I look forward to seeing you at one of my book events to celebrate the release of A Taste of Paris… more events and more…
The life and times of critically acclaimed author David Downie in Paris and Rome, France and Italy.
David Downie Posts
Market, Avenue du President Wilson, Paris 16th arrondissement: note happy native shoppers When you hear a certain self-satisfied New Yorker (whose blatherings appear in…
This is how it starts: a Saturday on the Seine, on the car-free former Pompidou Expressway… early, while the bobos and partiers still sleep… We…
Autumn leaves spinning, horse chestnuts nesting on lawns and in hands–the Luxembourg Garden is definitely into fall mode. Fall is a good time for eating.…
I look forward to seeing you at one of my book events to celebrate the release of A Taste of Paris… more events and more…
Just possibly–almost assuredly–the best coffee in Paris is imported, roasted, and served, sometimes at a ponderous pace but with great courtesy and passion, at La…
For a number of years now I've been outsourcing my office needs, meaning, in standard English, that I no longer rent an office, I…
It's a steal! Will this crook be the next French president? Or will it be the charming neo-Nazi and Trump surrogate? By the time many…
In memory of the policeman killed and others wounded last night on the Champs-Elysees… Terror and demagoguery will not undo Paris, will not change Paris…
Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo and I don't always see eye to eye but on one thing we agree: get private cars out of Paris. The…
The French version of "the icing on the cake" is "the cherry on the cake." A perfect spring day in Paris today, the flowering cherries…
Soul food in Paris? Absolutely: Paris is good for the soul! (And it's not bad for the sole). A Taste of Paris: A…