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Krystal Kenney
France has been motivating people for decades to create and live a more inspired life. La Vie Creative is a weekly podcast all about creatives in Paris and beyond, hosted by American Expat Krystal Kenney. Designed to help you enrich your inner artist and tap into your innovative gifts.
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Loved Places in Paris Drawn Somewhere by Rebekah MacKay is the current pop-up shop concept gallery at 48 Rue Greneta. It is open until August 25th. It's my first collection for the Drawn Somewhere brand -- all Paris focused artwork (from here I'll expand to more cities).
The copy I've been sharing to gain footraffic for this summer pop-up is as follows:
Loved Places in Paris
DRAWN SOMEWHERE
Pop-up Gallery & Print Shop
Atelier 48
48 Rue Greneta
75002 Paris
25 June - 25 August
Meet the Artist
Thursday Evenings
17h00 - 20h00
by Appointment
drawnsomewhere@gmail.com
Shop Originals Online
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Kristen David, a former trial lawyer who built and sold a million-dollar-plus firm that ran without her, now helps owners of professional service businesses implement the CEO Operating System. She transforms companies into self-managing, hyper-efficient organizations by training teams to leverage AI and strategic decision-making frameworks. This allows owners to finally step out of the day-to-day and lead a thriving, profitable business. Kristen’s #1 bestselling book, Uplevel Your Business, Uplevel Your Life, was named in Forbes as one of the Top 21 Business Books of 2021.
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Darlene Muniz is an American-born international artist. As an only child, she's been playing pretend ever since Santa got her a Monopoly board for Christmas.
She grew up in a bilingual Spanish/English household in Miami before becoming fluent in French at the age of 21. She lived and worked in three different continents before settling down in Paris with her post-college sweetheart. She enjoys singing, clowning around and performing with her Foreign Exchange improv troupe. She's currently writing her One Woman Show and rapping about eating too much pudding.
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Sarah Latrille is an expat storyteller, community builder, and the voice behind A
Buckeye in Paris. Originally from Northeast Ohio, she made the move to France in
March 2020, though her connection to the country began in 2002 when she spent
time as a high school exchange student. With a background in hospitality and baking & pastry, her creative journey has evolved to focus on storytelling, community, and cultural connection.
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suburbs—all with an eye for detail.
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initiative created to empower women through connection, shared growth, and
belonging. Its monthly Afterwork events offer female expats in Paris a space to build authentic relationships and support one another. Her next creative venture? Opening a cozy, community-focused coffeeshop in the Parisian ‘burbs.
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A Buckeye in Paris
● Email: coucou@abuckeyeinparis.com
● Instagram: @abuckeyeinparis
● Website: abuckeyeinparis.com
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Art portfolio instagram https://www.instagram.com/ebrielart/
Paper projects instagram (workshop announcements will mainly be here) https://www.instagram.com/chambredepapier/
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Michele Landel is an American artist living and working in Sèvres, France. She holds degrees in Fine Arts and Art History, and her work has been exhibited across Europe, the UK, and the United States. Her practice has been featured in The Collage Ideas Book (Ilex Press, 2018) and the forthcoming Fil Découpé (Pyramyd Editions, 2025).
Landel was awarded the Surface Design Association’s 2018 Innovative Technique Award and was a finalist for the Prix Carré-Sur-Seine in both 2019 and 2020. She is currently represented by Galerie Amélie du Chalard (Paris & NYC), Ségolène Brossette Galerie (Paris), Le Salon Vert (Geneva), Donna Seager Fine Arts & Artists' Books (Mill Valley), and Muriel Guépin Gallery (NYC)
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David Downie is a native San Franciscan who moved to Paris in the mid-1980s. He divides his time between France and Italy. A longtime journalist, his travel, food and arts features have appeared in over 50 print magazines and newspapers worldwide and on dozens of websites.
David is the award-winning author of six novels and over a dozen acclaimed nonfiction books translated into a variety of foreign languages, including French, Italian, Chinese and Korean. His essays have been published in over a dozen anthologies. Downie graduated from UC Berkeley and Brown University. He is married to photographer Alison Harris. His latest book is Shadows of Rome: A Memoir.
Praise for other books by David Downie
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"Delightful and thoroughly researched."—Publishers Weekly
"Beautifully written and refreshingly original."—The SF Chronicle
"Delightful and insightful."—The Seattle Post-Intelligencer and Chicago Tribune
"Unequaled poignancy and passion."—National Geographic Traveler
“Expertly captures the powerlessness and courage of those in peril."—Booklist
"Compelling... a rapturous, history-rich love poem."—The Toronto Star
"Fabulous company!"—NPR
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Jessica moved to Normandy one fine day in 2010 and has never looked back. After a stint teaching English followed by a decade in luxury hospitality, today she serves entrepreneurs who want to replace their content marketing with a “Brand Book” which will position them as a go-to voice and attract ideal clients on autopilot. She's obsessed with storytelling, online business, her TBR pile, and landing high-ticket clients with one nurture-y low-ticket product... a Brand Book!
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• My current BOM (Block of the Month) is titled "A Year of Unfolding" and it is a nod to tradition, but in my own way...
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Fabien is the founder and managing director of FAB, established in 2015. FAB specializes in insurance and offers a network of relocation experts, administrative support, and specialist partners to help people settle and thrive in France. With extensive experience handling visa applications, Fabien likes to be regarded as an "immigration GP." He also served on the board of URSSAF Aquitaine and CPAM "Pays Basque" for four years, giving him in-depth knowledge of the French system.
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Professional Biography For over two decades, Sonya Allen has lived, worked, and evolved within the ever-shifting landscapes of Paris. With a background in international small business development, creative strategy, and editorial curation, she has forged a path that merges professional reinvention with the deeply personal experience of relocating, repatriating, and reshaping one’s life abroad. At the heart of her work is a deeper exploration—how movement, whether by choice or necessity, reshapes identity, sharpens resilience, and reveals unexpected opportunities. Sonya helps organizations, professionals, and expatriates recognize the unspoken skills they acquire, navigate uncertainty with clarity, and harness the personal and professional growth that comes with movement. This is not about “reinvention” as an external pursuit, but about understanding how change itself—at this level—becomes a steady foundation. Through speaking engagements, workshops, and advisory sessions, she offers a perspective that is neither prescriptive nor cliché, but deeply human. Sonya explores how to Pivot, Pause, and Segue — with a re-framing approach, not as rigid steps, but as an unfolding process that allows each person to carry forward their own expansion with purpose, approaching change with self-reflection, curiosity, and intention— wherever that may lead. S
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Angela Black is a founding editor and Art Director of Notch, a literary and arts magazine based in Paris and New York. She oversees the curation and editing of critical essays and visual arts. Angela, originally from San Francisco, is dedicated to Nietzschean yes-saying and is currently reveling in her first Dickens novel. Paris is her home.
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Matthew James Jones is a poet, storyteller and the author of the best-selling Predators, Reapers and Deadlier Creatures. Today, Matt writes and teaches in Paris: leadership at the École Militaire and creative writing at SciencesPo. His many published works interrogate themes of dehumanization, poetics, monsters, masculinity, cross-cultural exchange, and healing.
Matt’s book: France
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Author of "Predators, Reapers and Deadlier Creatures"
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Elena Kalmykova is pastry chef and consultant, passionate about the desserts of the future. During her 5 years in Paris she has worked at a prestigious pastry shop, Café Pouchkine, a 3-star Michelin restaurant, Le Pavillon Ledoyen** and a 5 hotel, Trianon Palace Versailles. She is now pastry chef at Neva Cuisine, a modern French cuisine gastronomic restaurant. Her keen interest towards local, seasonal ingredients and plant-based cooking reflects her search of what the food of tomorrow will be like. Pastry consultant since 2020, Elena also helps gastronomic projects thrive around the world by creating memorable desserts that bring clients back.
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Butzi, an international speaker, author of 4 TEDx talks and 2 books, has an unconventional background.
After studying economics, he decided to spend 9 months traveling alone in Latin America and became a magician upon his return. He lived off his passion and performed on international stages from Los Angeles to London.
With experience, he began creating illusions for his clients and colleagues and wrote a book on the subject.
At the same time, he launched a video production company and wrote another book for the general public on the creativity of magicians, The Magic of Crazitivity, and gives fun talks to help companies catalyze the creativity of their employees.
While continuing his entrepreneurial adventures, Butzi became fascinated by the magic of AI and technology, which transformed his daily life. He now coaches entrepreneurs on transforming their business with AI and inspires teams in large corporations to use AI as a vector of possibilities, productivity, and creativity.
www.butzi-speaker.com and
www.nofway.com
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New York Times bestselling author Sonia Choquette has published 28 books in 30 countries and brings over 45 years of experience in teaching and intuitively guiding people worldwide. Sonia is a renowned intuitive guide, spiritual teacher, and bestselling author, celebrated for her work in helping individuals connect with their intuition, spiritual essence, and higher self. With over 40 years of experience in the realms of intuition, energy healing, and personal transformation, she has become a leading voice in the fields of personal development and metaphysical studies.
As as bestselling author with a strong academic foundation in metaphysics and spiritual traditions, Sonia has taught at esteemed institutions like the Omega Institute and New York's Open Center, and also been featured on major platforms such as Hay House Radio, Mind Body Green, Mind Valley, The Dr. Oz Show, and Oprah.
Sonia is known for her ability to teach practical tools that allow people to harness their innate spiritual wisdom and live with more clarity, purpose, and joy. Her approach blends a deep understanding of intuition with a grounded, accessible way to navigate everyday life. She is the author of numerous books, including the bestsellers The Answer Is Simple, Trust Your Vibes, and Ask Your Guides, which have been translated into many languages and have inspired thousands around the world.
"I was raised in a family that recognized intuition as our most important guide in life surpassing all our other senses and have been a highly intuitive person my entire life.
My mother was separated from her Romanian family during an evacuation, landed as a child refugee at age 12, survived a work camp in WWII, got married at 15, and found herself suddenly in America. Along the journey, she lost her hearing and had only her inner resources to draw from to protect and guide her through the trying circumstances of her early life. My seven siblings and I were raised to Trust Our Vibes as a matter of survival, though I chose to use my heightened skills of intuitive perception for even greater purpose – to help others.
As young as age 12, I offered intuitive readings for adults and started training with two master teachers in metaphysical arts and spiritual law. I quickly learned that doing readings alone did not solve people’s sense of lost direction as deeply as helping them reconnect with their own natural inner guidance system. At 15, I began successfully teaching small groups of students on how to tune in to their own guidance and have been ever since."
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Welcome to the Salon for Friends, Artists, Creatives & Cultural Enthusiasts
Le Salon is a nod to the intimate Salon parties of early modern France, where art wasn’t just displayed, but celebrated, critiqued and supported by friends in a private home.
We’ve reimagined this concept for today, creating a space where contemporary art is experienced in a more tender and meaningful way – that’s often lost in traditional exhibitions, art fairs, and galleries .
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Danez Smith: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/danez-smith (who goes by they/them, not as mentioned in the recording)
Carrie Chappell : https://www.carriechappell.com/
Taylor Byas: https://www.taylorbyas.com/about
Mya Matteo Alexice: @myamatteoalexice on Instagram
Selima Atallah Chettaoui: https://selimaatallah.wordpress.com/
Kelsi Phung: @kelsiphung on Instagram
Button Poetry : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5DH3eN81b0RGJ7Xj3fsjVg
https://www.rogueagentjournal.com/ekb - “Five reminders for an exhausted body,” EK’s poem published in Rogue Agent
Beaudelaire's Carcass poem : https://www.poetrycat.com/charles-baudelaire/a-carcass#google_vignette
About Beadelaire in general: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/charles-baudelaire
Follow EK at: @ell_TheRewriter and ellatherewriter.com :)
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Dufflyn Lammers, the American Love Coach in Paris, is the founder of www.dufflyn.com where she offers online courses, community, and one-to-one coaching for women who want to end the struggle to love and be loved.
