• Bien dans sa peau

    It’s that mythical state that French women supposedly embody from birth (though the vast number of minceur creams and pills in French pharmacies may be…

  • Summer Solstice Serendipities

    It’s pretty obvious to une femme that retailers are a bit nervous, as evidenced by the ubiquitous sales, and not just on dated merchandise. Banana…

  • 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…

  • Foulard de la semaine

    Another warm weather scarf option. Silk plissé (pleated) scarf, worn as a necklace. (Thanks again to Audi in comments whose suggestion for correcting the color…

  • Les Mystères de la Mode

    Une femme readily admits she isn’t the most fashion-forward hankie in the drawer, but some recent vagaries of La Mode have her flummoxed. One is…

  • Foulard de la semaine

    Oui, Virginia, you really can wear scarves when the weather gets warmer. This is a “Liberty of London” very sheer silk scarf, probably at least…

  • Getting Paid To Shop

    Sounds like a fantasy, doesn’t it? If you shop online frequently, you should know about Ebates. You sign up, and when you connect to your…

  • 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…

  • Foulard de la semaine

    This is the same scarf that I wore knotted a couple of weeks ago. This time I crossed the ends through a Chain d’ancre scarf…