I love Marie Antoinette, the movie if not the long-dead queen, and I think Sofia Coppola’s 2006 is vastly underrated — especially as a live-action lookbook for palace interiors. Who doesn’t want to live in a palace? Gilded moldings, tremendously ornate wallpaper, formal gardens? Oh, and your very own private....
Marie Antoinette is one of my favorite movies, and I love nothing about it more than all the palace interiors. I went through a very strong phase of wanting nothing but opulence: gilt-framed mirrors, wall tapestries, chandeliers, delicate pink ceramics. A lot of these are surprisingly easily within reach. Here’s....
Wondering where to go in France based on your astrological sign? For the record, I’d suggest any one of these 12 French destinations to any traveler, regardless of sun signs. That said: I know a few Pisces who’d sure like to visit a dreamy seaside resort where the Impressionists set....
My Get the Guy review: Matthew Hussey’s book “Get the Guy” changed my life. Sounds like an exaggeration, right? It’s not. Nothing — nothing — has done more to change my perspective on dating, relationships and love more than this book, which I initially listened to on Audible while driving....
There’s a secret to “French girl” hair — perfectly imperfect, yadda yadda — and I’m going to tell you how to get it right now. 1: Grow your hair long enough to pull back in braids. 2: Wash your hair at night. 3: Braid it. 4. Go to sleep (with....
A French pharmacy is a weird place, in that it’s more an extension of a doctor’s office than a CVS-style one-stop-shop for medicine, lawn chairs, sunscreen, milk, frozen dinners, eyeliner, magazines, and Diet Coke. You can get sunscreen and nothing else on this list. Well, medicine, too. A typical French....
I am bragging when I say that no one, in the nation of France, knows better how to mail a package from France to the USA. I do it ten times a week. (Five, at least.) The only way I would know more about this process would be if I....
God knows that a trip to Paris could take a lifetime. If that’s not available, whatever works will do, whether you have three months, three weeks, three days, or just enough time to hop into town between an early-morning arrival and a late-night connection. For many people, though, Paris is....
If you’re coming to Paris, you might as well eat some fancy meals. The grand authority on such matters is Michelin, which every year awards the world’s best restaurants with between one and three stars. Three stars of course represent the best of the best and have prices to match:....
I’ve lived in Paris on and off for five years and I’m still learning French. But it’s getting easier and easier — partly because I’m better at it, and partly because there are so many ways, both new and old, to study, whether you’re in Paris or not. Below, my....
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