Tag: France
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Eye on Design | Paris | Merci | A Store to be Thankful For
Not only is Merci (“thank you” in French) one of the most fabulous stores in Paris, it’s a store with a heart…all profits from their 16,000 square feet of designer products go to charity.
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Paris | Sunday in the Park
“In certain corners of the Luxembourg garden you could almost believe yourself in the countryside. There was nothing more delicious, after a wearying day, than to find yourself hidden among these great trees, to forget Paris in the center of Paris, to smell the invigorating scents of earth and vegetation.” Jules François Simon, 19th century…
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Style Moment | Place des Voges, Paris
“I love Paris in the summer, when it sizzles.” Cole Porter (1893-1964) American composer and lyricist
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Style Moment | Au revoir, Belle-Île
“Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go. But no matter, the road is life.” Jack Kerouac (1922-1969) American novelist and poet
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Eye on Design | Belle-Île-en-Mer | La Marinière
Coco Chanel made nautical stripes, la marinière, fashionable after she saw the fishermen on the beaches of Deauville, France wearing them. In Belle-Île, la marinière is practically the dress code. I couldn’t get enough…
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Belle-Île-en-Mer | Journey Across an Island
It started out as an interesting excursion…a visit to the studio of an artist who makes tiny ships out of mussel shells. It turned out to be yet another unanticipated adventure.
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Belle-Île-en-Mer | Frites
Check out the variety, and unique names, for all the sizes of french fries at this sandwicherie along the Belle-Île harbor. By the way, I saw the “familiale size” and it would feed a village.
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Belle-Île-en-Mer: The First Day
Today I took two trains, one bus, and a ferry from Paris to Belle-Île-en-Mer, an island off the coast of Brittany. I left my hotel in Paris at 8:00 a.m. and arrived in Belle-Île-en-Mer at 3 p.m. Here is the tale of my journey, and my first day on the island.
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Paris | Bastille Day | Fête de feu d’artifice
Watching the Bastille Day feu d’artifice on a perfectly placed Paris roof terrace is in the top ten spectacular experiences of my travels.
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Paris | Le 14 Juillet
Today is France’s independence day, Bastille Day. The day commemorates the storming of the Bastille, which took place on 14 July 1789 and marked the beginning of the French Revolution. The prison of Bastille was a symbol of the absolute and arbitrary power of Louis XI. By taking control of the Bastille, the people signaled…
