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…

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I learned only recently that Chanel N°5, still one of the world’s most popular fragrances,  turned 100 years on May 5th, 2021   Wow, talk about aging gracefully!   Do…

  Book Winner for The Best Story!   Last week, I launched a snap contest for a favourite book about living in France called My Good Life France; In Pursuit of The…

  Note: Book Giveaway Challenge at the end of this blog.  Don’t miss it!   You all follow me and my blog, and I am so grateful.  I hope it…

Restore a Piece of Notre-Dame Cathedral!   The devastating 2019 fire to Notre Dame brought down the cathedral’s towering spire and roof damaging much of its priceless heritage and history.…

  Paris is always a good idea!  Audrey Hepburn May 4th, 1929 – January 20th, 1993     As a  young girl, I fell in love with Paris, in part,…

I will come right out with it.   I don’t think I am the same person that I was when this pandemic started.   Not diminishing in the least how…

Whatever happened to Julia Child’s home in Provence, France?   Did you know she had a summer home in France?   Let’s start at the beginning.   No chef may…

    No chef may be as beloved as Julia Child, who after discovering a passion for France and food, co-wrote Mastering the Art of French Cooking, which brought French…