Miscellaneous

  • Un cadeau pour vous!

    Oui, c’est vrai!! Last fall, when I heard that Ines de la Fressange had written a book on Parisian style, I jumped over to amazon.com,…

  • Mid-Week Miscellany

    The pace of life has shifted into Holiday Fast Forward.  We’re already coming up on the last crazy night of Hanukkah; tonight we light candle #8…

  • Dressing Your Truth – The Videos

    Example of Type 4 makeover.  No, this isn’t me. 😉 After reading through Carol Tuttle’s book, Dressing Your Truth and determining that I was a…

  • Typecasting

    There’s a joke that goes, “There are two types of people: those who believe there are two types of people and those who don’t.” Categorizing,…

  • Une femme recommends…

    I’ll confess, I picked up “My Life in France” after seeing the movie “Julie and Julia” but only recently delved into it.  I don’t have…

  • Natty Nate

    From a moderately pretentious but amusing NYT article: Today the well-off 55-year-old is likely to be the worst-dressed man in the room, wearing a saggy…

  • Recommended Reading

    Une femme is still recovering from a crazybusy weekend, so would like to share some suggestions for your reading enjoyment today. I’ve just finished reading…

  • More for the Gifted Class…

    Two book suggestions for the Paris lovers on your gift list; both can still be delivered by the holidays. Little-Known Facts About Well-Known Places –…

  • Bookshelf: A Year In High Heels

    The lovely folks at Harper Collins Publishers sent me a copy of A Year In High Heels: The Girl’s Guide to Everything from Jane Austen…