Tag: Paris writers
A Paris Writer’s Retreat
Just about everybody has a story to tell. Whether it came in a dream, through life experience, or personal passion, these tales are constant...
On the Road with Jack Kerouac at the Musée des lettres et manuscrits
Leave it to the French to mount a pitch-perfect paean to that most quintessential of American symbols: the open road. The Musée des lettres...
La Rotonde
La Rotonde Continues to be a Favorite
In Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises, the character Jake Barnes states, "No matter what café in Montparnasse you...
Creperie des Canettes: Delicious Crepes
La crêperie des Canettes, Paris 6th. Photo by patrianova.
It’s easy to get blasé about crêpes in Paris. If you’re anything like me, after a brief but...
May 2011 Events in Paris
Paris comes alive in May with the start of the haute saison for visitors. You have everything from the French Open (Roland Garros) Tennis...
Émile Zola: French Writer and Social Justice Advocate
The story opens on a pitch-black, starless night in March. A solitary man, starving in threadbare trousers, hands numb from biting winds, trudges along...
Spoken Word: English Language Performance Art Club
Spoken Word is a Paris "club" open to anyone who wants to watch or join English-speaking performance artists and poets perform on an...
Parisian Pastry Art, Part 1: Paris Past
Parisian Pastry Art, Part 1: Paris Past
(After reading, see Part II of this story here.)
What do the glories of ancient Greece and...
Wonderful Weirdness in Paris – The Dali Code & Other Paris Stories
Lynn Jeffress is a normal enough looking woman who wears her hair in a medium length blonde bob, and is generally found in long...
What’s This Rating Game All About? Chapter 2
A few weeks ago, Monday October 5th to be exact, the Wall Street Journal published an intriguing article by Geoffrey A. Fowler and Joseph...
Books Set in Paris: Gourmet Rhapsody & Elegance of the Hedgehog
Just when I felt my obsession with The Elegance of the Hedgehog subsiding, I found myself in Paris, in search of 7, rue de...
Jardin du Luxembourg: Women Behind the Statues
Le Jardin du Luxembourg in the heart of Paris is a pure delight any time of the year and is the second largest park...