Dufflyn Lammers co-edited the spoken word anthology Chorus with Saul Williams, 2014 (Simon & Schuster). She is anthologized in Poetry Slam: The Competitive Art of Performance Poetry, edited by Gary Glazner, 2000 (Manic D Press, Inc). Lammers has been published in the Los Angeles Times, Santa Fe Writers Project, Adelaide, Iowa Woman and elsewhere. She was awarded the 2018 Silver Medal Solas Award for Travel Writing in the Love category by Traveler's Tales. Her one-woman show Discovered debuted on the West End in London, May 2017 and was nominated for the Duende award at the Hollywood Fringe that same year. She has appeared on Russell Simmons Def Poetry Jam (HBO), Criminal Minds (CBS), Entourage (HBO), and in Belly from Artisan Films. In 2011 she wrote, produced, and starred in the short film Raven.
She has the best Frida Kahlo costume you’ve ever seen, a self-described “hyena laugh,” and can often be found wandering the streets of Paris looking for Hellman’s Mayonnaise.
My website is www.dufflyn.com
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Helping expats move to paris
I feel very Parisian, I've lived there for 25 years, I grew up in the countryside 50 km from Paris in the Ile de France but I was born in Honfleur in Normandy.
After several years of professional experience in the corporate world (mainly in German or US companies )as I am speaking fluently English and german.
I decided in 2020 to start my own business MyParisTouch.
As I was very willing to get independant and to find an activity that would allow me to be more in line with my personality, my skills, my desires and my values.
I especially need to feel useful.
I am really enjoying helping expatriates to feel at home in Paris and to make it easier for them to settle down and appreciate the Parisian life.
A series of encounters enabled me to develop a new concierge business just after the covid. My clients are mostly Americans and Canadians, who are the happy owners of Parisian apartments. I help them manage their apartments by taking care of all aspects of having a property in Paris and in France.
I love to meet people and to make connections and that is exactly what I am doing with MyParisTouch. Furthermore, I am still learning about intercultural differences that is a real interest for me and I enjoyed it a lot.
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Christine Bar Noël, born in France, is an entrepreneur, World Champion ballroom dancer, podcast host and Performance Coach for High Achievers. She guides mission-driven entrepreneurs to break cycles of perfection, beat burnout and build sustainable habits & systems in order to scale their business & create a healthy work/life balance. She’s passionate about challenging society’s standards, owning your power and protecting your peace. She focuses on gaining clarity in your life by removing the energy wasters, setting clear, intentional goals and valuing your time & energy to avoid burnout. Christine is the co-founder of Freedom Mindset Academy & the creator of the INERGY Method that focuses on educating entrepreneurs on scaling their business sustainably without sacrificing themselves in order to have more by doing less. She travels the world with her husband and hosts the The French Experience, a 7 day small group travel adventure with castle accommodations, private chef and exposure to French culture & countryside. Being native to France, Christine loves sharing her country with her guests and being able to provide a true local experience. Christine also showcases her talents on camera as a broadcast media correspondent for SEN 1 Media & hosting The Recovering Perfectionist Podcast where she interviews experts in technology, athletics & entertainment at exclusive events and conventions worldwide. Life is all about balance and Christine will show you how small changes & great systems create the biggest results!
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Georgia Aussenac moved to Paris as a young classical singer, to be with the Frenchman she swore she wouldn't fall in love with on a high school exchange in the South of France, followed by a university exchange at the Sorbonne. Now a Voice Coach specialised in fostering confidence, joy and fun for adults looking to make singing a part of their lives, Georgia also coaches English-speaking singers and voice teachers on French diction. With a particular passion for everything vocal health, Georgia offers Vocal SOS coaching to anyone who uses their speaking voice professionally and is struggling to keep up with the demands of their job. A proud New Zealander, Georgia is also President of the France New Zealand Association, building strong relationships between French and New Zealanders through social, cultural and educational events. She occasionally performs for her own joy at friends' weddings and church events, and in her spare time you'll find her sewing, decorating and making up new art projects for her toddler.
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Sunni T Connor
Sunni T Connor is an author, speaker and mindset coach who lives in California. Her mission in life is to show people who may be lost that their gifts and desires reside within.
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Sarah Boss is a certified Astrology Coach and Holistic Healer. She combines Astrology with different Holistic Healing modalities to help people successfully navigate major life transitions, empower themselves and manifest the life of their dreams. Her passion for spirituality, combined with travel, has led her to study diverse types of energy modalities around the world. Sarah’s background includes certifications and trainings in Western and Medical Astrology, Akashic Records Healing, Reiki, ICF Life Coaching, NLP, Intuitive Cards and Crystal Healing. Sarah has lived in China, France and Argentina and offers sessions in English, French and Spanish. You can learn more about Sarah at her website https://www.sarahsoulboss.com/.
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At Upleveling Your Business, we empower business owners to build thriving, profitable businesses run with systems. We use the 4 Pillars of Successful Business Management to educate business owners on what they need to be doing and give them the tools to build and use an infrastructure that works.
We are on a mission to help millions of business owners because it sucks to work too hard and not make money and not have free time to spend doing what makes you happy. In addition, for each business owner we help, we are also helping their families to have a better life, we are helping their staff and their staff’s families to have a better life, and last but not least we are helping their clients and their clients’ families to have a better life. In this way, our impact amplifies for every person we help.
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Julia Browne (she/her) pioneered Black heritage tourism in France in 1994. She was born in Britain, raised in Canada, and resided in France for fifteen years. In Paris, she founded the heritage education company Walking The Spirit Tours-Black Paris & Beyond while a student at the Sorbonne’s Center for African American Studies. Her Afrocentric tours and customized itineraries have introduced countless travelers, students, and educators to the rich but lesser known influence of Black history and culture in Europe, the UK, Washington DC, and Canada.
Julia is also an award-winning broadcaster and a captivating speaker. She is the associate producer Blue Lions Films' documentary Paris Noir – African Americans in the City of Light and Fighting For Respect – African American Soldiers in World War 1 France . Since 2016 she has been invited to speak on France's Black history at cultural organizations American Embassy Washington DC, the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History & Culture, film festivals, educational institutions and special screenings in the U.S., Canada and Europe.
She has earned an Advanced Diploma in Radio and Television Broadcasting at the end of which she was awarded the Radio & Television News Directors Association of Canada scholarship for documentary production.
website: https://www.walkthespirit.com
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Meet Alexia, a creative soul with a versatile skill set that defies easy categorisation. At the core of her entrepreneurial life is Head Trash Clearance, a unique healing approach that serves as the foundation for her creative endeavors. Alexia's daily routine involves coaching, writing, teaching, training, mentoring, and engaging in public speaking—a practical expression of her creativity.
Her journey began with a personal mission to overcome tokophobia, transforming her fear of pregnancy and childbirth into a compelling story of triumph over one's darkest demons. As a business coach, Alexia's pregnancy became a turning point when after 3month of healing, she ditched her planned c-section for a home birth, a decision that sparked curiosity globally as other women wanted to know how she did it.
In response to inquiries, Alexia launched her "Fear Free Childbirth" podcast, which today has been listened to in 180 countries with over 1.5 million downloads. Her creative approach to helping women to heal their birth fears, lead to her creating self-healing products. Her popular fear-clearance MP3 tracks enable women to heal a fear by simply listening to her audios.
This lead to her becoming known as a world expert in tokophobia. Alexia expanded her creative approach to address things like anxiety, depression, and OCD through her easy-to-use Head Trash Clearance method.
With a background in brand marketing and product development, Alexia naturally applied her creativity to craft even more Healing Products. Her books, "Fearless Birthing" and "Clear Your Head Trash," are practical guides empowering readers to use the DIY Head Trash Clearance method to help them to heal their emotional struggles.
Alexia’s mission is to establish a global mental health and resilience brand that makes healing accessible, affordable and straightforward to all. Especially in a world facing a mental health crisis. Alexia's story is one of creativity and determination, demonstrating the transformative power of practical, creative expression in the journey of healing.
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Clear Your Head Trash - Heal your triggers, traumas and wounds.
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Nathalie is a mom of 3 grown ups and she helps heart-centered women turn their passion and expertise into recurring income by helping them create and grow online programs that impact millions and create unique experiences.. She and her husband do this through The Membership Lab.
Born in France, Nathalie and Olivier, her boyfriend at the time and now husband, moved to the US in 2005 to live the American dream. They landed in San Francisco and worked there for 10 years before moving back to France to start a life on their terms and embark on the entrepreneurship journey.
Nathalie enjoys running, walking, gardening (this girl can grow orchids!) , but her favorite activity will always be spending time with her 3 children and husband, their 3 dogs and Oreo the cat.
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https://searchditto.com (for our Saas product for content creators)
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Hi, I’m Antoinette!
I’m a mom of 3 humans and 1 American Staffy who just turned 1 this 2024! I’m also a multi-passionate who loves working with creatives.
I was born and raised in the Philippines and 2018, together with my husband and 3 kids, we immigrated to Paris, France and that’s when all the magic happened.
I have over a decade of experience working as a project manager and business manager working with companies based in the US and all over the globe. In 2019, I discovered my love for coaching and consulting, and like every coach you’ve met, I was interested in Podcasting to serve my audience who are not ready to work with me on 1:1 level. My support supportive husband took an editing course from The Podcast Management Program to edit my show and I ended up loving the backend work as well and offered it as a service and I never looked back.
Currently, we are based in a quaint town right beside Versailles where we adopted our lovely dog, Saturn. 🐶
As a multi-passionate, I enjoy working creatives and multi-passionate business owners and professionals as well.
Website: unapologeticamplified.com
Email: hello@unapologeticamplified.com
Instagram:@unapologeticamplified
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On April 16, 2019 we woke up and realized the fire of Notre Dame wasn’t just a bad dream, it had happened. Although, in the days following little pieces of good news began to appear. With a stroke of luck, the statues lining the ribs to the spire were removed just days before. The 12 statues of the Apostles and four figures of the Evangelists flew across the skyline of Paris on April 11, 2019. Each one weighed 500 pounds and to remove them their heads were detached and they were hoisted off the roof. The hollow statues constituted a metal structure that was covered with copper that had tarnished through the ages.
In just two years the statues were restored and placed in the Cité de l’Architecure & Patrimoine where you can still see them for a few more months. They stand alongside a fantastic exhibition dedicated to the restoration of our beloved Notre Dame. As the project progresses so does the exhibit, don’t miss it and then go again and again.
Listen to our 2nd episode in our monthly series dedicated to Notre Dame until there reopening on December 8, 2024.
Be sure to visit the Cité de l’Architecure & Patrimoine when you are next in Paris. Located at the Trocadero, just across from the Eiffel Tower it is open Wednesday - Monday 11 am - 7 pm, and Thursday 11 am - 9 pm.
However, don’t wait to explore, watch my video that shows you all these treasures of Notre Dame and more.
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Live From Paris Every Sunday, filled with the history of the places, buildings and the people that came before us.
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Many know the large painting hanging in the Salle Mollien of the Louvre by Théodore Géricault but did you know it was based on a true story? Le Radeau de la Méduse (The Raft of the Medusa) was painted in 1818 when Géricault was just 27. It depicts the story of the French ship Medusa, a 40-gun Pallas frigate that was used during the Napoleonic Wars in 1810. On June 17, 1816, the Medusa left the port of Aix alongside three other ships in the fleet.
Through a series of bad choices by the captain who didn’t know what he was doing the Medusa crashed into a sandbar and then things got much worse.
With two casks of water and wine (gotta love the French) and floating under the hot sun the worst was yet to happen. As their raft mates died, they were eaten by the others to survive. Thirteen days later on July 17, only fifteen members remained when they were spotted by the Argus and rescued, 5 more died before they reached the shore.
Géricault’s early sketches of the painting, two of which are in the Louvre, show a few slight differences from the final version. The first sketch shows the raft’s position off from the one we know so well. If you look closely at each of the figures you can see how they changed and why I love to find earlier sketches of these monumental works. It’s like getting a glimpse into the artist's mind before the final monumental piece that hangs in the Louvre today.
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My name is Carol and I am the founder of Bolle di Natura. I was born & grew up in Italy & now living in Paris after spending 13 years of my life in NYC working in the Corporate world.
