Pascal greetings from my tiny garden in Paris. Every Easter it rains here and tomorrow promises the same. The plants need water so I’m not…
Today I bought a broom. This could almost be the first line of an Emily Dickinson poem, except that Emily never spoke of her purchases. …
Last October I gave a talk at The American Library in Paris entitled “When You’re Strange”. The talk was followed by a reading from THE…
My son’s second grade reader recounts the adventures of two protagonists, Picouic and Tigrelin, ( a dog and a cat) who gallivant around France and…
Nicolas Sarkozy drinking a Coke with a Pokemon character coming out of his head by Blaise Mariétan French president Jacques Chirac’s favourite dish was Tête…
We’ve just returned for a short trip to Bruges, a city in Belgium I’ve always loved and visited in early spring. It is deservedly called…
The Tour Saint Jacques looking down upon a bowl of rice “Eat heartily,” I tell my son at breakfast on Wednesday, pushing a yogurt his…
The Louvre bit into my week in a big way. When you think of this august museum, this former luxury resort of kings, you think…
Saturday I took a Buzz Off Day. Sometimes you just need to tell everyone, particularly those you love and look after the most, to buzz…
Today is Friday which means that in France fish is on the menu. Always. This is a Catholic country, whether or not the French like…