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By Theadora Brack During these surreal and difficult days, I send encouragement and positive thoughts to all of you. We will travel again, I’m certain. In the meantime, though, here’s a tempo...

https://peopleplacesandbling.com/2020/03/30/pont-alexandre-iii-the-great-leap/

By Theadora Brack Ahoy! Calling all Instagram Aficionados: This summertime grid tip is for you. Decked out in fifty shades of pearly grey, the Pont Alexandre III is the perfect backdrop for your ...

https://peopleplacesandbling.com/2019/05/30/paris-tip-embrace-the-rain/

By Theadora Brack Bewitched by kitsch? Join the rave. Throughout the year, the City of Light stays retro active with weekend flea markets, along with open-air and tented pop-up bazaars. With so m...

https://peopleplacesandbling.com/2019/05/01/paris-flea-market-guide-off-to-the-puces/

By Theadora Brack Thanks to the courageous firefighters and emergency workers, Notre-Dame’s 18th century Grand Organ was rescued—with all of its 8,000 pipes still intact, we think. “None of...

https://peopleplacesandbling.com/2019/04/17/paris-to-notre-dame-with-love/

By Theadora Brack This week, I’d like to introduce you to one of my heroes: suffragette and writer Louise Weiss. So grab your bicycle and helmet, and let’s get to pedal pushing up the Montmar...

https://peopleplacesandbling.com/2018/11/13/france-two-tales-of-tenacity/

By Theadora Brack Let’s once again doff our “bachi” to my favorite Franco-American collaboration, the gigantesque statue of Lady Liberty on Bedloe’s Island in the New York harbor. Still l...

https://peopleplacesandbling.com/2018/06/18/statue-of-liberty-where-is-the-love/

By Theadora Brack In celebration of Bastille Day 2016 in France, let’s once again doff our “bachi” to my favorite Franco-American collaboration, the gigantesque statue of Lady Liberty on Be...

https://peopleplacesandbling.com/2016/07/14/paris-hobnobbing-with-lady-liberty/

By Theadora Brack Snapping to le point, I’ve been on the hunt for the fantastical, slip sliding all the way, up and down the wet rues of Paris. Suited with waterproof shoes, a parapluie, and sp...

https://peopleplacesandbling.com/2016/06/21/a-pom-pom-romp-through-old-parigi/

By Theadora Brack This week, let’s talk turkey! Grocery store chains may be your best bets for cutting costs while living in Paris, and they’re perfectly fine and dandy for long-term stays. B...

https://peopleplacesandbling.com/2016/04/26/paris-treats-the-ooey-gooey-edition/

By Theadora Brack Hold me close and hold me fast, my fellow hobnobbing dandies of the Paris grand boulevards. Got a mad penchant for some old time shop hopping? I’m with you, step by step. So t...

https://peopleplacesandbling.com/2016/03/02/paris-promenading-through-the-passages/