The Marvelous Merveilleux French pastry is a radical departure from the celebrated macaron. Nothing petite or pastel about this seriously delicious concoction… and the décor at Aux Merveilleux...
About 10 minutes after moving Haleigh in to her first Paris apartment, I officially lost my tourist status. That was seven years and three apartments ago. My days and nights in Paris do not rem...
On a very cold Paris aternoon, we slipped into one of our favorite venues… a discreet little gem just off the square at Place des Voges Pavillion De La Reine with its ivy covered façade has al...
The first time ever… and we were there. Ice skating under the glass dome at Le Grand Palais de Glaces… Not something on the standard list of things to do in Paris, but it was the perfect ho...
Even without any snow… it’s a White Christmas… in Haleigh’s apartment… And as visions of sugar plums danced in our heads, the reindeer guided Santa’s sleigh and found us in a little j...
I have often dreamed of having Christmas in the City of Light and last week I actually woke up in Paris! While I normally don’t have much reason to stroll down Avenue Montaigne… the holiday d...
There is exciting news from Paris and the elegant world of French beauty icon LANCÔME… with the launch of their new site and a special page “PARIS RENDEZ-VOUS” Lancôme has welcomed my swe...
What to do when too much work has deprived you of a long overdue sojourn to Paris… well I have choreographed a virtual escape to the city of Light… by grabbing some photos from my beautiful P...
While most of Paris was rebuilt in the 1800s, there are a few buildings that have stood for hundreds of years longer… Our first Paris Apartment is located in one of those buildings…parts of i...
Some time in the 1920s, a young American woman went to live with her aunt in Paris for a few months… it was a wonderful adventure as young women in Paris at that time enjoyed a bit more social ...
I have always loved the way Winter paints her portraits… often in misty shades of softness… or frosty icy tones… sometimes it’s just the low light of Winter that adds a bit of Magique to ...
Recent travels have provided inspiration for my own Autumn decor… a visit to Tesoro on the way to St. Helena with Trish left a lasting impression… and then there was the giant pumpkin at Tra ...
I threw a little tea party to honor my mom on her birthday…like most of us she loves Paris and has many fond memories of her travels there years ago… when she was growing up in a small town i...
Scenes from the French Kissed summer kitchen… for those of you who follow my darling Paris daughter…Haleigh…on her blog Making Magique…. I thought you might like to know that this has bee...
My world has recently been painted in shades of… rose et bleu… as I have strolled glorious gardens on Long Island…witnessing peonies as large as dinner plates… and gilded roses with whims...