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….
Travel
Travel planning and destinations, travel wardrobes and trip recaps.
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The Big Schlep
Une femme is not one of those people who considers it a point of honor to travel with only a carry-on. There’s no way I’m…
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Running With The Pack
Last year prior to my first trip to Paris, I obsessed for months about what to wear and pack. Between mon mari, who is a…
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The City That Doesn’t Sleep
Combine too much bad office coffee downed during interminably long meetings, a rich dinner with cocktails and wine and a double espresso to top it…
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New York State of Mind – Partie Un
New York is not a city for the indecisive or the broke. I discovered this when I first worked there in the early 80’s. I…
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Par avion
Une femme loves to fly. I love almost everything about it (except the lines and the hassle of practically stripping down to skivvies to go…
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Heavy Lifting
Une femme’s ongoing efforts to ruthlessly edit down the contents of la garde-robe have stalled. Not only am I struggling to cast off those “maybe-I’ll-wear-it-someday”…
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Shooting Fish in a Barrel
Spit in any direction, and you’ll probably hit an egregious example of weight fascism in the fashion industry. But two separate items I came across…
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Nous Sommes En Vacances
Photo from here. Mon mari is whisking me away today for a mini-vacances that involves a show, some spa time, some shopping and some good…
