Gluttony can be defined in many ways. If the term refers to gross over-eating and over-indulgence of alcohol, chocolates, eye-candy, whatever, then gluttony (like unadulterated…
Here’s the invitation to the big gala lunch at Charlie Trotter’s in Chicago on May 2, 2012 to celebrate anniversaries and the success of “Paris…
April showers, April flowers, April produce that sings “spring”… As everyone knows April is the month in Paris, Paris when “thrill” rhymes with “chill” (okay,…
My wonderful agent just sent me this pic showing the little book that could prominently displayed — no fewer than two copies — in the…
This tell-all interview of yours truly was posted yesterday on a fine Paris resource site… Everything you ever wanted to know about David Downie, “Paris,…
Another look at the Marais and Place des Vosges–our backyard–on Gadling.com, where I’m a European correspondent. Here’s the beginning of the article and link… bonne…
This just in from a charming couple we whisked around town yesterday (in the rain) on a work-vacation-research tour that lasted from 9am to 7:30pm……
Jonathan Philipson and his wife Beth were with us recently in Paris for a full-day tour. Here’s his report, posted on my Facebook Paris Paris…
The famous food stylist and author Denise Vivaldo in Paris on one of our gourmet walking tours, talking to the equally famous “cheese hunk” of…
Epiphany means many things to many people, each different. On my WanderingParis page at WanderingFrance.com I’ve just posted an article–with lots of photos–about Epiphany and…
Paris’ coat of arms since the Middle Ages: read about it on WanderingParisClick to read WanderingParis My hero, Emperor Julian the Apostate, who tried to…
It seems like another life… UC Berkeley, my alma mater! As an undergrad at Berkeley I did a double major–in political science and Italian–and wound…