Reading all these stories and blogs of ex-pats in Paris have me yearning to return for an extended holiday and nostalgic with my own beginning into Francophilia. Grade six (junior high) was the first time I was given the freedom of choosing which foreign language I wanted to take; Spanish was ... Read More
American-Speak
Three years ago, I was in Paris. I saw beautiful things. Went to beautiful places. Had photoshoots in the Louvre, tried escargots (!), had my ego boosted by trilingual Frenchmen, walked (ran, actually) down all 1,665 steps of the Eiffel Tower, and saw this: Step Up 2, in American-Speak. But ... Read More
Alexander McQueen: “Savage Beauty”
I finally found a free weekend where I wasn't working and seized the opportunity to visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art bright and early for a chance to catch a glimpse of the much publicized Alexander McQueen exhibit, Savage Beauty before its end date. While I have high regards for the designer ... Read More