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…

  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…

  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…

  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…

    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…

  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…

    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…

  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…