Longitude Books, the great travel book website and blog, is currently run a short piece I wrote for them about one of my favorite places…
The life and times of critically acclaimed author David Downie in Paris and Rome, France and Italy.
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We're now traveling for our US book tour, beating the drum about our pair of newborn books: “Quiet Corners of Rome” (April 25, 2011) and…
Never a dull moment: I’m packing to leave Paris to go on book tour for “Paris, Paris: Journey into the City of Light” and “Quiet…
Budding prospects indeed! Strange spring rites near Saint Gervais. What would the monks say? If walls could speak… this one would not whisper “wistful” but…
No, not breakfast at Tiffany’s. Breakfast on the Seine, floating with friends… and celebrating the publication of Paris, Paris. Dig in! Related posts: Paris, Paris…
Showing Paris, Paris — the City of Light-Footed Explorers — to a wonderful gang from many different cities and continents… Yesterday we assaulted the Leaning…
We’re gearing up for our US book tour, to beat the drum about our pair of newborn books: “Quiet Corners of Rome” (April 25, 2011)…
The book may be familiar to you by now. Here's an excerpt from the chapter about Paris in the spring. Il fait beau, c’est le…
Today’s the day! Paris, Paris is out and about… and today’s also the 25th anniversary of my arrival in Paris as a permanent resident. It’s…
Photo ops abound in Paris, Paris. Sometimes, in the style of Martin Parr, it’s more fun to photograph the photographers than their elusive subject(s). Click,…
Is this where it all started? The Parisian obsession with dogs? Even in the 18th century, when this sculpture was coaxed from purest white marble,…
All photos copyright Alison Harris At Lalbenque, 10 kilometers southeast of Le Montat in southwest France, legendary truffle-hunter Marthe Delon awaited me with her spotted…
Continue readingTruffles in Black and White: Part Four of Four: the Truffle-hunting Pig of Lalbenque