Vacation in Paris BLOG

Bouquinistes

Posted on Aug 07,2023 by Hampton*Jan

It is a fact of French life: �Aux barricades� if you�re against something. That is, get out your megaphone and head to the streets. Let the world know your grievances. { read more }

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You�re coming to Paris? And planning a meal or two at one of its outstanding restaurants? Well then, as a long-time resident, let me give you a tip: order from what�s on the carte, as the menu is known in France. { read more }

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My Criminal Pants

Posted on Aug 25,2022 by Hampton*Jan

For 35 years I was a criminal. I was never arrested, never charged, and, thank heavens, never imprisoned. I was never even fined, yet, nearly every day I committed a crime. Not only that, I allowed my daughters to join in the criminal activity. { read more }

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Fruit, Vegetables, History

Posted on Jun 14,2022 by Hampton*Jan

�Two avocados, four tomatoes and a history lesson, please,� I said to the vendor at our local fruit and vegetable market. I didn�t actually order the history lesson, but I got one anyway when I asked about the different cherries she had in stock. �These are not real sweet,� she said pointing to some small dark cherries, �but these are.� Those were huge and dark red and almost twice the price. { read more }

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Now You See It...

Posted on Dec 20,2021 by Hampton*Jan

It�s been a season of monumental ephemera in Paris � structures that were here, you blink, and then they weren�t. { read more }

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Josephine Comes Home

Posted on Sep 09,2021 by Hampton*Jan

Shortly after we moved to France, a marionette caught my eye at one of Paris�s big brocantes, the semi-annual two-week-long antique and junk fairs then held on the city�s edge. The strings were missing as was the cross that controls them, but the body was something special. It was beautiful, truly a work of art. { read more }

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