Bienvenue à Paris to the Shorys
Bonjour mes amis, Knowing my own pockets of deficiency, I had several basic rules of leadership: always hire people smarter than I was. Such was the case with Bill Shory who served as our New Director for WHNT-TV for several years. Ethics in journalism was his hallmark. He was also my friend. And I remember […]
An Art Walk in the 13th Arrondissement
Bonjour, I’m constantly reading about what’s available to see and do in Paris. Occasionally, something pops up that we haven’t seen or is limited to a certain window of availability. After our lunch with Richard Nahem, his partner Vincent, and the patron of the restaurant, we took the Metro over to an area where I […]
Step Back into French Indo-China
Bonjour, Saturdays are extremely busy in the Marais because locals use this as their shopping day for goods, food and other services. Add to that the swirl and glut of tourists and the streets are almost impassable. I was just reading an article on CNN’s web site about how tourism is up dramatically all over […]
Lazy Day of Preparations
Bon Weekend, Weather here in Paris continues to amaze us but it did get quite warm yesterday, signs of hotter days to come into the summer. Still no rain after three weeks so the city is dusty and dirty. Shop owners work so hard to keep things clean…washing windows, sweeping and hosing down entrances, etc. […]
Another Day of Incredible Weather
Bonjour, What glorious weather we are enjoying!! Day after day of cloudless skies, nice breezes and temps hovering at or just under 80 degrees. It is exactly as we had hoped for compared to last year’s July/August scorcher. Yesterday required changing bed sheets again which is a project. I caved and Bernie took them to […]
Pleasant Weather Blesses Us
Today is D-Day and at the American cemetery in Normandy, French caretakers will have collected sand from Omaha Beach and rubbed it into the gravestones to highlight the names of the departed. They do this for all 9,388 soldiers who lay there.#DDay79 pic.twitter.com/dRrjG9MWQK — Michael Warburton (@MichaelWarbur17) June 6, 2023 Bonjour mes amis, My son […]
Still New Discoveries in Paris
Bonjour mes amis, After 19 years of coming to Paris, it’s always a pleasure to discover some new places, and that’s what we did yesterday along Boulevard Montmartre. (It is not in Montmartre) It is often referred to as one of the Grand Boulevards created by Haussmann at the direction of Napoleon III. This effort […]
Lazy Weekend in Paris
Bonjour, After running wide open for days, we finally crashed and have done little but sleep! Ten and eleven hours at a clip. We did not realize how tired we were and still like to pretend that we’re fifteen years younger than we are. Alas, it did catch up with us. I am still plagued […]