Vacation in Paris BLOG

A Particular Confinement

Posted on Feb 10,2021 by Hampton*Jan

Confinement, a new lockdown, is still on the table, the French government said. We emitted a groan, not again. Still, we have to admit that the first confinement which kept us holed up in our Paris apartment wasn�t so bad. That�s because we had something to do, something to keep us occupied. We had a book to write and a deadline to meet. The book was about Champagne Charlie, and in working on the book we found real inspiration for coping with our locked-in life from Charlie himself. { read more }

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Kindness Unmasked

Posted on Jan 07,2021 by Hampton*Jan

My husband Don is what the French call un sportif. He runs (has around twenty marathons to his credit), he plays baseball (the Men�s Senior Baseball League World Series) and he works out. Unlike some of us (me, for example), he doesn�t have to think about this or program it into his schedule. It�s just part of his normal life. { read more }

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Soup Kitchens � la Fran�aise

Posted on Jan 04,2021 by Hampton*Jan

People starving, unemployment skyrocketing, mobs in the street, a government about to be replaced and doing nothing to help.
Sound familiar? { read more }

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The Best Things To Do This Fall in Paris

Posted on Sep 17,2014 by Hampton*Jan

Are you heading to Paris this fall for a wonderful vacation? Then you have to check out this list of amazing things to do so you can get the most out of your trip! { read more }

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Dreaming Of Paris...

Posted on Aug 04,2020 by Hampton*Jan

Five minutes in Paris and I feel that I have been transformed into a Parisienne. The bustle, the beautiful women rushing by in their pencil skirts with high heels clacking. I�m dreaming of sitting in a caf�, drinking a citron presse, listening to the romantic French language, and watching lovers stare into one another�s eyes. { read more }

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Planning The Future With The Past

Posted on Aug 03,2020 by Hampton*Jan

Many people inherit family recipes, but Muriel and Olivier Madeline inherited some with a difference. They were for a range of the most famous perfumes of les ann�es folles - that is, the Roarin� 20s, - perfumes that had been created by their great-grandmother, Germaine Duval { read more }

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