. I had all sorts of wonderful encounters with...

French Onion Soup in Paris

Dec 22, 2009 | Featured Articles, Food!, Journal, Meals, Paris

After walking in a cold rain for several hours on my first evening in Paris, I wanted something HOT in my belly. I...

It’s Made of Gold!

Dec 22, 2009 | Christmas & New Year's Eve, Discoveries, Featured Articles, Food!, Journal, Meals, Paris, Travel Blog

From my journal entry, 21 December, 2009, 9:00 pm: I just ordered French Onion Soup, to be followed by pepper steak...

Packing for Paris

Dec 20, 2009 | Paris, Travel Blog

Packing for Paris. Leaving early in the morning and I'll get there at about noon. It's COLD there, and snow is...

Brrr! It’s Fridgy!

Dec 18, 2009 | Christmas & New Year's Eve, Featured Articles, Journal, Paris, Photos

We awoke to a dusting of snow in Milano yesterday. Today the sky taunts us with more. The air has a chill I haven't...

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