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…
The life and times of critically acclaimed author David Downie in Paris and Rome, France and Italy.
Category: Paris
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,…
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.…
Another great review of Food Wine Burgundy, this time on The Daily Sip, an informative, entertaining wine blog. Highly recommended! Related posts: NY Review of…
This just appeared on http://www.suite101.com/blog/bonnyegood Tell your friends! dd David D. Downie Lets Paris Set the Scene for New ThrillerBonnye Busbice Good, Photo by David…
Instead of chocolate hearts… 400-odd pages of food, wine, shops (including chocolate shops), food-wine pairings, history, culture… This ad just came out in the New…
Supplemental list of our recommended book buys for Christmas giving: Because my Internet connection pooped out while I was compiling our suggested shopping list, I…
Books for Christmas, New Year’s, anytime A few of our favorite books this year, in random order: Real Food and Wine, in Rome: Food Wine…
Paris City of Night stares out at passersby from the windows of The Red Wheelbarrow bookstore (on rue Saint-Paul, in the Marais, www.theredwheelbarrow.com), and beckons…
Elaine and Bill Petrocelli of Book Passage bookstores in San Francisco’s Ferry Building and at 51 Tamal Vista Blvd. in Corte Madera are inspirational characters,…
My secrets have been revealed! Bill Ward, the great travel and food writer of the Star Tribune, interviewed me the other day. The piece was…