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Flying donkey spotted over Ile-de-Cité

Le hamburger? C’est chic maintenant! “It has the taste of the forbidden, the illicit — the subversive, even,” said Hélène Samuel, a restaurant consultant here….

Foulard de la semaine

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Dining: A Modest Proposal

Cost-per-square-foot being what it is, dining establishments need to get the most out of their real estate, and tables are jammed ever closer together. Sometimes…

Make Mine A Double…

Espresso, that is. The researchers found that women who drank two or three cups of caffeinated coffee daily had a 25 percent lower risk of…

Dial M for…

A few weeks ago, my doc confirmed my growing suspicion from the last several menarche-free months: I have crossed the hormonal Rubicon. The good news…

Weekend Update

I’ve been tagged by La Vie Quotienne and Always In Style for memes, and I will get to those shortly, I promise. Of the jackets…

Poaching

Picture: http://castletapestry.com/customtapestry/ No, une femme hasn’t been hunting stag in the Earl of Wibberley’s forest again. I’m referring to poached eggs, a skill which I’ve…

Rethinking Pink

If you aren’t watching the Battlestar Gallactica series on the Sci-Fi Channel, you should be. BG has some of the strongest, most developed and interesting…

Got Matzoh?

Seder plate painted by my son and the dreaded Four Questions Happy Pesach to those who celebrate! MIL hosts the big family Seder. Each year…