Internet advertising is something else. I imagine that you have just as much chance of getting a green card this way as getting rich by investing in one of those Nigerian bank deals.

There’s a new wedding magazine on the newsstands here in France, and I am lovingit! Called Forever, this glossy is like InStyle Weddings with a delicious dollop of Parisian flair. Chock full of fashion, beauty and planning advice, I think Forever’s strongest selling point is their “Real Weddings”-type column called Témoinages, (”witnesses” in French). Fresh and modern pictorials of [...]

Every time I see one of these advertisements around Paris (and there are lots), I think of a new pitch for them… “Learn the language skills to destroy your own economy and possibly your entire country! Learn the word games you’ll need to milk the most out of subprime mortgage backed securities and as a [...]

Friday, March 20th is le Jour du Macaron (Macaron Day) in France. Created four years ago through a collaboration between renowned pastry chef Pierre Hermé and other members of the prestigious Association Relais Desserts, le Jour du Macaron raises money and awareness for the Federation des Maladies Orphelines children’s charity. Pop into any participating patisserie- includingthe four Pierre Hermé Paris boutiques, and you’ll receive 4 [...]

It’s Official. The Parisians are out of hibernation. Leave it to our first sunny Sunday to draw, what seemed like the entire city, out of their heated flats onto the sun-soaked pathways and sprawling lawns of the local parks. I came upon this thawing crowd while on my afternoon run. Normally, I can expect a [...]

  If the street is a canvas, spoilt by the taggers but enhanced by artists, what place is there for the accidental? In the Rue de Chantilly, a flash of sunlight catches my eye. This lightning glint, an accident of angles and directions, leads my eyes towards a spherical, spiky object attached to a drainpipe. The [...]

Merci could be seen as a anti-crisis endeavor. It may is a reflection of the new retailing times that seems to consist of unique, “curated” concept-esque stores that provide a new type of service and aesthetic. As we know, the big banks and big names are failing-leaving it to more individualized business to perhaps start [...]

    It was wildly historic and emphatically French. No, Napoléon didn’t return from the grave to ride again. Instead, a select group was invited to American-in-Paris Chase Bailey’s home to sample some of the very best French vintages of the 20th century. Chase, a film producer and tech executive, painter and sometimes expat, is famous in [...]

I was in a patisserie the other day stuffing my face with a mid-morning mini croissant and coffee after my workout and spotted this chicly dressed couple, who I immediately knew were here for fashion week.  Ana Konder and Paolo , originally from Brazil and now living in London, have a company called Showroom One, [...]

At left is the promotional poster for French comedian Thomas Ngijol. He is hysterical. A bit dry and biting but pretty good and I love this image. I saw him once on the Grand Journal on Canal+. He came on to do his routine on a day when Sarkozy was the invited guest and before [...]