le Cafe Parisien

18 Sep 201519 Sep 2015

Two weeks into Writing 101 already. Quelle horreur! The task is to "Update your readers over a cup of coffee" as though addressing you over a cup of coffee. My natural…

Stravinsky Fountain – Paris

15 Sep 201515 Sep 2015

Writing 101 suggests using a quote for today's prompts. Who more sensible to quote than Salvador Dali? "Since I don't smoke, I decided to grow a mustache - it is…

Paris – Nevers on a Sunday

20 Jul 201520 Jul 2015

If you are facing Henry IV's bronze statue on the Pont Neuf and look accross the bridge to the left you will see this building with its striking Art Deco frieze…

Tree Cathedral

17 Jul 201517 Jul 2015

One of the avenues in Versailles is bordered by matching rows of ancient trees. Whether by nature or design I cannot tell, but the upper branches all bend toward the…

French Love Quotes – Day 2

5 Jul 20155 Jul 2015

"Nothing is real but dreams and love" Anna de Noailles "If love is nothing but an illusion, then what is real?" Proverb "The only true language in the world is…

French Love Quotes Day 1

4 Jul 20151 Aug 2015

I was kindly invited by the most excellent Jennifer Nicole Wells to participate in "3 Quotes in 3 Days" where, as the name ingeniously suggests you post 3 quotes in 3…

A great big THANK YOU!

10 Jun 20159 Jun 2015

In the last week two very exciting things happened (well at least I thought they were exciting) Since starting blogging in November last year the blog has had 10 000…

Mondayitis – Perles before Porc

8 Jun 20158 Jun 2015

Have you ever suddenly found yourself realising that what you thought moments before was a doting audience hanging upon every word that dropped from your lips was actually a mindless…

Parc Montsouris Duckling Disaster!

13 May 201514 May 2015

There we were, April in Paris, strolling about the Parc Montsouris. The soft morning air rich with the scent of spring blossoms and every vista a waking dream. Two snow white…

Warm inner glow

12 Mar 201514 Mar 2015

Ah Paris! The Louvre thoughtfully opens until nine once a week; a fact which seems to be relatively unknown by the hordes of tourists who pour in unrelenting floods through…

à gauche

25 Feb 201525 Feb 2015

I oft think upon what might have been should life have dealt a better hand. “à droit”, “adroit”, “dexter”, “dexterous”; the very romance languages crying out against me, alone, left…

There was a Francophile from Nantucket

17 Feb 201518 Feb 2015

Day 2 of Poetry 201 and the form is Limerick. We already know far more than we should about that vile creature from Nantucket so I have produced 4 other…

Paristalsis

30 Jan 201530 Jan 2015

In response to The Daily Post's writing prompt: "Play Lexicographer." Paristalsis - a basic natural function that causes certain individuals to be drawn inexorably towards Paris. People experiencing Paristalsis are…

Gourmet Delights

3 Dec 20143 Dec 2014

It is always difficult to know what constitutes a "gourmet delight", indeed I found that the main websites that popped up when I searched for "gourmet delight" on the internet were…

Vert Galant

30 Nov 201412 Dec 2014

What better way to start a Parisian experience than where it all started? The Square du Vert-Galant is an exquisite little garden at the far western end of the Île de la Cité where the Parisii…