The Moulin Rouge just celebrated their 130 year anniversary of the French Cancan! It was October 6, 1889, when they first opened their doors in Montmartre. To celebrate this anniversary, the Moulin Rouge put on a spectacular Sound and Light show Sunday, complete with their famous Cancan dancers where I braved the crowds in front …
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If you have ever taken in a walk in the lovely Luxembourg gardens, you have probably seen Marie de Medici’s palace. This stately former royal palace became home to the French Senate. The palace is not open to the general public except by invitation from a senator, or on Jours de Patrimoine( Heritage Days). Not …
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What defines compulsive buying and what is underneath the urge to compulsively buy buy buy? Actually, there is a lot of psychological push and pull going on, in addition to a hormonal reward system at play. Let’s take a look. The clearest definition is that compulsive shopping disorder is an ongoing preoccupation of shopping with …
La Petite Ceinture has regained some its glory and a new life, with a recent celebration, including an amusing Drag Queen Pétanque event! The French value restoring most old buildings and entities of merit, rather than tearing them down. This includes an abandoned old railway, La Petite Ceinture that once circled Paris. Deep trenches were …
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My longings to return to Rocamadour took on a rather sudden mysterious calling again about 7 days ago. Out of the blue, I decided to go back to Rocamadour for another procession of Notre Dame de Rocamadour, this time to celebrate her nativity on September the 8th, which is a major feast day for Catholics …
Ahhh, Paris and lovers. Two inseparable words that comprise the soul of this beautiful city on the Seine. This is a love story that will put a smile in your heart. If you want a feel-good sort of feeling; then read on. Paris is synonymous with lovers intertwined on the banks of the Seine, lovers …
Little did I know that my birthday was going to be a mind-blowing surprise! I literally had zero idea, absolutely not even a tiny hint! I was totally taken off guard and astonished! All I knew was that I had made plans to attend noon Mass, take in something beautiful to see and then get …
The earth is in constant momentum and so are you! I love staring at Leon Foucault’s pendulum steadily swinging back and forth in the spectacular setting of the Pantheon of Paris. I find it mesmerizing and meditative at the same time. Even hypnotic. The very shiny brass ball stays in perpetual motion thanks to the …
Come June and July, casual conversation with neighbors seems to be proliferated with the big V question. That is preciously, “where are you going on vacation?”. “Je vais rester ici. Août c’est mon mois préféré à Paris!”. My matter of fact announcement that I am staying put and that August is my favourite month in …
I felt called to reposting this after all the mass killings in America. I am but a small voice in the wilderness who is saddened and disheartened not only by such heinous violence but by the awareness that these mass killings will continue. Whenever I saw the ancient ruins of Roman arenas, I use to …
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Some of the weird and wicked sounding street names of Paris I encounter bring smiles or wonder. Some are just plain laughable! The more reasonable ones are historic in nature indicating that this street or area was well known for certain tradesmen or merchants. Some are a dead give off of what you presume they …
No, It is not my imagination, Paris is getting hotter with more heatwaves each summer! That is not necessarily a terrible thing, but it is becoming really difficult without air conditioning! Heatwaves here are called a “canicule”, which has its roots in the Latin word for a dog, canis. As Sirius the brightest star in …