Montmartre: A Paris Gem
Bon soir, A beautiful day in Paris almost always beckons us up the mountain to Montmartre. It is a favorite of ours and evokes a wistful sense of all the great artists who painted from its lovely mountainsides such as Renoir, Picasso and Salvador Dali. It is what I fondly call “old Paris” and the […]
Paris Perfect Day
Bonsoir mes amis, Paris weather is absolutely beautiful, and according to the locals, making up for their August which was untypically cool and rainy! How lucky we are to benefit from this quirk of events. The leaves are starting to change, the days are shorter, and the chestnuts are EVERYWHERE, big lovely chestnuts. If you’re […]
Bienvenue our Paris Apartment and our Friends
Wow, what a long, crazy, but fun day. Most of you by now know that we have been in a 2-star hotel since getting to Paris on Thursday due to a miscommunication with our landlady. The start of our day’s journey would have made a great movie. Charles and Judy Gattis were due to arrive […]
A lazy day in Paris
Bonjour mes amis, How lucky can we be to get this fabulous weather in Paris! There is not a cloud in the sky and the temps are perfect. There are fewer people here but not as few as I had thought and hoped. Last evening after I had already sent out my blog post, we […]
Paris in the Autumn Sunshine
Bonjour! Today is gorgeous with sunshine so bright that picture-taking was challenging. What a lovely problem to have, mais oui? We are surviving in our little hotel as best we can though really looking forward to moving into our usual apartment on Sunday morning! In case you are just reading your first blog post, there […]
Paris says Bonjour!
Dear Friends, We have arrived with absolutely no travel issues, smooth sailing all the way. It’s very odd today because we cannot settle into our cozy little apartment as usual on rue St. Paul until Sunday. We are in a very small but very clean hotel around the corner called l’Hotel Jeanne d’Arc. We couldn’t […]
Allons Y: We’re off to Paris
Dear Friends, FINALLY, today is our departure day, and I’m overwhelmed with so many feelings. I miss my friend Sharon Tyson who has for so many years taken us to the airport. It was part of our tradition, but she is now in Tucson. BUT my wonderful friend and golfing buddy Barbara Buice has stepped […]
Paris Preparation: Four Days and Counting
This morning I feel a little like I’ve been put through a meat grinder. To bed at 8:30pm and awake at 1:30…ugh! Definitely, my body clock is out of sync but I will persist. On my walk this morning, I was reflecting on how very lucky I am at this stage of life (OLD) to […]