Recycling is a great idea, but when it comes to food, I’m not so sure. By that, I mean food that another person has touched. Let me explain… Although the Atkins and South Beach diets helped to effectively diminish the trend of U.S. restaurants automatically providing clients with a bread basket before their meal, the practice…
Ohhh the love locks on the Pont des Artes in Paris! How romantic! What an incredible age-old tradition to take part in! Surely affixing a lock to the bridge and throwing the key in the Seine River means your love will last forever! False. The love lock “tradition” began just a few years ago —…
Paris in June. *sigh* What a lovely vision. Eating outside at sun-soaked cafes, getting plump on wine and cheese, taking in the city’s history and culture, eating all the croissants and baguettes you can handle. But this year, June began with tourists and Parisians alike gazing at rising river water, canceling boat tours, avoiding closed museums, and…
Paris, my true love, over the years I have explored so much of what you have to offer. I repeatedly return to wander through the charming streets among the sharply dressed locals and munch on endless croissants. But this time I dug deeper… much deeper… into the bowels of the city, in fact. Among the lesser-known…
I had originally been planning to write a Paris post last week, even before the deplorable attacks that shook the city. I had been there just a month ago and had crafted a fun post highlighting the experience. That lighthearted post now seems grossly inappropriate considering the city still reels from last week’s shootings and explosions…
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