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Walking Around Paris On A Budget

With the financial crisis still in the air and most people counting every last penny, you may not think that now is the prime time for travel. But sometimes a little trip is just the thing to boost...

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How To Dress Like a Parisian Every Day

Fashion in Paris is everywhere… although maybe not in the way you may expect. Paris is the famous home of haute couture fashion houses and famous names like Chanel and Louis Vuitton, and while these...

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How To “Être”, or, Just Be

Before I moved to France, one of the biggest warnings I got was about “culture shock,” but I just laughed. It wasn’t as though I was leaving for a hut in a third world village without potable water....

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Traveling Through Aude: Discovering Our Pre-History

Tautavel is a relatively small village in Aude, close to the Spanish border. It is also the self-proclaimed European center of prehistory. Upon exploration of the Prehistory Museum in Tautavel, one...

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Winter Breakfast: Sweet Polenta with Hazelnuts

Chances are, you know the food of the Italian poor: Sunday gravy, pizza, pasta, and meatballs. These foods came over with Italian immigrants from the poorer regions of the south of Italy, like Naples...

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Finding Success in a Bilingual Relationship

“What do you expect me to say to that? Huh? What do you expect me to do?” Okay, so those may not be the best words to throw out in a relationship (and saying them was definitely not one of my proudest...

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Quick Workplace Lunch Ideas

I first came to France when I was 14, and I was shocked and very pleased to learn about the emphasis placed on lunch. Every day, my school shut down for two hours so that students could go home and...

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Simple Recession Cooking: French Dishes

I have a confession to make: I don’t shop at gourmet specialty stores. And it gets worse. I also don’t shop at outdoor markets, farmers’ markets, organic stores, or even the organic aisle of the...

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