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  Hello All, Special Offer to New Subscribers! And welcome to our new subscribers!   If you attended this past week’s FRENCH to GO Workshop as a Guest of Camille, our host and French teacher of frenchtoday.com, you were automatically subscribed to this bi-monthly blog where I explore all things French and take you on…

  When you visit the Mediterranean, it is not hard to be swept up by the conspicuous wealth.   Nothing stands out more in that regard than the turquoise-watered marinas berthing a plethora of luxury yachts.   After all, the Côte d’Azur is where the super-rich come to play and relax in style on their…

  If you are looking for a slice of France in North America, look no further than Québec, also known as la belle province|the beautiful province.   I have spent a little time here this summer and so begins my short series on its largest city,  Montréal.       Even for many Canadians, arriving…

  Another great thing about Paris?   You are never very far from magnificent soul-enriching art.   Or a haunted house.       Right around the corner from the apartment I rented, no more than 30 metres away at 14 rue de la Rochefoucaut is an elegant three-story gray stone house.     You…

“It must be the finest summer salad of all.”  Chef Gordon Ramsay     It was in Nice where this salad originated, that I had my first “salade niçoise”. That was more than 40 years ago but I still remember that it was was lunchtime and I was dining with a friend in a restaurant facing…

  Have you got a  passion for Provence?   Look no further.   I consider my friend Dee Poquette the expert on Provence, who began an intense love affair with Provence more than a decade years ago.     Dee and three of her friends attended cooking classes at Julia Child’s home in Placassier nestled…

  “In travel, we explore who we are. Through jewelry, we reveal who we are! Isabelle Fish, Founder of Rue Pigalle   When someone told me I had to connect with Isabelle Fish, and that her business was called “Rue Pigalle”, I was definitely intrigued.   Rue Pigalle refers to the red-light district of Paris.…

  How did I find myself “French kissing” an Italian man I had just met in Rome?   I knew that would get your attention.   I was in my early sixties (so a few years ago) and no one was more surprised than me because I had not been kissed in a very long…

When in Paris, make sure you visit a luxury hotel.  Even if  you cannot afford to stay there, most of the world’s most beautiful hotels are open to anyone who just wants to walk in, have a look around, perhaps purchase a drink at the bar, or sip tea in the courtyard which generally is…