January Repeat?

by Barb on April 30, 2009

In case you aren’t aware, France has two major sale periods – the summer sale in July and the winter sale in January – where the savings are crazy and people are crowding the grands boulevards. Well, the government issued (…)

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Salon du Vintage Ages Well

by Barb on April 6, 2009

Like good wine, the Salon du Vintage ages well as it enters its third year in stride at the Cours du Marais. Considering that I’m not usually one for vintage shopping, I was a little skeptical about attending it when (…)

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Coco Avant Chanel Premieres in Exactly Three Weeks

by Barb on April 1, 2009

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I remember watching my first Audrey Tautou movie, Un Long Dimanche de Fiançailles, and absolutely loving it. Despite the fact that I understood very little French (I wish I could say that it has gotten a lot better, but only (…)

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