I have a master in Economics and Business and I worked for many years in Finance and Accounting in Real Estate Development & Construction Management.
In the past I made soap sporadically with the intention of reducing plastic waste in our home but never had time to make it consistently due to my hectic work life.
Then COVID-19 happened and I found myself stuck at home as everyone else.
Washing hands with soaps became a necessity as well as making soaps to make sure our hands were clean but also not too dry from the frequent usage, especially for my little one who started having rashes from the stores bought soaps and detergents.
The lockdown definitely helped me further develop this passion. I spent a lot of time home studying about cosmetic formulations, I completed 2 training courses in Zero Waste Soap Making and Zero Waste Hair Care to learn how to formulate my own recipes, attended a course in herbalism while learning how to source good quality & sustainable ingredients.
This passion grew each day and made me so happy to see all the many products I was able to make each time... Learning new things and finding time for myself really helped me alleviate all the stress and the tension that built up from what was happening outside of home.
Bolle di Natura was founded in New York and when me and my family decided to move back to Europe, I then decided to take this side hobby to the next level as an opportunity to inspire people about making sustainable choices in self care, support small business ethics and mostly reduce plastic pollution.
links to your work
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INSTA: @bolledinatura
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Since the fire of Notre Dame, the great bells have remained silent except for a few monumental occasions. On April 15, 2019, as the fire spread from the roof and toward the facade there was a tiny window of time that almost led to the destruction of the cathedral.
The bells hang in the wooden maze of the belfry of the towers. If the fire reached them, the timbers would quickly burn and the heavy bells would drop and take the entire facade with them. Luckily the pompiers were able to control the fire in time.
First installed back to the 12th century when the godfather of the cathedral Bishop de Sully had the bells created and rang during the construction. By the 14th century, eight bells hung and rang out over Paris.
On April 29, 1682, Francois de Champvallon baptized ten new bells including the Bourdon Emmanuel in the presence of Louis XIV and Marie Theresa who were also named as godparents. During the Revolution, all bells except Emanuelle were melted down and used for cannons and coins.
In 2013 Notre Dame celebrated its 850th anniversary and for the occasion, new bells were created for the beloved cathedral. With precise instructions that the bells must be built using the original 12th-century techniques, special factories had to be located.
On January 31, 2013, eleven years ago the bells drove into Paris and down the Champs Élysées. Presented at Notre Dame in front of dignitaries they were baptized on February 2, and for the rest of the month lined the center of the cathedral so everyone could get close enough to see the inscription and verse on each one. The bells rang out for the first time on March 23, 2013, to mark the start of the Holy Week.
Following the fire, the bells remained silent, fearing the vibration could cause more damage. When it was safe enough the sound of Emmanuel could be heard over a kilometer away to note the passing and funeral of former president Jacques Chirac on September 29, 2019.
Most recently they rang out on Easter Sunday 2023 and I can’t wait to hear them ring o December 8, 2024 when the cathedral once again opens to the public.
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Dana McMahan is a storyteller, designer, and creator of magical experiences. An award winning freelance journalist, she writes about travel, food, design and other good things in life. She's also a serial renovator, redesigning living spaces from the ground up, and a seasoned hospitality entrepreneur who creates experiences ranging from one hour walking tours to multi-month stays. She lives in the historic Portland neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky, in a 140 year old shotgun house that she renovated, along with her husband, two dogs and assorted other creatures. Follow her at @elleferafera.
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travel experience: https://elleferafera.com/get-lost-in-paris/
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Paris in Love go hand in hand. From the art on the walls, marble statues in the parks, or just lovers walking down the street everywhere you look there is love.
Over the last centuries that love has been captured on film and in marble, from the iconic images of Robert Doiseau and Willy Ronis to the sensual relationship between Camille Claudel & Rodin. These are just a few of the loveliest images of love.
In this week's episode, we share the stories behind two images captured on film that perfectly depict lovers in Paris yesterday or today. One could never forget the real-life love captured in marble and bronze of Claudel and Rodin even as heartbreaking as it was.
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Has been a world citizen and lived amongst various cultures since her childhood in West Africa. A traveler between many worlds, her paintings are portals into other realms and offers the viewer a detailed glimpse into her inner landscapes - imagery that has been inspired by various expanded states of consciousness such as dream state and visions glimpsed during shamanic journeys in the Amazonian Rainforest, only to mention a few.
The “Visionary Symbolism” of Martina Hoffmann is decidedly feminine and places the ‘Universal Woman’ in an intimate cosmos. She transcribes her ecstatic experiences but also her reflections on our connection to the ALL in a realistic style which marries the fantastic to the sacred.
The artist's interest lies in creating awareness of our global oneness and universal interconnectedness.
Martina Hoffmann has been exhibiting her work since 1985 with a recent retrospective at the HR Giger Museum in Switzerland in 2018. She is also represented in the permanent collection of NAIA Museum in Rochefort-En-Terre, France.
Her artbook, “inner Landscapes’ was first published in 2017.
Today, the artist keeps a home and studio in both, the USA and France, where she is represented in the permanent collection of the Naia Museum in Rochefort-En-Terre.
In her own words:
"The visionary artist makes visible the more subtle and intuitive states of our existence and creates maps and symbols reflecting consciousness and the mystical experience.
“My work is an attempt to portray love as a unifying force beyond the confines of cultural and religious differences. As a visionary and artist, I hope to shine some light on the interdependency of all life on this planet and its interconnectedness with the universe at large. By embracing our oneness as a global family and becoming aware of these deep connections, we have a chance to heal and transform the current state of disconnection. In this pursuit, art appears as a tool for transformation and offers us the opportunity to create a reality as beautiful, healthy and strong as our imagination can see.”
Artist’s site: www.martinahoffmann.com
About VIVA: www.martinahoffmann.com/viva
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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martina-hoffmann-aa88452/
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In this week's newest episode of Paris History Avec a Hemingway on La Vie Creative podcast, we go into Part 4 in the series of the Mona Lisa.
The birth of one of the most recognized women in the world, the Mona Lisa began over five hundred years ago.
In the five centuries since the painting began, she has found her way into the headlines, especially after her kidnapping in 1911. On January 28, 2024, she hit the international news once again. Two activists entered the Louvre with pumpkin soup in a coffee thermos and pushed through the mayhem of the Salle des États with everyone else and then pushed under the stanchions and the next thing we knew she was covered in soup.
The two women shouted “What’s more important? Art or the right to a healthy & sustainable diet?” Protesting against the lack of healthy food at a time when the farmers are also standing up and using their tractors to block the roads of France. The attacks on art have been an ongoing issue for years now and rarely make the news anymore until they target La Joconde.
With a museum filled with over 35,00 pieces of art, the Mona Lisa is the easiest target when one wants to make a point, garner attention, and make the front page. At least she is heavily protected behind bulletproof glass into a cement wall and very little can harm her.
In 1963, 49 years after she visited Italy and returned to the Louvre she left once again, this time to Washinton DC, and New York at the request of Jackie Kennedy. Upon her return to France, she stayed output until 1974 when President Pompidou agreed she take a vacation to Tokyo in return for a large “donation” to France. On her way home she was hijacked by the Russians and put on display for a few weeks.
Today she is back in the Louvre, never to leave France again.
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Listen to part one in the tale of the Mona Lisa here
Listen to part two and the story of her recovery here
Listen to part three for a deeper look at Vincenzo and Lisa
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Anna, Coach for expats in Paris. Originally from Manchester in the UK, I moved to France over 10 years ago and 8 years in Paris where I came to work at the British Embassy where I stayed for 4 years. It was a great experience for me where I grew personally and professionally but I know for me, and for many others, the transition to living in Paris has not been as easy as I thought it would be. I therefore had the idea of being that guide to other expats and helping them through the transition and into the reality of expat life in France, and more specifically in Paris.
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In part 3 of our series on the Mona Lisa we explore a little deeper on who exactly the thief was and the woman portrayed in the portrait.
Who is Lisa del Giocondo? It’s hard to even imagine that she was a real person outside the poplar panel she was painted on. Born on June 15, 1479 in Florence she married at 15 years old and at 24 was seated in front of Leonardo da Vinci and the rest is as we say, history.
Commissioned by her wealthy husband Francesco who was later sent to prison for his involvement with the Medici family. Leonardo was never paid for the painting and kept it with him until his death. Lisa never saw the unfinished painting at the time and died three years after her husband on July 15, 1542 never knowing the phenomenon she would become.
As for the thief, Vincenzo Peruggia was born October 8, 1881 in Dumenza in the north of Italy and would become the most famous man in the world until World War I.
Working at the age of twelve in Milan painting houses he became quite sick with lead poisoning that he would later say was the reason he made such a bold move in stealing the Mona Lisa. In 1908 he moved to Paris and it was the job at the Gobier company that brought him in front of the Italian masters of the Louvre.
From August 20, 1911 to December 13, 1913 he lived a quiet life with the Mona Lisa hidden under his stove. After his arrest he was worshiped by Italians for his brave act and received a slap on the wrist and a brief visit to prison.
In 1923 he returned to the Louvre with his new wife and stood in front of Lisa del Giocondo no doubt sharing the exciting tale that he often changed.
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Listen to part two and the story of her recovery here
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I was a born an natural intuitive and medium from a long list of intuitive women. I learned to use tarot as a tool for being able to process thought, and ideas in order to help humanity. When people ask me what I do, I usually tell them, I’m universally employed. So this is who I am this is who I’ve always been and I’ve always been very clear about who I am and what my purpose on this planet is. I believe it takes more courage to be exactly who you are than it is to fit in which has aided in me being a bit of a rebellious spirit. I am Somebody who overtime has gotten a lot more comfortable being authentically myself, even if that makes other people uncomfortable because your medicine in this world is being exactly who you are made to be and not what other people tell you you have to be in that way. Living this authenticity, I have given many people permission within themselves to also follow their own authentic paths, or at least seek the path of knowing themselves deeper. It is not an easy path or a path made for those who are faint of heart or spirit.
There is no greater power than the power of knowing exactly who you are. This is a phrase used to guide my life. I am a multidisciplinary artist as well as a Oracle/medium. Currently I am recording and producing Trip Hop and Afro House as. I not only do oracle reading professionally but also teach people how to listen to their own intuition and get past the collective brain chatter.
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She doesn’t need an introduction and her face is known in every corner of the globe, but do we really know the story of the Mona Lisa and why she is so famous?
In part one of our series on the story of the Mona Lisa we shared her life on the run and the theft that made her famous. 400 years after the master Leonardo da Vinci painted her she appeared on the front page of every newspaper in the world. Taken off the wall of the Salon Carré of the Musée du Louvre on August 19, 1911, it took two days for anyone to notice she was gone.
In this week’s part two, we talk about where she was for 28 months and how she finally recovered and became the icon she is today.
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Jonathan is a French-Mauritian queer singer-songwriter/arranger/composer who writes alternative folk-pop music anchored by “smooth vocals and rich, warm instrumentations” (Buro 24/7 Singapore, July 2015) likened to Sufjan Stevens, Regina Spektor and Kings of Convenience.
After a childhood and teenage years spent in Mauritius, he lived 15 years in Singapore where he released an album, an EP and a couple of singles, and took part in some of the country’s foremost festivals.
In 2018, Jonathan assumed the moniker Humble Humans and, in 2020, he released his first project as a composer, the instrumental EP Et Chaque Nuit (Each and Every Night) inspired by the eponymous award-winning animated short.
In 2021, he released the four eclectic singles together with animated music videos. The EP “SOFT” came out on Record Store Day 2022 with alternative versions of the singles.
Having recently become a quartet, Humble Humans is gearing up for its first full-band gig on January 14th, 2024, at Les Disquaires in Paris, and an exciting new album later in the year!
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There are many designers that have shaped fashion in France. However, before there were Dior and Chanel there was Jeanne Lanvin. Lanvin was a designer that paved the way for all the others to come after her.
