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…

  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…

  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…

  I am someone who believes that the Christmas spirit should start just a few weeks before the 25th.   I cannot stand those TV networks and radio stations that…

  It’s been two long years but I am finally back in Paris!   Am I so stimuli deprived that the city seems even more beautiful than before?   I…

  I admit when I am in Paris, I pay more attention to my overall attire.   More than I would on any other vacation that’s for sure, carefully coordinating…

  When was the last time you had French Onion Soup…although in France, I guess they just call it onion soup?   In my case, it was ages ago, not…

  “Not every true story is like a good novel, but this one is. Not every memoir of first love has a satisfying ending, but this one does.” John Irving…

  After the interview I did with Lindsey Tramuta and her book, The New Parisienne, The Women and Ideas Shaping Paris,  I started thinking of Parisian-based women who had inspired…