Beyond France
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A Moving Experience - Part #3
By Suzy Gershman
Last Updated ( Friday, 20 August 2010 )
International shipping is a miracle. That anyone gets anything is totally amazing. My furniture left my house in Provence and came to my house in California over three months later. God only knows how many people handled the shipment. -
1st Chelsea Auto Legends BUZZ
By Margaret Kemp
Last Updated ( Friday, 20 August 2010 )
For one day only, on Sunday September 5th the glorious grounds of the Royal Hospital Chelsea will be home to a spectacular collection of the finest Le Mans sports cars. The event is inspired by “A Salute to Cooking”, a must-have celeb cookbook. There's still time to book. -
A Moving Experience - Part #2
By Suzy Gershman
Last Updated ( Friday, 13 August 2010 )
When I have serious French-American cultural questions in Provence, I have always turned to my resident guru Walter Wells, who has lived in France for about 30 years. It was moving time and what was I going to do with the liquor I'd collected and couldn't send to the U.S. because I would need an import license? -
A Moving Experience - Part #1
By Suzy Gershman
Last Updated ( Saturday, 24 July 2010 )
If moving is ever a pleasure, let me at it. It's considered the third most stressful life event, following death and divorce. When you're making an international move, it's bound to be a saga, not to mention a gripping piece of shipping. What happens when you decide to ship some things from France – be it a few pieces of furniture or a household worth of goods? Hold on. -
Overseas Americans: What You Need to Know in an Election Year
By Clair Whitmer
Last Updated ( Tuesday, 06 July 2010 )
What do Americans who are voting from overseas need to know during an election year? While federal law grants us that right, it doesn't promise to make it simple. Here are some guidelines to help clarify the process. -
Ask The Antiques Diva™: Flea Marketing in the Paris of the East
By Toma Haines
Last Updated ( Saturday, 17 July 2010 )
In this month's "Ask The Antiques Diva™" a Parisian party planner takes time off from the hectic world of weddings to plan her own vacation in the Paris of the East. The Antiques Diva™ dishes out advice giving her best bets for buying antiques in Budapest. From the Ecseri Flea Market to Falk Miksa utca, The Antiques Diva™ explains why she thinks Budapest is called the Paris of the East! -
Chelsea Flower Show Buzz
By Margaret Kemp
Last Updated ( Thursday, 01 July 2010 )
Chelsea in May is like April in Paris: magic. The Chelsea Flower Show, with gardens parked like limousines along the main avenue, perfectly expresses the British love of gardens. This year saw a record number of top medals; a total of 82 of horticulture's most coveted accolades were awarded to seriously great gardens and fab floral displays. -
Paris Came to Chicago
By Anne Spiselman
Last Updated ( Tuesday, 18 May 2010 )
Paris came to Chicago the last week of April, when the City of Light's Mayor Bertrand Delanoë and Deputy Mayor Pierre Schapira joined the Windy City's Mayor Richard M. Daley and their Sister Cities colleagues, as well as corporate executives, for the Global Cities Forum entitled "New Partnerships for a New Economy: Bringing Innovation in Cities." -
Henri Cartier-Bresson
By Jesse Kornbluth
Last Updated ( Saturday, 17 April 2010 )
If you were to ask our eight-year-old where she spends her weekends, her current answer would be The Museum of Modern Art. And not because she's a mini-esthete with beret and attitude—this season MOMA simply packs more fun in a single building than any other venue in Manhattan. -
La Maison Blanche Fez, Buzz
By Margaret Kemp
Last Updated ( Saturday, 06 March 2010 )
Call it Fez or Fes, it's a great place to visit and only 2 hours 15 minutes from Orly Sud, Paris. Fez is the cultural and spiritual centre of Morocco and goes back to at least 790AD. It's the third largest city in Morocco after Casablanca and Rabat and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The largest of the two Medinas (walled cities within a city) is the world's largest car-free zone, but beware of the donkeys.
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