Yearly Archives: 2007

What a week. I can’t believe I only returned from vacation mid-day on Tuesday. Here’s what I learned this week: Paris! Paris! Paris! What can I even say? I hate traveling by plane. Not the flying itself, just all the other indignities. Good idea to limit access to reading materials on a 14 hour flight…

This will be the final post in my week of Francophilia. And it works nicely as a transition into the barrage of holiday posts that will inevitably begin on Monday. Located in the Latin Quarter, the Cluny Museum houses a select collection of Renaissance art and artifacts. It would be easy to be overwhelmed by…

It must be true what they say about French women not getting fat, I lost a few pounds of my own during the Paris trip. It must have been all the walking (and the expensive food prices) because it certainly wasn’t my diet. Loads of bread, butter, cheese, pastries, nutella, whole milk, etc. My first…

As you might have noticed from my photos, my travel wardrobe for Paris pretty much revolved around black and gray. I’m glad I packed so dark because quite literally wearing any color at all immediately distinguishes you as a tourist. Everyone in Paris wears a strict uniform of black, gray, denim and maybe a little…

Near Hotel de Ville in Paris, there is an amazing department store called BHV. They have everything from tools to expensive handbags, to art supplies, to kitchen goods, toys and chandeliers. Each and every item is perfectly French in it’s own special way. Basically, everything you’d need outfit your life in blissful Parisian style. By…

I think my favorite thing in all of Paris is the Musee Rodin. Actually, not even the museum so much as the Hotel Biron estate that houses it. This exquisite property is where I would live if I had my choice of any place in the world. A large, sunny house with french doors and…

The one splurge I afforded myself abroad was fancy lingerie. American options, at places like VS, are always way too big for my skinny frame. So it was wonderful in Paris to be surrounded by lovely frillies that actually fit. Hands-down the most beautiful pieces were made by Princess Tam.Tam. I was obsessed with the…

We had the November Ladies Activity Club last night, hosted by Alison! She had already decorated her lovely apartment for the holidays and had a pot of cider on the stove, so it felt really festive. Snacks included homemade spinach dip, cookies, holiday breads and cinnamon olives. For our activity, we made felted beads for…

I’m feeling fully recovered today after attending the LAC party and getting a great night of sleep at home. Time to start the Paris posts! You can browse through all 263 my photos of Paris online here. Or I’ve created an abridged version of my favorite 40 available here. I can’t believe how much we…

Uggg….My flight back from Paris didn’t go so smoothly. A storm in Philadelphia, refueling in Baltimore and overnight in New Jersey have translated into me arriving about 18 hours late. It could have been much worse though; I barely managed to grab the last seat on the morning flight and wouldn’t have been able to…