Part Two of this three-part series on Paris, Paris is more than a two-fer it's a Multi-Fer: The Blvd Richard-Lenoir Market plus a…
The life and times of critically acclaimed author David Downie in Paris and Rome, France and Italy.
Category: Paris
Paris in love, a photography gift book with dozens of color images of the City of Love: lovers, graffiti, romantic places, quirky, amusing views of the City of Light. By Alison Harris
As Paris, Paris cruises through it's ninth printing, and we enjoy the company on our private walking tours of more and more of its…
California awaits the Big One — the killer earthquake of the century — and Paris awaits its very own Grand Cru flood. No…
Sure, we love Paris in the springtime (who doesn't?). We love Paris in the fall (so do millions of others). We love Paris in the…
Welcome to the new and improved (I hope) davidddownie.com, a wholly new website powered by WordPress and designed by the delightful and talented…
When people tell me about the bad meals they've had in Rome I sigh and wish they'd sought some expert advice before traveling to the…
We all like to grumble that there's no good food served in the Marais but the truth is slightly more complicated and also more…
On assignment for Travora.com I discovered (or rediscovered to be precise) the wonderful Yves Saint Laurent Foundation in Paris. Anyone who knows me also knows…
Rome has some of the best food in the world. If you doubt the veracity of that statement please pick up a copy of my…
Join me and Alison Harris on the Italian Riviera next June for the first-ever travel-and-food-writing and photography course we've developed for the prestigious School of…
Various groups of citizens — citizens of the world, not just residents of Paris — are up in arms and rightly so about the mayor…
I'm contributing regularly to the new travel website, Travora.com. Here's my latest story, which reveals the secrets of two of my favorite hidden parks in…