Jeanne was born on January 1, 1867 in Paris at 35 Rue Mazarine. She was the oldest of eleven children to parents Bernard Lanvin and Sophie Blanche Deshayes. Jeanne got a job working at a hat shop at the age of 13, where she was a natural fit. In just three years she served as apprentice milliner and in 1889 at 22 years old she opened her own shop in Paris on the Rue Boissy d'Anglas. Her hats were very popular with the Paris elite and she had a long waiting list for her custom hats. She would go onto create perfume, sportswear, fashion for men, women and children and designs for the home.
Jeanne Lanvin’s name is not one that is as known as so many other designers and she was fine with that. Karl Lagerfeld later criticized her for her low-key persona and Coco Chanel looked at her as one of her greatest rivals. Today everyone thinks it was Coco that pioneered perfume, sportswear, hats and the color black, but just like everything else that many people know about Chanel, it is completely wrong. It is Jeanne Lanvin that we owe so much.
Listen to the full episode about the life of this amazing woman.
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Omer Majiauk (born 7 October 1992) is a British artist best known for his large silkscreen paintings.
Majiauk's artistic endeavours include painting, photography and screen printing.
Best known for his large scale silk screen paintings of wordly subjects, Majiauk paints society in which he sees it; idealised.
Vivid imagery is created through the use of primary colours and naive brushwork. Favouring creation over rules, a combination of unrestrained words, forms and figurations explode. Historical information and iconography is mixed with contemporary critique. The resulting works appear expressive, primitive and powerful.
Omer Majiauk has also made significant contributions to the fields of horlogèrie and jewelry in France. His unique artistic direction and creative vision have led him to collaborate with prestigious brands in these sectors.
Majiauk's vast experience within the horlogerie and bijouterie industry has allowed him to infuse his artistic sensibilities into these new, personal domains. His ability to blend contemporary art with the intricacies of high watchmaking has already garnered acclaim from connoisseurs.
Furthermore, his extensive travels have played a pivotal role in shaping his artistic perspective. Majiauk's journeys around the world have provided him with a diverse range of influences and inspirations. These experiences have enriched his work, allowing him to seamlessly integrate global themes and cultural nuances into his creations.
Majiauk continues to divide his time between Paris and the South of France.
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Her love life after Boy was one horrible decision after another. In 1922 she met the Duke of Westminster Hugh Richard Grosenor or Bender. He was a huge anti-semite that gave her jewels and even a home in London. Their relationship lasted ten years. Then there was Paul Irbe, another anti-semite who started an ultra right wing newsletter against Jews and foreigners in France. Coco paid for the publishing of it. It was the late 1930’s and Hitler was marching through Europe. One day her employees went on strike because of low pay, Chanel was outraged and when the war started a few years later she closed her atelier putting 3000 employees out of work. Many of the other designers in Paris kept their going as long as they could.
Read even more about her life and photos at https://www.claudinehemingway.com/paris-history-avec-a-hemingway-podcast-1
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Born in Fairborn, Ohio and raised in California Josiah Woodson started his musical journey under the tutelage of his mentor Khalil Shaheed in Oakland Ca at the age of 14. Beginning in Shaheed’s own Oaktown Jazz Workshop among the now prominent musicians like Ambrose Akinmusire, Dayna Stevens, Jonathan Finlayson, and Geoffrey Countrymen, Josiah later went on to complete his undergraduate degree at the prestigious Oberlin Conservatory of Music. The late founder and director Wendell Logan alongside Marcus Belgrave, Billy Hart, and Donald Byrd among other mentors helped prepare Woodson for the masters program at New England Conservatory where he graduated with academic honors under the continued instruction of John McNeil, Cecil McBee, Jerry Bergonzi, and Danilo Perez.
Since graduating, Josiah has gone on to pursue his career in New York, performing with such greats as Branford Marsalis, the late Mulgrew Miller, Ben Williams, and the late Clarence Clemons as well as recording with rappers Yasin Bey (formerly Mos Def) and Curren$y as well as recording on the grammy winning album “4” with Beyoné Knowles .
Woodson’s career has flourished after moving overseas to Paris, France where he has worked with musicians such as Mario Canonge, Gregory Privat, Arnold Doleman, Swaele Mbappe, Logan Richardson, Hermon Mahori, China Moses, and Blitz the Ambassador (Samuel Bazawulé).
Notable performances include a season-opening performance of Woodson’s own “Suite Elemental” (written, arranged, and scored for symphony orchestra by Josiah) with the Oakland Symphony, winning the 2019 Sibiu Jazz Competition, tours in Lebanon and Niger with Woodson’s own projects, the unveiling of Moncer’s fashion line with Pharrell Williams and Tobé Nwingwe in Milan, and the Scoring of Samuel Bazawule’s first film “The Burial of Kojo” which went on to international success.
Discography:
Josiah Woodson “Suite Elemental”
Beyoncé “4” (grammy winning)
Mario Canonge “Zouk Out”
Andy Narell “Like a Child”
Olivier Robin title tbd release 2024
David Garlitz - Cobra Fantastic title tbd release 2024
Curren$y - “Pilot Talk”
Mario Canonge/Michel Zenino “Quint’up”
Mario Canonge/Michel Zenino “Quint’up II”
David Levy’s Out to Lunch “Melvin’s Rockpile”
David Levy’s Out to Lunch “Excuse me while I do the Boogaloo”
David Levy’s Out to Lunch “Uptown 6”
David Levy’s Out to Lunch “Out to Lunch presents Etson”
Sarah Thorpe title tbd release 2024
Netflix’s “The Eddy” series soundtrack “Falling” + appearance in ep #1
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Johanna Bonger van-Gogh a name you may not know, but without her, we would never know her brother-in-law, Vincent. Married to Theo van Gogh, art dealer, and brother to Vincent van Gogh for less than two very short years. When Vincent and Theo died just six months apart, she was left with an infant and an apartment filled with paintings. Told they were worthless and to toss them out, her love and devotion to the brothers wouldn't let her part with them. Over the next thirty-five years, she would take on the mission to build the legacy of Vincent. Through the letters he sent Theo, she was able to direct the narrative of his life that was all but unknown. If it wasn't for the love and dedication of Johanna we would never know the beauty of Vincent van Gogh. Listen to the full episode about the life of this amazing woman. More info and photos: https://www.claudinehemingway.com/paris-history-avec-a-hemingway-podcast-1 Support Claudine on Patreon and get more of Paris and all her stories and benefits like discounts on her tours, custom history and exclusive content https://www.patreon.com/bleublonderouge facebook https://www.facebook.com/BleuBlondeRouge Instagram https://www.instagram.com/claudinebleublonderouge/ Sign up for the weekly Blue Blonde Rouge newsletter https://view.flodesk.com/pages/5e8f6d73375c490028be6a76 Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/join/Laviecreative)
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Liba WS
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Liba, a multi-faceted artist, was born to American parents but grew up in Southeast Asia before making Paris her home in 1993. Her art spans painting, writing, design, and curatorial work, with a focus on Ecology, the Sacred Feminine, and mystic themes.
She began her artistic journey with studies at Simons Rock of Bard College, followed by a scholarship at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Graduating in 1988, she remained in Chicago, teaching art, exhibiting her work, and starting a furniture design business. In 1993, she moved to Paris.
Liba's art has been exhibited worldwide, including in Europe, Canada, the USA, South and Central America, Asia, and Australia. Her work has been purchased by numerous important collections including the Iloilo Contemporary Museum of the Philippines.
Liba founded Dreams and Divinities, uniting international artists around a central theme of Love. Liba produced three books and organized 29 events in places ranging from esteemed museums to the lush forests of Colombia.
Liba's creative output has found its way into the spotlight, with her paintings, poems, furniture designs, and interviews featured on television, in newspapers, magazines, books, and numerous online articles.
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David Sauzay
Born in 1972, David Sauzay began playing the saxophone at the age of 8 in Roger Michel Frederic's class.
In 1988, it was during an exchange with the Doncaster music school in England led by John Ellis that he decided to become a jazz musician.
He then studied at the Lyon Conservatory, at the EMN in Villeurbanne with Gilbert Dojat and at the AIMRA with Jacques Helmus.
He had the opportunity to work with Mulgrew Miller, Tete Montoliu, John Abercrombie, Tim Ries, the big bands of Albert Mangelsdorf and Carla Bley.
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Annelies Danielle Schubert was born in Santiago, Chile to a Chilean father and a Bolivian mother, and with both cultures very accentuated throughout her upbringing. She arrived in Paris, where she is based to date, in order to pursue an education in the Arts and graduated with a BFA from Paris College of Art. Since graduating, she has taken part in various exhibitions, and has organized and curated various art events and exhibitions in the city of Paris. In 2019 she co-founded Creative Gatherings Paris, a creative experience company that offers services and products to promote creative exploration and creative living. She has recently fulfilled a residency at 59 Rivoli, a residency program for visual artists in the center of Paris where she developed her latest bodies of work and collections, layers of (me)mory and magic in the mirror. Today, she is a professor of Printmaking at Paris College of Arts for their Foundation and Fine Arts Program , as well as a practicing artist as she continues to develop her studio practice and create new work, while running her own creative business as an artrepreneur.
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Born in 1990, Parisian based guitarist Lucas Montagnier starts music at the age of 6. After playing piano for a year and double bass for 3 years, he finally picked the guitar at the age of 14.
After graduating from "Le Cim" and conservatory of Versailles, Lucas Montagnier starts playing in bars and clubs around town. First, solo, playing and singing fingerstyle country and Ragtime then as a duet with Australian violin and player Heather Stewart ("The Dirty Ragtimers"/Country Blues/Ragtime/Hot Jazz). In addition to his bands The Rooftop barbershop (30's vocal swing trio), The Atomic Cocktail (50's Rhythm and Blues, rock N Roll, Rockabilly), Lucas Montagnier recorded with Chicago based Saxophone player Sam Burckhardt and "Amhell and her Backdoor men". He is regularly playing, as a leader or sideman, in Paris, France and Europe. He toured in Australia and the US.
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KnightressM1, brainchild of violinist, vocalist, pianist & composer Emily Palen fuses dark metal, crushing violin tones, intimately raw vocals and a relentless rhythm section, redefining metal as a genre inclusive of beauty. KM1, based in Paris, FR is completed by native French musicians Waldo Losada on bass, Leo Caviglioli on guitar and Paul Gaget on drums. They recorded their full album entitled "The Sentient Condition" with renowned French metal producer Francis Caste at Studio Sainte Marthe.
Emily originally founded KnightressM1 in CA in 2012, proving through a critically acclaimed debut album, Dreams & Devastation, and consistently fiery live performances, that violin was a powerful lead instrument in the field of metal. Her fearless stage presence became the band's hallmark, reminiscent of the mythology of female galactic knights, from which the band's name was born. After struck with an undeniable pull to Paris, she realized that KM1 would only be fully actualized once on French soil. Within 6 months of relocation, the lineup was reformed and the core sound of KnightressM1 was solidified.
Their music is born out of an incessant need to express vast spectrums of emotion, conscious states, and unbreakable human potential. Lyrically, Emily bears witness to life’s cruelties and our innate capacity for transformation. Sonically, the band lays an undeniably heavy foundation from which, their passion for fresh musical intuition drives their sound over the edge of the impossible.
Emily, born in Midland, MI to cellist Lois Palen and poet John Palen, began her studies of classical violin at the age of 4 and piano at 5. Her violin teachers were her mother, Lyman Bodman, Michael Avsharian, and Paul Kantor, violin professor at the University of Michigan School of Music. She studied piano with Dottie Canfield and Patricia Willwerth at Central Michigan University.
She released her first solo violin improv album “Glass ~ Live at Grace Cathedral” in 2012 and her second improv album “Creation” a year later. Emily founded her own musical group, KnightressM1 in 2012 with the debut album "Dreams & Devastion" released to international acclaim in 2020.
Human nature, raw and pure, prismed into music, becomes a transmutational force as humanity teeters on the precipice between ultimate destruction and radical evolution. KnightressM1 strives to be a voice for those oppressed, either by country or lover. Freedom is our birthright. https://www.knightressm1.com
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Enchanté! I’m Anne “Stuart” Folkes, sometimes known as ASF. Based sometimes in Paris, most of the time in Provence, and every now and again in the USA and the United Kingdom. I am an instructor, writer, chef, traveler, and avid learner.
