The city of Paris offers free curbside pick-up of bulky items in the different arrondissements and greater city area. The service is generally offered twice each week with varying times for each area. Before placing any items curbside, please call 01 55 74 44 60 for direct information and scheduling. Note that it is not [...]
When I was little, my brother and I had a subscription to a kids magazine called Highlights. One of the cartoons that I loved in that mag was called “Goofus and Gallant” about 2 brothers who were presented with different social dilemmas in each issue. Goofus always took the low road (”Goofus doesn’t share his [...]
The French gynecological experience is much different than the American one. The examining room is also the doctor’s private office, there is little to no privacy when whittling out of your skivvies, and that measly paper gown? Nowhere to be found. All hangs out at the French gyno and the questions can be just as [...]
Not everyone in Paris has enough room to store drills, saws, ladders and all of the other little “DIY” materials for the occasional brush with home improvements. So why not borrow or rent them? There are a few Bricothèques in Parisian community centers that rent materials to locals (so far, they’re housed in the “régis du [...]
The Paris Blog has been a little quiet these past few days because I have been busy with the sale on an apartment. Here’s how it went. Investment “You have paid too much,” friends said… until I flipped it Prospective Buyer We want to see it again OK? And we’ll ask eight times Buyer Your [...]
Some great new developments for the Anglophone community here in Paris. First of all, musician Maggie Kim, a New Yorker, will play a concert on February 4…in her home. It will be the first “Hidden Concert” in a series (not unlike Hidden Kitchen!). From her website: Following in that grand tradition of “If you build [...]
Recently in a cafe near Père Lachaise, I wandered into the midst of one of Paris’ insular little expat communities. It resembled closely the one I knew well when I lived in the city – a balance of English and Americans which favoured the former, a bourgeois background common to all, and members who more [...]
Being freshly back amongst les francais after some delightful ‘Aussie Man’ time at home, i thought i’d take a minute to reflect on some obvious differences between French men and Australian men… An Aussie man will pay for a woman on a first date, to try to impress them. A Frenchman will only pay for a [...]
How do you know when your playdate is starting to get royally stupid? When les moms start comparing royal warrants. La Mom had Paris Mom over for tea while the French Fries and the Paris kids played like nice little French children do: quietly. In the dining room, things were becoming competitive. Paris Mom: Sophie-Marie only wears shoes from [...]
Remember when George Bush père got into all kinds of hot water because he didn’t know the price of milk? That couldn’t happen to Obama; he could simply look it up on Pricewiki. When people ask me what the cost of items are in Paris, I often say, “About double what they are in the [...]
