As we’ve always been telling friends and visitors to Paris, the City of Light is small and compact and most sites can be explored on foot if one plans the itinerary well. If one is coming from Montmartre to Belleville, the way out is all downhill but obviously the return, after a day’s walk, would ...
That’s Dominique at Les Muses de Montmartre. You can forgive me the headline. Dominique is not only a very talented hairdresser but great fun and uber friendly too. Ever since he took over the salon of my former hairdresser, I’ve never looked anywhere else. I’m not the only one to love him and appreciate his ...
A guest post by Gail Boisclair Paris! It is many people’s romantic dream to come to the City of Light and live there. I, however, was never one of them. It was not ‘love at first sight’ for me with Paris – my heart did not pound, the sight of macarons did not bring a ...
by Michael The Sacré Coeur Basilica is not as old as many visitors may assume – completed on the eve of WWI, it predates the great US skyscrapers by little more than a decade, and most US cities have quite a few buildings that are a good deal older. Sacré Coeur is essentially a product of ...