Lover of all things artistic and historic, I left my career in international business to live the life I’d always imagined in France. In America, they call it the “Great Resignation,” but I believe in the rest of the world it’s simply called living.
After graduating with my Diplôme de Cuisine and a Diplôme de Gastronomy, Nutrition, and Food Trends at the renowned institution Le Cordon Bleu in Paris, recently awarded the #1 Culinary School in the world, I began my own business here in France. Now my days are filled with work as a professional private chef, caterer, and cooking instructor.
Prior to this, I worked in Global Grocery Procurement, traveling the world to source the best products and ingredients, and gaining an understanding of the food chain, international culinary logistics, and its impact on societies and environment along the way. As a Texan expat who’s lived in Italy, the United Kingdom, and France, I believe that learning to cook as as innate as it is joyful.
You can find me teaching on Zoom, Google Meets, FaceTime, and at the famous La Peetch in Provence! If you are interested in learning more, please contact me.
Pull up a chair and pour yourself a glass of wine. Let’s eat!
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Bonjour ! I am Lucille Pialot, a French Fashion designer from the South of France. Aujourd’hui I am going to share with you my story and present my Provençal lifestyle brand Pastisse.
I believe that our Love memories are treasurable and Pastisse is about sharing my passion.
With Pastisse, Lucille Pialot shares her personal story and her endless Passion for French Textiles. Deeply marked by her childhood in Provence and her unique weaving family craftsmanship heritage, Lucille’s mission is to preserve and pass on her savoir-faire to the future generations.
Through her designs and collections, Lucille Pialot builds authentic stories around her Provencal inspirations. The Mediterranean culture of getting together is central in her vision. With Pastisse, she wants to encourage kindness and attention to always bring you positive emotions.
Pastisse is a print and color brand. Pastisse is the artistic expression of Lucille Pialot and her Joie de Vivre. Years of studio experience in the luxury industry and a rich textile family history helped Lucille Pialot to develop a very personal creative vision and a real technical expertise. She imagines stories made of patterns and prints for a variety of Textile objects. The color combinations and her modern drawing style are the reflection of her aesthetic universe. Each pattern is drawn by hand, imagined as a unique and treasurable painting.
For Pastisse, Lucille Pialot combines her story of an authentic beauty of the South with a modern design practice, focusing on bringing a positive social and environmental contribution to the community. Pastisse is about navigating between tradition and modernity, to create beauty and good, meaningfully.
Pastisse is simply about Love and celebrations. Deeply attached to relationships, Lucille values self-love and care for others. Inspired by the generous hosting culture and the lifestyle of Provence, she creates Textiles that encourage one another to spend meaningful moments together.
With Pastisse she wants to encourage you to be creative and find your own inspiration. Pastisse is about creating your personal story.
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David Wallace was born January 5, 1988 in Weisbaden, Germany while his father, Chris, served in the US Army. In 1993, the family moved to Minneapolis, MN where David was raised and lived the next 25 years. During his youth, he enjoyed playing sports, particularly ice hockey and developed an interest in music trying both piano and alto sax before choosing guitar at age 12. David attended Benilde – St. Margaret’s High School in St. Louis Park, MN where he graduated with honors before obtaining a Business-Entrepreneurship degree from the University of St. Thomas in 2010.
After completing his studies, David began working as a financial advisor with Principal Financial Group. He enjoyed some moderate success but never felt fulfilled in this industry. While working in this corporate position, David rekindled a passion and love for playing the guitar which had always remained a hobby but never anything serious. Then, in 2015, after purchasing his first home in St. Louis Park, MN, David took a leap of faith and decided to abandon a promising career in financial services to take out student debt in pursuit of a less than promising career in music.
David began performing live while still under the guitar performance studies program at the now closed McNally Smith College of Music in St. Paul, MN. Immediately following the school’s closure, David took the opportunity to relocate residency to Paris, France where he had recently been spending time and establishing a professional network. Now fluent in French, David has lived in the French capital since January 2018 performing with a wide variety of other local professionals. While primarily performing in bars, restaurants and cafes, David is also frequently hired for ensemble work for weddings and other private events in addition to exclusive performances for various ClubMed locations. David performed as a guitar duo with French guitarist Charly Solo at the 2019 TanJazz Fest held in Tanger, Morocco. David regularly returns to Minneapolis where he continues to perform and support the local artistic community that has given so much to him and launched him into a world he never even thought possible.
In his time David enjoys staying active with sports, biking and fitness, music production, learning languages, reading the Bible and most of all practicing his guitar.
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Clara Lang-Ezekiel is a Franco-American visual artist born and raised in Toulouse, France. In 2019 she earned her MFA from Kingston School of Art in London, having previously completed an MFA at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design in Dundee, Scotland, and a BA in both Studio Art and History from Denison University in Ohio. She is primarily a screen printer but uses a variety of other media in her work including drawing, bookmaking, printmaking, installation, collaging, and digital art.
She has curated and exhibited work in the United-States, the Netherlands, Scotland, England, and France. Her portrait of Josephine Baker was exhibited in the residence of the American ambassador for the gala honouring Baker’s entry into the Pathéon. She has curated several shows, the most recent of which were Let’s Talk About SEXism, Paris au Pluriel, and Fais-moi Rêver, in Paris. The next show her work will be featured in is Itinérances which she is also curating.
My social media is www.claralang-ezekiel.com
@claralangezekiel_art (instagram).
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Solène Debiès is a french illustrator and designer who was born in Brest. After having studied graphic arts in Nantes, she chose the illustration domain in the early 2000s and developed alongside her taste for travelling. We can find her colourful characters in french and international news magazines, in publishing and in different creative projects such as exhibitions and object shows.
She now divides her time between Nantes, Paris and the world where she draws and travels with her family several months each year.
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Atlanta, Ga — Dawn M. Belisle of Delights by Dawn is an attorney turned baker. Dawn left her career as a fulltime local criminal attorney where she had been practicing for over 20 years in 2014, to pursue the dream of owning her own baking business. She began baking years ago selling her alcohol infused cakes. As a result of the cupcake craze, she added infused cupcakes, “Toxycakes”, in 2013 and the enthusiasm for them took on a life of its own. She decided to make it an official business in 2014 when she landed her first major contract with the Georgia Dome to sell them at all Falcons games and concerts. After her first season at the Dome the cupcakes were then sold at Phillips Arena, Atlanta Motor speedway(NASCAR), Braves at Turner Field. She spent three seasons with the Falcons.
In 2014 with her debut at the Falcons games, she was a mentioned on the Keith Olbermann show on ESPN2 and had mentions in the Washington Post, Sports Illustrated, USA Today Sports, Fox Sports South just to name a few. Fans eagerly sought out these tasty treats when attending the games. She has appeared on Atlanta & Company on 11 Alive, 11 Alive news and Good Day Atlanta with Paul Milliken. She made her National debut by appearing on the National Cooking Show, Cupcake Showdown on The Cooking Channel on December 27, 2016. Dawn embarked on a new journey in 2020 moving to the South of France to attended Pastry School where she earned her certificate as a Pastry Chef.
Delights by Dawn is an online baking company. Specializing in infused cupcake flavors, infused cakes and other infused desserts available on her website with seasonal flavors throughout the year. She consistently works to add new flavors and to introduce new infused products. Her desserts are available and perfect for all events: corporate events, celebrations, birthdays, weddings, tailgating or just to satisfy a sweet tooth fix. She can be found at local events, festivals, pop ups and online at www.delightsbydawn.com.
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I was useless at English at school I trained to be an airline pilot at 18 years old and had to retire at 65 due age. I only ever flew long haul very large jets. Moved to South of France in 2000
During my career I experienced 1. The golden age of flying. Less controlled, more romantic and more dangerous 2. War in Nigeria, war in Uganda, civil war in the Lebanon etc constant threat of hijack 3. I was arrested by a dictator in Uganda (Idi Amin) 4. I saw kids dying in the streets from famine in Calcutta 5. I visited AIDS wards in orphanages in Malawi and East Africa the 1980’s 6. First hand experience of the transition of apartheid in South Africa 7. Hurricanes, typhoons and enormous thunderstorm’s 8. Amazing views of our planet and the heavens 9. I sneaked into Afghanistan when it was at war with Russia to find my Grandfathers grave 10. I had to clean a man out of my engine after he committed suicide by jumping into it in Trinidad 11. Experienced numerous engine failures and mechanical problems.
After retirement I missed the adrenaline and excitement so I walked across Greenland with a French guide and three other skiers half my age. It was 600 Km, took 4 weeks and we pulled 85 kg sledges over the ice cap, sleeping in tents at -40 deg centigrade Once again missing the challenges and adrenaline I attempted to cross Corsica at 68 years old on skis but unfortunately I has a stroke 100 m from the top of Monte Renoso. I am extremely lucky I have no after effects at all but while in hospital I was made aware of my mortality and I decided to write my story. I self published and it has also been published in UK by Pegasus. I have sold a few thousand copies The names are all changed for obvious reasons and I have intended it to be humorous but the story is 90 % true.
I now teach French students 20-30years old) to fly at Cannes Airport My book is called “Dancing the skies and falling with style”. (There is a reason for the title) Dancing the skies and falling with style https://amzn.eu/d/cAgtSTW I am currently writing an historical novel based on the last few months of the Second World War in the Alpes Maritimes. There is an interesting dynamic between the various resistance groups who didn’t see eye to eye, Vichy France, Germany and the Allies As far as inspirations are concerned I believe that anybody can do anything they want so long as they have confidence and drive, research well and have the right tools Age, for example, is just a number. You can do anything you want Writing: attend writing courses, read a lot and put that dream on paper Everyone has a story to tell.
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Whitney Cubbison is a dual American & French citizen living in Paris since 2009. She grew up in Texas and California and graduated from UCLA with a degree in French. She started her career in Communications working for high-tech PR agencies in San Francisco and eventually joined Microsoft where she worked for sixteen years, thirteen of which from the Paris office. During that time, she held various international roles that encompassed public relations, employee communications, executive speechwriting, and social media.
She earned her French citizenship in early 2022 and left Microsoft in the summer of that year to focus on completing her first novel, Will There Be Wine? The story, while fiction, is deeply inspired by Whitney’s own experiences as an ex-pat divorcée living in Paris and trying to navigate the cultural minefield of dating in a foreign country. It was released on January 16, 2023.
When she’s not writing, Whitney can be found sitting in Parisian cafés and restaurants with her friends, drinking wine.
The book is available here.
whitneycubbisonwrites (book)
whitcubby (personal)
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♪ Facebook : lisarmony.musique
♪ Tik Tok : lisarmony
♪ Mail : lisarmony.covers@gmail.com
Hi my name is Lisa, I’m 21 and I study speech therapy. I’m passionate about music. I took my first piano and singing lessons when I was 8, then learnt the guitar at 16. Soon after I did several singing contests, opened my YouTube Channel where I post covers and started writing my own songs. Books : I really like fantasy/romantic books. I really love Sarah J Maas and everything she writes. Movies : the greatest showman is my favourite of all time. Photographers : I love taking pictures but I don’t follow any photographers. People in you industry : I’m really inspired j’y Taylor Swift. She’s such a great artist.
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Born in 1968, Marcus McAllister is an American artist. He lives and works in Paris.
Marcus McAllister spent part of his childhood in Germany and in several other countries, with his family, since his father was a military. On his return to the United States, he studied visual arts at the University of Louisiana. He then moved to New York, where he participated in several group exhibitions.
Later on Marcus McAllister moved to Paris, where he joined the artistic community of Belleville. Always accompanied by his notebook, whenever Marcus McAllister goes for a walk in the capital he succumbs for everything that inspires him. He paints his canvases based on his drawings, he makes sketches at first before adding acrylic paint.
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Véronique (Véro) is a dual French-American national who grew up in France and has spent many years of her adult life navigating between two cultures, France and the United States.
