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Month: February 2013

Literary Lunch in Manhattan: Paris to the Pyrenees at La Boite en Bois

    Paris to the Pyrenees: Literary Lunch in Manhattan   Please join renowned and affable photographer Alison Harris and yours truly, the diamond-spangled curmudgeon,…

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Five Easy Paris Pieces: Discovering Paris, Paris Part Two

    Part Two of this three-part series on Paris, Paris is more than a two-fer it's a Multi-Fer: The Blvd Richard-Lenoir Market plus a…

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Five Easy Paris Pieces: Discovering Paris, Paris Part One

  As Paris, Paris cruises through it's ninth printing, and we enjoy the company on our private walking tours of more and more of its…

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The Seine Also Rises: Is the Big One (the Paris Flood) on the Way?

    California awaits the Big One — the killer earthquake of the century — and Paris awaits its very own Grand Cru flood. No…

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Why We Love Paris in Winter: A Winter Wonderland, on Gadling.com

Sure, we love Paris in the springtime (who doesn't?). We love Paris in the fall (so do millions of others). We love Paris in the…

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Paris in Love, Paris, Paris and WH Smith Book Signing in Paris

          Welcome to the new and improved (I hope) davidddownie.com, a wholly new website powered by WordPress and designed by the delightful and talented…

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