Posts Tagged with ‘France’
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Scarves à la française: The lingua Franca for stylish women
27 Feb 2012By Barbara Redmond (French) The young French store clerk shifted with mild amusement, cocking her head slightly to one side.…
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La Chandeleur: Le Jour des Crêpes
30 Jan 2012By Michelle Hum As millions of elementary school children in America eagerly wait for the groundhog to come out to…
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French Impressions: Isabelle Burdel on the very complex and marvelous alchemy of perfumes
25 Jan 2012Isabelle Burdel, master perfumer and founder of Salon Privé in Cannes, France. To date, after more than twenty years of…
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Boulangerie Poilâne: A Toast to French Breads
13 Aug 2011By Barbara Redmond There we stood at the bottom of the steps, he in his flip-flops and bikini brief and…
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Fashion Crashing: Paris Haute-Couture
25 Jun 2011By Barbara Redmond (French) I knew to beeline to the swarm of bodies draped in thousands of dollars worth of…
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Travel Diaries: The Paris Métro: Who, me?
24 May 2011By Barbara Redmond Take the métro, prodded Elisabeth several years ago, after I first began my regular visits to Paris.…
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French Lingerie: Mysterious and Flirty
29 Apr 2011By Barbara Redmond (French) It was rumored that Catherine Deneuve shopped at Sabbia Rosa. That year I would celebrate in…
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The World of Aristocratic Paris
13 Apr 2011By Jan Dolphin “Walk a Mile in My Shoes: The World of Aristocrat Paris” reacquaints us with what Paris is…
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French Chocolates: A Poetic Experience
15 Mar 2011By Laurence Haxaire Have you ever bitten into an eye shadow? We did… Gaëlle Sève is not just a designer.…