A lifelong learner (and quick study!) she's acquired valuable skills in the corporate world and as an entrepreneur, skills she uses every day while managing France with Vero her online business launched in 2020.
Throughout the year, at home or on French roads, Véro wears many hats, from tour guide to virtual tour guide, French language instructor and content creator. All these activities are inter-connected. Véro loves sharing France and French life with her followers, students and clients.
If you ask her, she'll tell you she's always been a teacher -- who happens to lead tours and write.
To join Véro's world and explore France through the eyes of a native:
Website/blog:
https://francewithvero.com/
YouTube (replays of over 250 virtual tours in Paris and beyond)
http://youtube.com/@francewithvero
Free newsletter:
https://bit.ly/3FRUDhh
Join Véro's fun community on Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/francewithvero
Facebook and Instagram:
France with Vero
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I am a creative and practice-based museum researcher exploring the intersection of museums, bodies and ethics. My background is as a historian of Egyptology and for a decade I explored academic and public engagement around the display of ancient Egyptian mummified bodies. What did that look like? Well I wrote a lot of dissertations on it! A bachelor's degree, then a master's and a PhD on Egyptian mummies in museums, which I did in the UK. I then did a postdoc on the topic, and did a whole lot of public talks and conferences, I once even gave a talk in a pub! I am really passionate about finding ways to engage the public with big ethical questions such as the collecting, retention, study and display of human remains in museums. I wrote a book about this, it came out last year and it's called Mummified, The stories behind Egyptian mummies in museums. I also work on creative health, storytelling and art-based projects in museums around questions of narratives and representations: I curated two exhibitions with refugees and asylum seekers in Leicester (UK) where I lived, and I run two digital projects: Mummy Stories (http://www.mummystories.com ) is a participative project on human remains in museums; The Lyme Museum (http://www.thelymemuseum.org ) is the first virtual museum with touring exhibitions exploring the lived experience of invisible illnesses and disabilities through visual storytelling and materiality.
In short, I spend a lot of time in front of my phone and laptop building communities, and then I run creative workshops, curate exhibitions, and consult for museums, all to make sure that museums and heritage sites have more expansive narratives, and give a voice to more people. I'm starting my second book, but this one will take longer, because I am juggling so many projects, but also because it's a lot more personal.
Link to my work: I can be found online in many places; a testament to the many hours I spend on a screen!
Mummy Stories: http://www.mummystories.com / @mummystories on Facebook
The Lyme Museum: http://www.thelymemuseum.org / @thelymemuseum on Instagram
My work: http://www.angelastienne.com / @angela_stienne on Twitter
My life: @museemporium on Instagram
My book: https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526161895/ or order it for your library / bookstore!
A podcast I recorded with the BBC History programme: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5cKoe6Om49ihECsEzWLDPp
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Andrea Mongenie
Born in 1989 in Paris, Andrea ventured to
London in 2007, to pursue studies in fine
art, and printed textiles at the University of
the Arts.
Over the course of 15 years in London,
Andrea's creative path flourished as she
excelled as an Art Director and set
designer, leaving a lasting impact on
diverse projects spanning cinema, design,
and interiors. However, the birth of her first
child rekindled her deep passion for
painting, drawing her back to her artistic
roots.
Now based in Montreuil, Paris, Andrea
embraces her dual british and french
identity infusing her artwork with a unique
perspective. Andrea’s compositions play
with light, texture and movement drawing
inspiration from her personal experiences
and nature. Vibrant colors and abstract
forms are the hallmark of her paintings, conveying emotions and inviting viewers into warm and tranquil worlds.
Andrea Mongenie's artistic process is marked by gestural and instinctive techniques, seeking balance through the interplay of colors and forms. Multiple layers, continuous color mixing, and the inclusion of materials like sand or cement add depth and texture to her works. The result is a visually calming and emotionally charged body of work. Her art serves as a tribute to the complexities of human nature, skillfully bringing together contradiction, chaos, and imperfection to create beauty.
@borneo_studio
borneostudio.co.uk
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Calico is an emerging artist and entrepreneurial storyteller based in Paris, France with 12 years’ experience using digital and visual arts to create immersive and appealing content in collaboration with varying businesses, charities, and other artists.
His passion for working with marginalized communities, like the Maasai of Kenya and the Hopi of Nevada, has given him a depth of experience operating in multi-cultural and multi-lingual environments while successfully developing community-informed projects that immerse viewers in messages that matter. Brian’s work focuses on the intersection of old and new using digital tools to create interactive layers that engage viewers and plunge them into new stories at the intersection of imagination and reality..
https://calico.ink/about
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Marmalade Bleue is the innovative studio of Danielle Duncan (she/her), a multi-hyphenate American artist based in Paris making the future palatable.
Danielle founded Food Typography, a sub-genre of design, in 2013 when she discovered food and objects speak their own languages within our everyday lives. She combined everyday items with thoughtful lettering to create photographic commentary on society, consumerism and the human existence. This work was soulful, ephemeral, and shockingly a huge hit with global brands such as Target, Disney, Cadillac, Wix, Tesco, Pepsi, and Kansas City Chiefs.
When augmented reality emerged, Danielle saw the potential to bridge the physical and digital worlds. The shelf life of her work is preserved and enhanced through a technology, available to anyone with a device. The familiar textures and shadows blend into the existing environment, making the future more human. Her work currently spans advertising, activism, fine arts and events.
marmaladebleue.com
foodtypography.com
Design & US(substack)
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Born in Cali, Colombia, in 1991, artist and film directorValeria Jaramillo builds an eclectic and anachronisticuniverse through the exploration of differentmeans of expression which study the Aristotelian dilemmaof human passions.She graduated with honors in 2012 from JaverianaUniversity, where she studied visual arts. Then, in2016, she moved to Paris, France, where she obtainedher master's degree in film directing at the School ofcinema of Luc Besson. In 2018 she continued her studiesin History at Paris 8 University. She practices cinema,photography, painting, mural painting, drawing,sculpture, etching and writing.
- Links to my work :
https://www.valeriajaramillo.com
https://www.singulart.com/en/artist/valeria-jaramillo-33722
https://www.instagram.com/valartsfilms/
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I grew up in French Alps and moved to Japan at 17yo with my family.
After a childhood focused on outdoor activities and nature, living in
Tokyo opened my mind and my curiosity.
After 2 years, I came back to France and continued studying Japanese
with a bachelor's degree, combined with a master's degree in
International trade. During those years, I had the chance to get many
jobs as a guide, a translator, a teacher or simply helping Japanese. As
many of my clients kept asking me about French food and recipes, I
organized cooking lessons taught by my mother who is a fantastic home
cook.
After 10 years working in international trade or organizing study tours
for businessmen abroad and when my second daughter arrived, I stopped
working for 6 years to take care of them (congé parental in French).
Just after I had my third daughter, I met a Japanese mother at a park,
who again asked me questions about French food. This time it was me who
gave cooking lessons to Japanese expats. Cooking was one of my hobbies.
At that time there were few cooking schools in France. On top of just
learning a recipe, my students wanted to know more about French
gastronomy and lifestyle, enjoying sharing the meal we prepared
together.
Back to work, I became an executive assistant in an international
environment and project officer, with in mind dreams of food.
2014 was a tough year with a house construction that turned into a
disaster, a boring job, and some health issues. It is then that I
realized that the only moments I was in peace (except time with my
family) were when I was in my kitchen.
I started my blog My Parisian Kitchen as a way to escape and focus on my
passion, keeping my full-time job, with in mind my cooking lessons. I
wanted to share recipes with whenever possible the stories behind,
focusing on French gastronomy and traditions, both in English and
French.
I soon got invited to many amazing food events, wine tasting in
Michelin-star restaurants, recipe contests… I met amazing people,
discovered products, and learned cooking techniques. On top of this as a
challenge to prove myself I was legitimate, I passed the French CAP
cuisine cooking degree without any lessons and passed with very good
results.
I now combine two jobs, my day job with nice projects to handle and
myparisiankitchen's food blog.
Blog & https://www.myparisiankitchen.com/
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/myparisiankitchen.english &
https://www.facebook.com/myparisiankitchen
Instagram & https://www.instagram.com/my_parisian_kitchen/
Pinterest & https://www.pinterest.fr/mpkitchen/
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Blurb about Retreat Podcast
KNOCKNAHAY, IRELAND— SEASON ONE
Shannon, an Irish-American textile artist of dubious talent, arrives in Ireland, trapped in a fruitless mindset for self-improvement and positive thinking. She arrives at an Irish arts residency to meet her cousin Brigit, a Druidic healer and unpublished poet for an artistic collaboration. Their poetry quilt project starts at the fairy fort. It is meant to celebrate their shared DNA and rekindle any of Shannon's latent Celtic fire. Their arts residency, a creative paradise, is buzzing with egocentric and renown artists, writers, poets, celebrities, and staff from Ireland, Germany, Russia, England, and France. The big house is in dire need of repairs and the director is desperate for funding. When a thwarted heiress arrives with offers of corporate sponsorship and a world-class exhibition-- in exchange for the residents' recorded audio diaries detailing artistic creative processes, Shannon makes some unwise choices.
Andi Watson Ipaktchi
Co-Creator, Actor, Producer
Andi is a multi-disciplinary American artist who lives in Paris. She holds a fine arts degree from the Parsons School of Design. In December 2022, a staged, spin-off of Retreat Comedy was shortlisted for the 2023 Hammond House Publishing Prize for Comedy (UK). In 2015, her illustration work made the Undiscovered Voices (UK) anthology shortlist. Her artwork has been shown in the US and France. In 2019 and 2020, she was a Tyrone Guthrie Artist Arts Center resident in the printmaking studio where she and met her writing met. She continues working in the printmaking studio and writes.
Aoibheann McCann
Co-Creator, Actor, Producer
Aoibheann is originally from Donegal. She now lives in Galway where she writes fiction, non-fiction and the occasional poem. Her work has been published in literary journals in Ireland, UK, Italy and USA. Her work has been anthologised by Pankhurst Press (UK), New Binary Press, Arlen House, Doire and Prospero (Italy). Her short stories have been longlisted for Colm Toibin 2019, shortlisted for Words on Waves 2015, Sunday Business Post/ Penguin Ireland 2018, Cúirt New Writing 2019 and second in the Maria Edgeworth and Dalkey Creates 2019. She was awarded the Tyrone Guthrie Residency by Galway City Council for 2018. In December 2022, she learned that a staged, spin-off of Retreat was shortlisted for the 2023 Hammond House Publishing Prize for comedy in the (UK). Aoibheann is currently working on her first collection of short fiction and a comedy series.
Andi Ipaktchi (France)
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Gia de Cadenet is the author of Getting His Game Back and Not the Plan. A Maggie Award finalist, BCALA Literary Award nominee, and lifelong romance reader, she is also a business school professor and former translator and editor for UNESCO. A native Floridian, she currently lives in France with her children.
Getting His Game Back: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/671555/getting-his-game-back-by-gia-de-cadenet/
Not the Plan: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/671556/not-the-plan-by-gia-de-cadenet/9780593356647/
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Laura Leach
After a semester abroad in Dijon and a post-grad year spent teaching English via TAPIF in Bourges, I had earned my Francophile badge! Working at La Defense translating appraisal reports for a corporate real estate firm for two years then lead me briefly back to California where I worked at Orange’s innovation outpost. Ultimately, I switched gears a year into the pandemic and became a registered finance professional concentrating on business development at an investment firm. During a long remote work week, however, I couldn’t get Paris and France in general out of my head. That subtle inkling gave way to a much stronger compulsion and I’m proud to say that nearly two years later, I have an MBA in Arts and Cultural Management.
Intrigued by the intersections of art, finance, and the sustainability of cultural institutions, I’m passionate about projects that make use of my meticulous administrative background but that also tell a greater story about artists and creative people. Learning more about an artist’s practice – whether procedural or organic, linear or seemingly disordered – makes the logistics involved in exhibition mounting (or running an institution more broadly) driven by a common narrative. For me, this guiding thread, working in service of the careers of artists and increasing public access to the arts so that knowledge and culture are democratized, is the purpose I have been seeking for the past few years.
