Category: life
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Two Days in Cannes, France
Three days before our trip to Cannes I looked up the weather forecast and found “100% thunderstorms” predicted for the whole weekend. Not just rain symbols, not just lightning, but red exclamation points indicating “severe, dangerous weather.” Floods. Hurricanes. Apocalypse. To say the least, I was bummed. The French Riviera/Cote d’Azur/South of France/whatever you want…
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This week I am…
…booking a ticket to any one of these cooler-than-cool swimming pools (#25–wow!) …learning a lot from these uber-British travel etiquette rules. …laughing over this hilarious dog grooming trend. Only in Japan. …applauding San Francisco on being the #1 city for … (answer). …wearing this as much as possible and pretending I’m French. …mulling over this thoughtful letter from…
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Paris: Cafe culture
Spending a few hours lolling around a Parisian cafe is the very essence of la vie française, but I think many Americans find the task somewhat daunting. Our cultural differences become very apparent at the cafe. Let me explain. Despite my secret longing to be reincarnated as a French woman, it still took me a few…
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Paris museums: Beyond the Louvre
On visiting the Fondation Louis Vuitton, Drouot Auction House and Museé Marmottan. I love the Louvre, I really do. And I’ve been. I’ve seen the Mona Lisa. I’ve battled the crowds. I held my camera in the air, over their heads, trying to take a photo. If it is your first time in Paris, go…
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This week I am…
…turning 30! Apparently I’m supposed to know all these things by now (or maybe not). …donating to this Kickstarter campaign for spill-proof wine glasses. …daydreaming of Paris through this uber-hip blog on women in their Parisian apartments. …walking more. Yikes. …reading this article on how a kiss at Cannes Film Festival put a U.S. journalist in an Irani…
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How a $99 flight to Europe becomes $780
I’m always looking at flights to the U.S., so I turned my research into a story for Thrive Wire. When WOW Air executives announced this spring that their Icelandic airline had begun offering $99 flights from the U.S. to Europe, it appeared that the company was appropriately named. With a fleet of just six planes, WOW Air…
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Paris: Je vais seule
Je vais seule is a line from one of my favorite Françoise Hardy songs. A song I’ve been thinking about as I’ve been touring the city. Je vais seule means “I go alone” or “I walk alone.” The song is about walking the Paris streets alone and looking at all the couples, happily arm-in-arm. It’s romantic…
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Simple summer recipe: Watermelon feta salad
Summertime is my season. It’s hard to explain how I know this, but I feel more alive in the summer than in any other season. Maybe its because I love sunbathing. Or swimming. Or maybe it’s because I have license to eat as much watermelon as I like in the summer. Right? The watermelon-feta salad is nothing…
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This week I am…
…in Paris! Thanks to my husband’s work trip, I’ll be running around one of my favorite cities. …strolling the Champs Élysées armed with expert advice on avoiding buyer’s remorse. …mulling over this well-written article on how comedians have become public intellectuals. …loving this new law reducing food waste in France (how to apply the law in your home).…
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Simple summer recipe: Confetti pasta
What are you up to this weekend? We’re headed to Satigny for the annual opening of the vineyard season–cave ouvertes. Warm weather is forecasted and it promises to be a fun party… I always have a box of dried pasta on hand in case I need to throw together an easy dinner, but when the…
Paige Langton 