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Dining Late into the Night at Benoit – Paris w/TOP Tier Members! (March 2025)

The first gathering of TSLL members in Paris! What a special and wonderful occasion (oh! and délicieux aussi!) it was, and I’d like to share with you all about it. Meeting near the heart of Paris, just about two blocks from the Seine on the right bank you will find Alain Ducasse’s Benoit. A restaurant […]

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Taking Short Courses at Le Cordon Bleu – Paris

A dream come true, and you too can cook and bake at Le Cordon Bleu during your next trip to Paris! I discovered the short course option last year, and immediately put on my calendar to sign up for a class when the spring session opened for 2025. Released on their website a couple of […]

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My Vacation Rental Cottage in North Brittany: Le Petit Kérès Cottage

Tucked away off a narrow winding country road, located just down the way from the small village where rest assured a boulangerie for your fresh croissants and baguette is open early each day, a couple of shops, a hardware store, and crèche for the young children. Locals either work on their farms or travel to […]

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The Grand Giveaway – A Set of Gien Breakfast Cups & Saucers

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This & That: August 15, 2025 – French-inspired!

Oh goodness, do we have oodles of treasures and finds this week! Twenty-seven plus the links! With two new French films, and a favorite from the past, books on all sorts of French topics, newly released and soon to be released, a new adaptation, the first contemporary one of a long-loved fictional French detective, timeless […]

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The 3rd Giveaway — My French Country Home Box – Summer in Provence

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A Magnificent Morning in the 16th Arrondissement in Paris: Where I dined, walked and what I toured

To be a visitor of a beloved city, such as Paris, and try to experience it like a local is a near impossible feat. Aside from the fact that my French needs years of immersion, to understand what it feels like, how a day unfolds, the opportunities that rest in plain day but go only […]

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Les Yeux de Mona (Mona’s Eyes), a novel translated from French – Petit Plaisir #408

A ten-year old girl, Mona, and her dearly loved grandfather, nicknamed Dadé, together in Paris, each Wednesday after school, the duo head to one of three museums in Paris to see, study and discuss only one painting or piece of art each visit for an entire year. They begin at the Louvre, viewing Raphael, Gérard, […]

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408: How 3-Years of French Language Classes Elevated My Experience While Visiting France

Des vacances plus merveilleuses en France sont possibles quand on parle français ! The journey of learning anything new, putting in the hours, the practice, and progressing in a controlled environment eventually must make its way into the real-world to ensure any confidence we have gained is sound. Over the past three years, as many […]

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13 Ideas to Do in Paris (Enjoy, Eat, Sleep & Shop)

The Grand Foyer at Le Grand Palais welcomes us to a new post full of ideas and inspiration of where to go, what to do and where to sleep well and in a bit of luxury when we arrive in Paris – pourquoi pas ! As I was organizing my posting schedule for this week, […]

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