I find joy in listening to why the artist made one choice or another in their oeuvre; how their group shows a few months back took them from one community gallery to establish a partnership with a local museum to then cross borders and work with a talented panel of curators, experts and researchers developing interdisciplinary fabrics of knowledge that go far beyond a mere canvas, a sculpture or an installation. Fascinating to me is the way all these different actors and stakeholders join in pursuit of birthing something that is authentic, and original and that sheds light on matters that are often deeply personal and intimate to the artist’s experience of humanity, society, or themselves.
https://www.instagram.com/galeriecanopy/
https://linktr.ee/espacecanopy
https://www.instagram.com/laura__leach/
https://www.espacecanopy.fr
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Charlotte Pleasants is an Australian born, New Zealand raised director, producer and actor. She is one of the founding members of Alchemy Theatre, an international Paris based theatre company with whom she is co-directing and co-producing The Taming of the Shrew this July. Charlotte previously produced and performed with Cygnet Theatre, notably: Benvolio (Romeo and Juliet, 2021), Goneril (Lear, 2020), Sir Toby Belch (Twelfth Night, 2019) and Hermia (A Midsummer Night's Dream, 2018). Charlotte is the artistic director of Tapis Théâtre, a bi-annual Paris based scratch night, she was also a part of the team producing the Paris Fringe. Whilst studying in New Zealand Charlotte trained with the theatre company The Bacchanals. Charlotte is a graduate of the theatre studies program at Victoria University of Wellington. The Taming of the Shrew is Charlotte’s debut as a director.
https://fr.linkedin.com/in/charlotte-pleasants-19a35620b
Instagram:@charlottepleasants_
@alchemytheatre_
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My name is Michelle Bonfils. I'm a multi-passionate creative living in Paris who writes poetry and memoir. For work, I'm a professional organizer, personal support assistant, and thought partner who helps individuals expand their project ideas, streamline their processes, and attain their goals.
My background over the last 15 years has been working in Hollywood supporting performers and producers in all aspects of their creative and operational lives. Writing has always been my first love and after years of performing in venues around Los Angeles, New York City, and Paris, I self-published a collection of poetry called "Live This Feeling" in December 2021. In 2022, my lifelong dream of moving to Paris came true, where I have been lucky to meet and surround myself with like-minded people, create daily, and support others in realizing their projects.
Links
Website - www.michellebonfils.com
Instagram - @michellebonfils
TikTok - @picturesinink
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Over 30 years ago, Jill was totally immersed into the real-deal French life and culture by following her heart to Paris from Scotland. Marrying a Frenchman, working for 10 years in Paris, then raising their 2 French/ girls just outside Paris, food has gradually become a central part of her family’s healthy French lifestyle.
During this time, she perfected the art of making macarons and wrote 2 patisserie recipe books that were published in 2012 and 2015, 'Teatime in Paris’ and the bestselling ‘Mad About Macarons’, the name of the eponymous website.
The website is where she shares the recipes she has learned from the French over the many deliciously fun years. Not just recipes but also French food guides, following her time as pastry tour guide in Paris, via many travels within France with and visiting family, plus passionate about eating well with seasonal fresh fruit and veg from the market.
Https://MadAboutMacarons.com
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Hello! I’m Eva—a traveler, designer, & author. I help people like you feel connected in your travels, discover hidden creative gems, & enjoy experiences you’ll never forget.
Paris Top 20 download (it's free): https://www.evajorgensen.com/free-resources
(Also Provence and Los Angeles)
Paris by Design book: https://www.evajorgensen.com/paris-by-design
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/evajorgensentravel/?hl=en
Trips & Retreats: https://www.evajorgensen.com/trips-retreats
Custom Travel Design: https://www.evajorgensen.com/travel-design
Website: https://www.evajorgensen.com/
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Heidi is the founder of Women of Paris; the first Paris walking tour devoted entirely to women's history and influence. She is also a Londoner who loves the adventure of living in Paris. She is passionate about history, the arts, and women's empowerment and is inspired everyday living in such a culturally rich city. She has travelled to 6 different continents and lived in West Africa (where she says, the cheese is not as good as in Paris!) and taught English to some of the poorest children in the world, but now she is happy to call Paris her home. She has been a professional guide in Paris for nearly years and loves to meet people from all over the world and show them the best the city has to offer. In her spare time she likes to cycle, do yoga and hunt for the perfect tarte au citron.
Website
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Tonje Thoresen
Photographer
Tonje is a storyteller. She has always explored ways to present multiple sides of objects or people, and photography naturally became her vocation.
'For me every moment has a value – and only a photo can immortalize that – it will tell you more about a person or a moment than a dozen words can. '
She was born and educated in Norway and moved to Berlin to study art and fashion at the Lette Verein. After completing her diploma Tonje moved to Paris, where she worked as an illustrator for the couture houses and young avant garde designers of the time. During this time Tonje also became a fashion model for Dior, Chanel, Carven and L’Oreal.
Her experience in the visual and aesthetic worlds of art and fashion sparked Tonje’s interest in photography, and her experience in front of the camera became a valuable asset. She specialized in portraiture, undertaking projects for public figures and individuals while establishing a recognisable personal style.
‘I love to take pictures of people - to show them what they can give, to bring out the character and natural attraction in every person and to tell their story’
As a photoreporter Tonje became a regular at the Paris Fashion weeks working both backstage and front of house for the Couture and Pret à Porter collections. She also covered political events and debates – as well as sporting events such as the French Open Roland Garros tennis tournament, where she shot both matches and interviews with the athletes.
Tonje Thoresen lives in Paris with her daughter.
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Marta Hobbs is a storyteller, a truth seeker, a spiritual teacher, soul-led mentor and entrepreneur. Drawing on her life experiences of childhood trauma, immigration and assimilation, successful business venture as well as the healing and spiritual journey, her mission is to help others find their own freedom. She details finding her own way there in her best-selling book called “Unraveling,” available on Amazon worldwide.
As the creator and teacher of SoulCare – a practice to slow down the body, quiet the. mind, and reconnect with the soul - Marta guides others toward healing, self-discovery and heart-centered living. She is honored to partner on in this venture with Four Seasons New York Downtown.
Learn more at www.MartaHobbs.com
IG tag is @martahobbs
Twitter @martahobbs
Facebook @MartaHobbsOfficial
Buy the book here:
https://www.amazon.com/Unraveling-Womans-Search-Freedom-Journey-ebook/dp/B0BSF3JZP6
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Emily Cruz is a passionate writer + author, an avid coffee lover, a proud mother, and a tenth-level high-elf wizard in Dungeons & Dragons. Having fallen in love with the art of writing at a young age, she enjoys crafting funny and feel-good stories, full of relatable characters. She hopes that her writing will inspire + capture the mood of sharing a coffee with a dear friend.
Residing in the beautiful Pacific Northwest, you can find Emily spending her free time drinking iced mochas, making memories with her wonderful family + friends, and thinking about what color to dye her hair next. To stay up-to-date with her work, visit her Instagram: @emilycruzwrites.
- Website
- TikTok
- My Email Newsletter
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Growing up in California, I dreamed of one day living on the east coast near my mother’s extended family. I loved EVERYTHING about our family trips from the seasonally appropriate weather to the gorgeous scenery on the freeway!
Wendy Harrop is an avid home entertainer and owner of The Phineas Wright House, a historic farm and bed & breakfast in rural Massachusetts. Her desire to have every guest feel welcomed, anticipated, and celebrated typically starts with a signature cocktail. Bringing the experience from her 30 year career as a wedding planner into everyday entertaining is a delight for both guest and hostess. She currently curates opportunities for woman to say YES to themselves through luxury trips in the US and France, workshops and retreats in her 200 year old barn, and week long Farm Stays. She is the host of the Say YES to yourself! Podcast where she shares conversations with fabulous women incorporating this self care practice in big and small ways.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/phineaswrighthouse/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/phineaswrighthouse
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wendy-harrop-a17412/
Link.tree: https://linktr.ee/phineaswrighthouse
Website: https://www.phineaswrighthouse.com/
Podcast: https://www.phineaswrighthouse.com/podcast
https://podnews.net/podcast/i9w6p/listen
Email: hello@phineaswrighthouse.com
Mother-Daughter Experience Aug. 2-7 https://pwhouse.kartra.com/page/Mother-Daughter-Experience-Paris
Paris & Versailles Retreat Aug 8-14 https://pwhouse.kartra.com/page/Paris-and-Versailles-2023
Bordeaux & Charente Maritime https://pwhouse.kartra.com/page/Bordeaux-and-Charente-Maritime-2023
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I studied English and cinema (specializing in editing) and I co-founded Lost in Frenchlation film club in 2015. Since then I worked as a programmer at Ciné Lumière at the French Institute in London, I started a documentary project which is currently in post-production and I now work for an independent production & distribution company. I am also part of an association supporting an ongoing project of a collaborative digital tool that centralizes and enriches information related to cinema accessibility for disabled spectators.
https://lostinfrenchlation.com/
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The reopening of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris is announced for the 8th December 2024. A Te Deum is planned for 15 April 2024, exactly 5 years after the fire. The supervision of the restoration is entrusted to the architect Philippe Villeneuve. Learn more on Claudinehemingway.com
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Katie is the founder of blog and Instagram page, French Wine Tutor. A lifelong American student of the French language, she started writing and posting about French wine three years ago to help debunk French wine pronunciation – and of course the wines themselves. With a knack for pronunciation and a native understanding of how an English-speaking brain is wired, it’s her mission to democratize French wines and bring them to anyone who wants to learn. No judgment here! Katie believes that wine shouldn’t be complicated - it should be enjoyed!
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Hi! I’m Naïm, born and raised in Paris, the City of Love.
After travelling the world living my dreams & experiences, I realized I was deeply in love with my hometown.
I then decided to move back to Paris and help couples from all around the world to write a new chapter in their life, thanks to the teachings of my mentor.
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After her first trip to Paris in 2010, Beeta fell in love with all things French and became a self-proclaimed Francophile.
To share her love for France and French culture, she created the popular French lifestyle brand Mon Petit Four®, and launched a collection of her favorite French recipes and French lifestyle inspiration. Her ability to simplify French recipes and eliminate the intimidation factor when it comes to French cooking has made her site one of the top French recipe resources for several years in a row. You’ll also find a variety of French lifestyle ideas aimed at helping you slow down, be more intentional and artful with your living, and fully embrace French culture and attitude at home.
Most recently, after living in Paris in the 7th arrondissement and immersing herself fully in everyday French life, Beeta launched her exclusive mastermind experience, aimed at helping women throughout the world elevate their style and step into a more joyful and abundant lifestyle. Living among the French, Beeta was able to witness the drastic differences between the French and American lifestyles, mainly the fact that French women live so much more intentionally and artfully. Today, Beeta enjoys coaching women living elsewhere to adopt that same mindset and sense of sophistication through French style principles and lifestyle practices she learned living abroad.
Each year, Beeta also hosts luxury retreats in France, taking a small group of women with her to experience the most magical week of their life in France. These retreats are designed to give women the most incredible feelings of abundance and awakening to live their best life.
https://MonPetitFour.com/sign-up (readers can get a free french lifestyle guide when they subscribe)
https://MonPetitFour.com/Holiday-Paris-Retreat
https://Instagram.com/MonPetitFour
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Music lover since I was a kid, but first trained as a dancer, then actor and singer, I now have been a stage artist for 30 years.
My passion today is to perform Chanson Française to pass on this wonderful heritage of the French Songbook, in my own way ! For over 6 years, aka Silvano Jo, I've been doing cross-dressed cabaret acts, re-interpreting French repertory songs in my own theatrical universe. Whether in theatres, cabarets, special events, private parties, and much of the time, hosting my audience in my own parisian workshop studio in Paris by Canal St-Martin.
https://www.facebook.com/SilvanoJoCabaret/?view_public_for=183292202138209
https://www.instagram.com/silvanojocabaret/
silvanojo75@gmail.com
https://www.facebook.com/SilvanoJoCabaret/?view_public_for=183292202138209
https://www.instagram.com/silvanojocabaret/
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Melinda has been a performer since elementary school, when she played Nancy in Oliver Twist and all the parents in the audience laughed during her tragic death scene.
