There's no conversation I love more than when one of friends tells me that they're off to Paris. OK, there is: the conversation we have when they get back full of stories from my hometown and appreciation for it. So I was thrilled when my friend Alison of Bon Vivant DC told me she was stopping in Paris in between visits to Portugal and Champagne. OK, I was jealous too... but thrilled mostly. Alison runs a wine consulting business so I knew she'd have a fabulous trip. Here's an overview of how it went, in Alison's own words. WHAT BROUGHT ME TO PARIS Paris has always been my favorite city, so when I found myself with five days between a vacation in Portugal and a weeklong industry event in ...
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Guest Post ~ My Trip to Paris by Ashley
Neither David nor I can remember how we agreed that Paris would be our honeymoon location. And truthfully, it never occurred to either of us as being cliché (being the city of love and all). The truth is, we're city people, and we like to visit other cities, and we both took enough years of high school and college French that we felt it needed to serve some purpose. We flew to Paris a few days after our wedding, with only the vaguest ideas of what we would do or see. We had secured our apartment via AirBnB, a great little studio in Le Marais, exchanged our dollars for Euros and headed off on Iceland Air. When we got there we were surprised that Paris seemed trapped in time. For me, it was ...
Guest Post ~ My Trip to Paris by Cecile
Gertrude Stein once said “America is my country and Paris is my hometown.” I couldn't agree more! When I am in Paris, I feel very much at home and become une petite Parisienne. Of course, it helps that my father is a francophile and my mother is, well, une vraie Parisienne. She used to live near the picturesque Place des Vosges and I grew up hearing all about Paris, its culture and its fashion. I'm lucky that I get to visit about once a year, and I'm thrilled to share with you a few of the things I love the most about my hometown... ... starting with fashion. French women always manage to look effortlessly chic, elegantly maneuvering the cobblestone streets of le Marais in their Louboutins ...
Guest Post: Rosemary and Grape Focaccia
There's something I find so alluring about salty and sweet flavors coming together in concert. I’m pretty vocal about my favoritism toward the savory over the sugary, but every so often, the natural sweetness of fruit makes a guest appearance next to the warm, savory, salty, and crispy co-stars of a dish in a way so subtle--but at the same time striking--even I can’t argue against its place on the plate. Such is the setting for my love affair with a favorite Giada De Laurentiis appetizer recipe for Rosemary and Grape Focaccia. So, naturally, when our fearless blogger, and one of my loveliest friends, asked me to bring a dish to snack during her most recent wine tasting, Rosemary Grape ...
