Snow and Paris have a complicated relationship. Yesterday we experienced a remarkable snowstorm. I’ve seen a few here in the last 25 years. This time…
Paris, Paris: Journey into the City of Light–my book of essays about Paris–is coming out again in April 2011 in an updated, expanded, redesigned edition…
As a European correspondent for Gadling.com I have been contributing an article every 3 to 4 weeks. My latest is about Genoa. Here’s a link.…
Here’s the link to the CBS story on the evacuation of the tower. Your guess is as good as mine as to what is really…
The Eiffel Tower is under threat. An attack on the tower was foreshadowed in Paris City of Night, my thriller, published in 2009. So let’s…
As some of you know, I’m a regular contributor from Europe to Gadling.com, AOL’s literary travel site. My latest posting comes from the Cinque Terre,…
This year the food-wine scene in southern Burgundy is full of surprises—though none would prompt me to alter my entries, other than to report…
My latest posting on Gadling.com has raised some hackles–and tickled other readers pink. Isn’t that what blogging is about? Here are two excerpts from…
My latest blogpost on Gadling.com is about the town of Cluny and the 1,100th anniversary of its famous abbey. Here’s the beginning of my post.…
Alison spent days closed up in an abandoned 19th-century theater in the seaside town of Camogli, following the light as it traced images on walls,…
Meet and greet, sip and savor: you’re cordially invited to a book signing and wine-and-cheese tasting on Saturday, May 15, 2010 at Le Cellier de…
My first letter from Paris for Gadling.com, one of the biggest and best travel websites.The photos that go with the article are not by Alison…