10 Ways to Experience Paris Like a Local

Prefer to listen? Click below. I am not your typical tourist in Paris. Sure, I’ve visited the Louvre, Notre Dame and the Eiffel tower. But, I’ve never been to the Moulin Rouge, and I have no desire to go. I don’t often frequent Le Printemps or the Galeries Lafayette. I prefer small boutiques to large department stores. When traveling (and in life), my […]
What To Do When Things Aren’t Going Your Way

On Friday, I bought my very first brand new car. I wrecked it 24 hours later. In fact, as I type this, it’s sitting in a secured yard in a mining town in Colorado, broken and injured. Why am I telling you this? Well, because it would be really easy to spin off into a painful story. […]
One of the Craziest (and Best) Things I Ever Did!

The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page. I was talking with a close friend about my upcoming Paris retreat. We both agreed that women are hesitant to say “yes” to the gift of travel. Believe it or not, I use to be one of those women. In […]
French Feminine Secret: Make Everyday an Active Affair

Prefer to listen? Click below. An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day. If Americans have done one thing quite well…. It’s been to confuse a very simple concept: Moving our bodies. Does exercise seem like a daunting task that you’d rather avoid? Are you confused about how to move your body? […]
Learn the Art of Intellectual Foreplay

Words really flattering are not those which we propose but those which escape us unthinkably. Sitting at a dinner party in the South of France many years ago, I was captivated by the conversation. All the topics that I was taught were off limits at any social function — sex, religion an politics – were […]
French Feminine Secret: Work to Live

Prefer to listen? Click below. People who know how to employ themselves always find leisure moments, while those who do nothing are forever in a hurry. I just e-mailed a friend of mine who lives in the South of France, and here is the automated response I received: Bonjour, je suis en vacances du 28/7 au […]
French Feminine Secret: What’s Under Your Clothes Matters

May I get a little personal? What are you wearing underneath your clothes? Yes, I’m talking about your bra and panties. Now, let me ask you another question. Would you be proud or horrified if something happened, and the world was staring at your current state of lingerie affairs? If you are a woman that […]