I was not sure if I would like Cannes…   My impression was that as a renowned playground for the rich and famous, I would find it pretentious, be offended by the outrageous luxury, and feel completely out of place.   Cannes indeed has all of that, BUT you don’t have to have buckets…

  This is my first time in Paris in April — and the start of spring around which many songs have been composed.  Think Maurice Chevalier’s opening line from I love Paris, or Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong’s version of April in Paris.    Ok, it did snow my first day here, but it was short-lived. Still, the…

  It was strange, to say the least when I found myself way down in the crypt in the Paris Panthéon.   Eerie too.   I was practically the only person in the vast subterranean chamber that day for some reason.   All alone visiting the final resting place for many famous French poets, writers…

  Despite the turmoil in and surrounding Ukraine, and with donations and loving support for the extensive victims of the conflict, hoping for the best, we go on living our lives…   In my case, I am heading back to France for a trip with my closest friend.   We were supposed to go in…

    Meet two of my newest acquaintances in Paris, Dr. Monique Wells and her husband Tom Reeves.   I found this delightful couple when I was looking for a tour that would introduce me to Black Community History in Paris.   I got curious following the internment of American-born French entertainer Josephine Baker at…

  Thierry Mugler (December 21, 1948, to January 23, 2022, Aged 73)       Thierry Mugler in Paris   Notwithstanding that I know nothing about runway fashion, I think Thierry Mugler is one designer that really got it right.   Fashion on the catwalk is not intended for real life, or for real men…

    Woody Allen has been in Paris recently to shoot his 50th movie.   They love Woody in Paris so he likes it there.   Do you remember the movie Midnight in Paris?   The Academy Award-winning film (2011) by the American filmmaker and actor centers around a screenwriter and budding novelist (played by…

  Paris’s Covered Passages go back to the 1800s before paved streets and sewers.   Where did people, especially the wealthy, go to do their shopping and dine?   To the covered Passageways that provided warm, dry and appealing places to browse, eat and pick up the latest fashion trends.   It took my dear…

  I am thrilled to launch my 2022 Women of Global Interest Series, personal interviews with 7  of the interesting and accomplished women around the world that you need to know! Here is the fabulous Line-Up. NOTE Featured image is by New York-based award-winning photographer Susie Lang   Finding JOY In Every Chapter of Life…

  Well, I have been all over Paris this week. It has been a bit rainy here and there but mild by my Canadian standards so it has not stopped me from getting out and about!   It was a very bleak-looking day, in fact, two days this past week, that I found this eclectic…