It has been a long time since I wandered the streets of Paris...I had forgotten how much I love being here and why. … [Read more...]
Archives for October 2011
THE FRENCH PARADOX
In the past week or so that I’ve been in France I’ve encountered what I am considering the new French paradox. It has nothing to do with why French women, who eat cheese and fois gras and beef steak, are thin and American women who diet all the time are fat. This paradox is … [Read more...]
On traveling light…
It wasn't really my intention to travel light to Paris. That is, not this light. I had packed carefully. My suitcase of clothes and, as always, my backpack containing my journal, books to read, a folder of work to do, medications, chargers, hair brush, make up, assorted drugs … [Read more...]