The great news is, the work is finished on the Right Bank section of the Seine sidewalk. Traffic appears to be flowing, and pedestrians are…
The life and times of critically acclaimed author David Downie in Paris and Rome, France and Italy.
Author: admin
Former French president Georges Pompidou — think end-1960s to early 1970s — did plenty to make Paris wonderful: he built most of the eyesores everyone…
The title of my post refers to the book by Christopher Hitchens–sometimes described as the “poster boy” of atheism, a description he loathed–and the former…
Why are the French so strange? They still haven’t recovered from the defeat of valiant Vercingetorix, the warrior, by Julius Caesar… granted, that was recent…
It’s been a while: traveling for a month in the USA did wonders to my schedule, which is why this blog has been asleep. Also,…
Joel Riddell has taken over from Gene Burns on the long-running “Dining Around” radio show, now on NewsTalk Radio in SF… we had a great…
Talk about serendipity: we went out for an innocent morning walk and guess what happened? Fog, mist, wind… gorgeous Chicago scenery… We found our way…
It started with the morning coffee at a roasting establishment and cafe called La Colombe, not 100 yards from where we were staying… Real French…
Lunch at Charlie Trotter’s was just the start… a kind of cultural and gastronomic marathon with Chicago writ large… I’m talking about more than a…
It’s always a pleasure when an esteemed colleague has fine words to say about one of my little books… in this case, The Little Book…
Larry Stone without bow tie and sommelier pin Lunch at Charlie Trotter’s in Chicago Happily jet-lagged and stunned by the sudden heat—about 30 C, meaning…
Chiaroscuro: Alison Harris’s photo show in Chicago We’re going on book and photo tour again! As mentioned in an earlier post: April is swell, but…