Dateline: Paris, Boulevard St-Germain This morning at 10:30am Paris Time several seasoned journalists — at least one of them a hack and a ham —…
The life and times of critically acclaimed author David Downie in Paris and Rome, France and Italy.
Category: Paris
Sun sun sun in Paris in February! Gorgeous day on the Place des Vosges, one of our favorite places in Paris. We like to take…
“Cooking the Roman Way: Authentic Recipes from the Home Cooks and Trattorias of Rome” got some pretty nice reviews when it came out. Publishers Weekly…
Love to Live to Eat: A Roman Feast Related posts: Cooking the Roman Way in ebook format Three Real Roman Trattorias: Eat As the Real…
If you’d put the scene in a movie the audience would’ve groaned. Too cliché. Too Paris. Too fashion. Too American-in-Paris. Too much everything. After sunny…
We’ll be offering all our Paris tours in April (and before and after!), but this year for the second time we’ll be teaming up with…
Smile! Your awesomely fearless blogger atop Monte Manico del Lume (photo courtesy of Luciano Parisi), 2,400+ feet above the Mediterranean (background, left). Alison refused to…
Sometimes you need that critical distance, the view from afar, to understand the perplexing phenomena of the day. Some of the most astute, clear-eyed critics…
Out and about on a Paris, Paris Tour with another small group of discerning visitors, people who know and love Paris and live here part…
Look at the left-hand portion of this map and you’ll see the wall of Philippe Auguste, one of our destinations. The other image shows the…
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…
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.…