Of all the days to be celebrated, this one gets my top vote. National Chocolate Day is observed annually on October 28. While there are many specific chocolate related holidays throughout the year, National Chocolate Day celebrates all things chocolate. (Source: National Day Calendar) In France, especially in Paris and the larger cities, it…
Time for a Change
Time to put away the summer flowers! Let’s go to Paris for some Fall inspiration. Looking to the colors of the changing season and the harvest — reds, golds, and the deep lusciousness of wine grapes ready to be picked. The colors of the flames in a first fire in cooler weather. The blaze of…
Paris, View to the Seine
Random wanderings
Strolling around Paris today, I stumbled upon a group of such talented musicians playing one of my favorite pieces of music in violin and cello. It is so impressive to me that such a group will stage an impromptu free concert, I want to think only of the passion of the music they bring rather…
Beauty is everywhere
First stop, Paris. Landed at Charles de Gaulle this afternoon and took the train to my hotel in the 1st arrondissement. Metro stop put me out at Les Jardins des Tuileries, about two blocks from my hotel, the Westin Place Vendome. The Westin hotels I’ve stayed in the US don’t look anything like this one…