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I have one Bastille Day tradition: pétanque!  I love it, not so secretly because it’s the only ‘sport’ in which I can actually perform.  (Embarrassing fact: I was number two on my MBA pétanque team…shh!).  I measure my Bastille Days … Continue reading …

After years of pining, and wishing, and hoping, it’s finally happening.  Vogue reports in its August 2011 issue (page 147) that Ladurée is opening in New York.  Ladurée is my favorite purveyor of Parisian macarons, and hot chocolate, and other … Continue reading …

To know me is to know I love Le 14 Juillet.  I am religious in my observation of the occasion, because I simply love, when I’m not in France, wishing or pretending that I was.  Two years ago, I ushered … Continue reading …

Get the whole story at The Huffington Post. I don’t know if they’re still doing this, but I love any surprise that comes with food.  Short of an engagement ring, which I think is a stupid and dangerous thing to … Continue reading …

I know we are few and far between, but I’m one of those insane individuals who thinks the crust is the best part of the pizza.  I know I risk pizza-palate revenge from the rest of the pie, but I … Continue reading …

BIENVENUE Today is a big, big, big, big day (to quote from the great book I just finished: The Hunger Games).  I started this blog, French Revolution, on April 13, 2008.  I can’t take all the credit—it wasn’t my idea.  … Continue reading …