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A Measure of Success in Paris
Last night, over drinks in the 9th arrondissement with two expat friends, the discussion turned to Americans in Paris. The two men I dined with had never met before, so I listened in as they swapped...
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Reflections of Paris on a Sunday Morning
Story and Photo by Linda Donahue It’s Sunday morning, barely 10:00am. The streets are quiet and the sky threatening as I look out the window of my temporary apartment in Cité Pilleux. The only people I...
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Feeling Crusty Over Baguettes
I’m not a boulanger, and I don’t play one on TV. But I do know what makes a baguette good, whether its de tradition or ordinaire: firmness, freshness and a crispy crust surrounding a soft inside....
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Up in the Air
Every now and then, I find myself having a conversation with people about Paris, or about traveling to Paris, and I find myself amazed by either the things they don’t know, or the things I don’t know....
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Some Rules are Just Broken
Paris is a city that continues to surprise me. I think it does that on purpose because, just when I think I have it all figured out, the rules change. (Just ask anyone who has ever had to renew their...
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Lost in Translation
My friend Jean-Claude was the one who introduced me to the French language back in the early 90′s. A graduate of the Lycée Français de New York and the offspring of former Parisians, JC (as I call him)...
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Flying the Not-so-friendly Skies
Steven Slater is a hero – or a problem, depending on your perspective. The 39-year old flight attendant for Jet Blue walked off the job yesterday in the most dramatic of ways. After telling off a...
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Take My Money. Please.
Talk to anyone who has ever lived or just visited Paris, and you’ll hear nightmare stories of encounters they’ve had with customer service. Whether it’s calling a company to try to buy a part or a...
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The New Fear of Flying
I used to be afraid of flying. You couldn’t tell by looking at me, but those first 20 minutes after takeoff turned my insides into one big knot. Like in the movie “Say Anything,” I knew that when the...
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Cruel Intolerance
Years ago, I was having a conversation with some French women who had recently moved to Miami. They told me, quite emphatically, that one of the reasons for their move was that they were frustrated by...
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