Like the perfect pas de deux, ballet and opera have been in sync in Paris since 1669, when the Sun King Louis XIV — who fancied himself as a gifted dancer as much as a benevolent patron of the arts — founded the Académie d’Opéra. Ballet was originally performed as an entr’acte during an operatic […]
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Paris Dreaming: What the City of Light Taught Me About Life, Love & Lipstick — Now Available in the United States and Canada!
If your body resides in America or Canada, but your heart and head seem to prefer living in Paris, I might just have the perfect book recommendation for you! I wrote Paris Dreaming a while back, originally for the Australian market. Like so many women here, I swoon over all things Parisian, and French, too, […]
Paris in the 2010s: a Look Back …
After a relatively tranquil beginning, the past Parisian decade turned out to be one of the most tumultuous of recent times. Here, some of the highs and the lows of the twenty-tens in the City of Light … 2010 The world’s most famous avenue went green for a two-day festival called Nature Capitale, designed to […]
Christmas Books for Paris Lovers
For a place that has inspired thousands of books, there are surprisingly few that are set in Paris at Christmas — a time, after all, when the City of Light is extra sparkly, and there’s nothing better to do than hole up in your favourite café, scribbling a novel into your notebook while you sip […]