Shopping, Eating and Visiting in the big T.O.

Despite the heat, humidity, thunderstorms, and torrential downpours, I had a great time in Toronto. I’d only ever spent a day there, and that was over thirty years ago, so all was new for exploration.…

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Chez moi

Well, I’m back home with much to tell you about my visit to Toronto — a wonderful afternoon with Duchesse, who’s every bit as warm, intelligent, and absolutely discerning about fashion as her blog suggests;…

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eating in Paris, Part Trois

One of our favourite finds in Paris is a little brasserie/bar in the 7th on Rue de Grenelle. Although it’s just around the corner from Musée Rodin, tourists don’t seem to venture in here, and…

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Eating in Paris, Part II

Well, you could eat here, but we didn’t. Somehow, amusing though it might be, the name “Good Meat” doesn’t seem overly promising (if you have to say it . . . ) But we passed…

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Eating in Paris

Macarons at Ladurée, Rue Royale Even on our very first visit to Paris, almost twenty years ago, with four kids in tow, we managed to enjoy some of the wonderful food available, although for the…

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