Note: This Featured image above is New Parisienne Dr. Ghada Hatem-Gantzer, founder of La Maison des Femmes, a centre addressing everything from family planning to domestic and sexual abuse.…

  I always say that Paris is not just a great place to visit.   It is a state of being.   It is a state of mind.   That…

Note about this photo at the bottom of the blog!   Before I left Quebec this visit, I found myself reminiscing about my first experiences in la belle province.   Growing…

  How do you feel about the cinched-in waist? Personally, I miss fashion where suits were tailored and people wore dresses that accentuated one’s waist.     When one is…

  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…

  On my various trips to France over the years, I usually come home with some Herbes de Provence, usually in those pretty little clay jars.   They make great…

  So in buying the right bra…   I am going to expose a little more of myself than I usually do.   And if you are a gentleman reading…

    Welcome back everyone —- and so begins a new season of womanofacertainageinparis.com.    I hope you have been enjoying the summer, and the winter if you are in…

  In the last few years, high-quality tea shops in Paris such as Dammann Frères, Mariage Frères, and Palais des Thés have been doing a brisker business.   This as…

  Ok. Tell me honestly.  In all of your French travels, have you ever heard a French person utter the words ‘Zut Alors?”   Damn! Darn! Shoot!  However it really…