For a while now, Frenchified has been Stultified, i.e. on the back burner whilst I’ve been struggling with unprecedented workload and exhaustion. No longer. I miss writing about France, so I’m dusting off the blog and preparing to give it some renewed OOMPH. Thank you for being patient and if things are a bit quiet [...]
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The Return of Frenchified
Posted in Art in France, Famous places, Films set in France, France, French Holidays, Paris, Restaurants - France, Restaurants - Paris, Travel, tagged Centre Georges Pompidou, Epicurienne, film locations, France, Frenchified, Kate Hudson, le Divorce, Paris, Paris views, Pompidou Centre, Pompidou Centre restaurant, Restaurant with a view on April 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Paris, 75007
Posted in A Tale of Two Cities, Famous places, France, French Holidays, French food, Paris, Restaurants - Paris, Travel, tagged 7th arrondissement, Cafe du Marche, Champ de Mars, Champs de Fleurs, confit de canard, Eiffel Tower, France, French food, handbags, l'Esprit du Sud-Ouest, La Fontaine de Mars, La Maison du Jambon, La Tour Eiffel, les Invalides, Paris, Paris 75007, Paris restaurants, Paris shopping, Quai Branly, rue Cler, rue Saint-Dom, rue Saint-Dominique, Saint Germain, Stock-Sacs, Travel on August 3, 2008 | 2 Comments »
For a truly Parisian experience, I love to explore the area surrounding rue Saint-Dominique. The length of this shop-lined street running from Saint Germain, past les Invalides to the Champ de Mars, provides plenty of opportunity to fill up a suitcase without the challenge of the Big Avenue crowds and, if one suitcase proves insufficient, there are a couple of wonderful wholesale [...]
Tomato, avocado and mozzarella salad – with a French twist.
Posted in A Tale of Two Cities, Dordogne, France, French Summer 2007, French food, Paris, Restaurants - Paris, tagged 7th arrondissement, cooking, cuisine, food, food presentation, France, French food, Italian food, Paris, preserve jars, recipe, salad recipe, salade de tomates avocat mozza, Sarlat-le-Caneda, tomato avocado mozzarella salad, Tribeca rue Cler on July 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Last summer when Monsieur and I found ourselves at the Saturday market in Sarlat-le-Canéda, we were tempted into buying some delicious foie gras at one of the many stalls selling duck produce. The foie gras is long gone, but the preserve jars in which it was sold are still with me. Time and time again, [...]
Fifteen in Paris – 2
Posted in France, French Holidays, Paris, Travel, tagged Academie Francaise, Andre Le Notre, Comedie Francaise, French Revolution, Ile de la Cite, L'Opera Paris, le Marais, Le Musee Carnavalet, Louis XIV, Louvre, Napoleon, Notre Dame, Paris, Paris journal, Place des Victoires, Place des Vosges, Place Vendome, Rue St Honore, Sainte Chapelle, Samaritaine, St Germain Auxerrois, teenager's journal, Tour of historic Paris, Travel, Victor Hugo on July 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s day two of my first visit to Paris, from a journal written when I was an awkward fifteen years old. It’s a bit of a history lesson, this entry. Goodness only knows how I managed to take such accurate notes without missing the sights. Anyway, the itinerary is interesting and I’ve created lots of [...]
Fifteen in Paris – 1
Posted in Famous places, France, French Holidays, Hotels - Paris, Paris, tagged Charles de Gaulle airport, first trip to Paris, First World War Memorial Notre Dame, France, la Tour de Montparnasse, Meridien Hotel Montparnasse, Montparnasse, Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, Paris public toilets, Paris tramp, teenager's journal, Travel, travel journal on July 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
When I was fifteen, I saw Paris for the first time. My parents had decided that our southern hemisphere summer holidays should be spent seeing some of the great cities of Europe, so here we were in the City of Light, mid-winter, just in time to celebrate the New Year.
Here are my journal entries from [...]
Restaurant le Basilic, Paris
Posted in France, French food, Paris, Restaurants - Paris, Travel, tagged Basque food, Bourgogne, colonel dessert, France, French food, French restaurants, Paris, Paris restaurants, Piper Heidsieck, Restaurant Le Basilic, rue Casimir Perier, Sainte Clotilde, Travel, Une piscine - drink on July 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
On a recent visit to Paris, we rendezvous-ed with an old friend of Monsieur’s on a Friday evening. He zoomed across town on his scooter, arriving in a flush of excuses “so sorry I’m late…” and then a lot of finance-world explanations which I don’t understand in English, let alone French. In fact, Old Friend [...]
