Entertainment

  • Thursday Bits & Bobs

    My friend Sharon Santoni, who writes the lovely blog My French Country Home, is in the U.S. for a book tour promoting her latest book,…

  • thursday this & that

    One of our favorite shops to visit in Paris is the Boutique Maille Paris on place de la Madeleine. We discovered it on one of our first…

  • mercredi miscellany

    First, my sincere condolences to those who have lost loved ones in recent terrorist attacks, both in Brussels and in Turkey. I wish the injured…

  • friday miscellany

    Pampering even a Type A can love… True confession: I am not a Happy Spa Gal. After about 30 minutes of whatever treatment I’m undergoing,…

  • wolf hall: tudor style done right

    Have any of you been watching “Wolf Hall” on PBS? It’s a fascinating period of history, much written about and much dramatized. As someone who has…

  • las vegas confidential

    I’ll be completely honest: Las Vegas is more le Monsieur’s thing than mine. But even for those who don’t come for the gambling, there’s still plenty…

  • black + blonde

    Perhaps it’s because we recently watched the entire three seasons of Wallander, with all that moody Swedish light and those sparse Scandinavian interiors. Or perhaps I…

  • dark florals

    In our grand tradition of being behind the curve, le Monsieur and I have been watching “The Borgias” for the first time, thanks to Netflix….