Since that time, her credits have expanded to include Libby Tucker, the leading role in Neil Simon’s I Ought to Be in Pictures (The Studio Players, Calgary); Connie Dayton in Come Blow Your Horn (Metro Theatre, Vancouver); and both the vampy chanteuse Celeste Romano and the shy, quiet bridesmaid Marina Galino in Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding (Hoarse Raven Theatre, Vancouver).
Melinda has written and performed a number of her own works, including Jew! (A Musical) (for the Vancouver Fringe Festival in Canada and Lost Theatre’s One Act Festival in London, UK). After moving from Vancouver to London to Paris, she created All That Matters (A Modern Mini-Musical about Motherhood), which premiered at the Montmartre Dionysia.
As a comic, Melinda has appeared at The Comedy MIX in Vancouver and was a guest comedienne with celebrated comedy troupe 30 Helens. In Paris, she has enjoyed appearances at Girls Gone Funny, French Fried Comedy Night, and Melting Pot Comedy Night.
Melinda also works as an emcee and performer for cabaret and burlesque shows, and she has performed in festivals and shows throughout Paris as well as in New York and St Louis. She served as co-producer and featured performer in Burlesque Moulin’s burlesque brunch series, Croissants & Corsets, and incorporated comedy and burlesque in her role as emcee for the very successful Cabaret et Vin, produced by Holly Bordeaux Productions.
Melinda’s cabaret work has led her to offering a successful series of classes in burlesque performance, confidence building, and public speaking. (Feel free to get in touch via the Contact page to learn more.) As for the stage, her most recent roles include Lady (formerly Lord) Capulet in Cygnet Theatre’s nearly-all-female production of Romeo and Juliet, and as one of the harrowed-but-hilarious mothers in the upcoming premiere of Koël Purie Rinchet’s original work,Mummy’s Dead, Long Live Mummy!
https://www.melindamayor.com/
https://www.billetweb.fr/ticket-mummys-dead
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The Rev. Michelle Wahila was born and raised in Endicott, NY. She graduated with honors from Grove City College and received her Master's of Divinity from Pittsburgh Theological Seminary in May 2005, and was ordained as a Minister of Word and Sacrament at her home church, Union Presbyterian Church in Endicott, NY. Since then, she's pursued her calling working in the US and France.
Michelle has worked in churches in Pennsylvania and NY and served as Associate Pastor of The American Church in Paris where she helped organize and implement events that reached the expatriate community and welcomed hundreds of visitors into the church as a part of her commitment to welcome and hospitality. Her call is now serving as the Creative Director and main pastor at Ruffled by Grace. She welcomes and officiates weddings for couples from around the globe in the romantic backdrops of both Paris and La Fauvelière in the countryside of France.
Michelle is married to Kevin, who works in business development. They are the proud parents of two boys, Connor and Marcello, and two cats, Aksah and Rocky. Michelle’s family recently moved to a 19th century farmhouse in the French countryside where they are enjoying a radical change from city life in Paris. Together they are spending time gardening, constructing forts, barbecuing, and playing their favorite French yard game – petanque.
www.ruffledbygrace.com
www.instagram.com/ruffledbygrace
www.twitter.com/ruffledbygrace
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Jill Dowell is an international artist living and working in Paris, France. Working primarily with abstraction, her career has been heavily influenced by her involvement in and interest in music. This bridging of fine art modalities serves to help her create inspiring and uplifting artwork, deeply saturated with color, expression, and meaning.
website: www.jilldowellart.com
Instagram: @jilldowellart
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Veronica Charnley is the Canadian singer/songwriter for Plumes, an avant pop project that blends classical and pop music styles, with instrumentation ranging from electric guitar and drums to full orchestra. Originally from Ottawa, she studied music and creative writing in Montreal and has been based in Paris since 2014. A new album in collaboration with Toronto rapper/producer More or Les is set to be released in 2023.
Website: plumes-music.com
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/6dFjgcBM9JNWlBqWlwPHXB?si=AjsJPQQdRouhwsfTJeUhQw
Bandcamp (to purchase albums): plumesensemble.bandcamp.com/album/oh-orwell
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbtNr2qGUVw
Instagram: instagram.com/plumes_music
Facebook: facebook.com/plumesensemble
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'I'm number 12 of 13 siblings in my family, and yes I know all their names. I grew up on a small farm in Farmersville, Ohio....yes that is the real name of the town. Food has been a focus in my life since I was very young, and I mean good, fresh homegrown and homemade food. I loved helping my mom in the garden, making jams and jellies, canning tomatoes from the garden and baking bread, pies and many delicious recipes (often passed down from my Grandmothers.) Not surprisingly, Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday.
I tried for many years to follow several different career paths. I originally planned to study Biology in College, then I worked as a photographer for my community college newspaper, I was a seamstress for the costume shop for the theater department, I worked for a daycare for a few months, worked at a radio station, bookstores, and of course had my stints in restaurants hosting/waiting tables and made donuts at a local bakery. All the time I was hosting dinner parties for friends and trying out new recipes.
In 2004 I left small town Ohio for the big city of Boston. I worked for Bose Audio, and then for a publishing company, but I was never happy. I longed for a job that would allow me to be more creative. In 2008 I started taking some Wilton cake decorating classes, and baking courses at Cambridge School of Culinary Arts. Just as I was starting realize what I really wanted to do, I was serendipitously was layed off from my job. I took it as a sign to make the change and go to Culinary school. It was the best decision I've ever made.
I now live in Paris (the World Capitol of Pastry) with my wonderful husband. I keep myself busy by teaching pastry classes, making pastries for a small cafe and constantly exploring my new city!
Pastry chef and owner of Atelier L Paris. It’s been more than 10 years since I decided to follow my dreams of becoming a professional pastry chef, and I’ve loved every moment.
I received my formal training at The Cambridge School of Culinary Arts in Cambridge, MA under the guidance French pastry chef Delphin Gomes. I completed the Professional Pastry Program and graduated at the top of my class.
I spent two consecutive summers in Paris, France completing pastry stages. The first was at The Cafe du Commerce in the 15th arrondisment, and the following year at the iconic pastry establishment Laduree. My love of French pastry (and a certain French man) lead me to moving permanently to Paris in 2010.
Since moving to France, I have had the opportunity to work in a verity of establishments that have helped me hone my skills and led me to where I am today. After a decade of living in France, I have been able to adapt classic American recipes to French palates, and also adapt both styles of pastry to Gluten Free.
Previous work experience also includes:
Rose Bakery, KB cafe shop, La Cuisine Paris (cooking school where I helped develop classes along with teaching), Noglu and Farfelu Paris'
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Sarala Terpstra is an American plant-based cookbook author, blogger, and avid Francophile. She dreamed of moving to France for over a decade before she finally made it happen in the fall of 2021. Sarala is consciously creating her dream life in France- one of the slow happy days, eating seasonally, and in classic style.
Sarala first fell in love with France on a summer trip to Europe, after graduating from high school. When she returned to the U.S., she enrolled in French classes at university and went on to study abroad in France. After university, she traveled and moved extensively- living in the Caribbean, Europe, China, India, and various states in the U.S.
But all the while she was dreaming of settling in France. She found ways to immerse herself in the French language and culture, especially through cooking. After adopting a plant-based diet in an effort to eat healthier and more sustainably- she began experimenting with veganzing classic French recipes. What she found was that when the concepts of French cooking were applied to plants, exciting new flavors and dishes were created. The results were both novel and timeless!
Sarala has now written two cookbooks on plant-based French cuisine and can generally be found experimenting in her kitchen in France, perusing the markets for pretty vegetables and antiques, and people watching at cafés for style inspiration. You can find her on Instagram @saralaterpstra or at saralaterpstra.com
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BONNIE BROWN is a Franco-Australian concert pianist. As a soloist and collaborative musician she has performed across Europe, Asia, North America and Australia, in prominent music festivals and performance venues, including Wigmore Hall, London, the Sydney Opera House, Australia, on Broadway, New York, across France, as well as with Australia's leading orchestras and on the radio internationally.
At the invitation of the French Government, in 2008 Bonnie Brown was Australian Artist in Residence at theCité internationale des arts, Paris. To assist with her performance research in Europe, she was the recipient of over 20 grants and scholarships. These include, from France, the 2nd Prize internationally from the Fondation Nadia et Lili Boulanger (Paris) for 2009-2010, and from Australia, the prestigious Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Fellowship, the Australia Council for the Arts Project Fellowship, to name a few (full list of prizes a and scholarships here)
Her mentors and teachers include celebrated concert pianist Cristina Ortiz (2008-2018), renowned French pedagogue and concert pianist France Clidat (2008-2012) and her assistant Paul Blacher at the Ecole normale de musique de Paris, Professor Alexandr Satz (2003-2004) at the Universität für music und darstellende kunst, Austria and Professor Ronald Farren-Price A.M., Australia. She holds the Diplôme supérieure d'enseignement (6ème niveau) from the Ecole normale de musique de Paris, as well as a Master of Music (performance) from the University of Melbourne, Australia, which she completed with a full post-graduate scholarship. She attended the Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School in Melbourne, Australia where she graduated Dux of the school, her exceptional results at the end of her schooling afforded her a full scholarship for her undergraduate studies at the University of Melbourne.
In 2018 Bonnie Brown founded Concerts sans frontières, an international chamber music series for which she is also artistic director, which launched at the Australian Embassy in Paris.
Biography https://www.bonniebrownpiano.com/biography
Examples of my work as a concert pianist https://www.bonniebrownpiano.com/watch-listen
Information about my work as a teacher https://www.bonniebrownpiano.com/teaching-experience-1
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Malik Ameer Crumpler is a poet, rapper, composer, curator, editor & professor involved in over 60 albums, several GlitchArt films, anthologies & 7 books of Poetry. Originally from Oakland, Ca. Malik moved to Paris in 2016 after 12 years in NYC co-founding & editing online journals (Madmenscalling, Those That This & Visceral Brooklyn) then gaining an MFA in Creative Writing from L.I.U. Brooklyn. Currently, Malik is curator for Poets Live, an Editor-at-Large for The Opiate, & from 2016-2022 was a co-editor/ co-host with Paris Lit Up.
https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/malik_crumpler
https://www.popmatters.com/malik-ameer-crumpler-interview-2022
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I’m an actress and writer originally from Sardinia, Italy, who has lived in different countries before moving to France to attend drama school, and my instagram is https://www.instagram.com/misschiaramaxia/
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Amanda Bestor-Siegal is the author of The Caretakers (William Morrow / Harper Collins & Little Brown UK). She received her MFA in fiction and screenwriting from the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas. Amanda lived in France for four years before relocating to Austin.
"How rare this is, a book—a first book—that has it all. The Caretakers is thrilling and deeply moving, gorgeously written and intricately plotted, morally complex and surprising and sweeping and intimate, with some of the most indelible and heart-breaking characters I have ever encountered in a novel. It's a bold and brilliant book."
– Elizabeth McCracken, author of Bowlaway and The Souvenir Museum
https://www.amandabestorsiegal.com/
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Augusta Sagnelli is an American photographer living in France. She shot her first roll of film when she was hardly thirteen years old on her dad’s Nikon F2a, and knew from then she wanted to be a photographer. Augusta studied at Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara California. Augusta’s professional photography career developed during her years living in New Orleans shooting for brands, magazines, and private clients. Augusta moved to Paris in March 2021 after spending the covid lockdown falling in love with another Paris based artist. (Samuél Lopez-Barrantes whom you already interviewed!) Since relocating, she has shifted from a commercial heavy client list to a more personal and artistic approach to her photography, focusing on portraiture and alternative print processing.
Website: https://www.augustasagnelli.com
Writing & Photography Newsletter: https://augustasagnelli.substack.com
Portraits / Wedding bookings: https://augustasagnelli.mypixieset.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/augustasagnelli/
Enjoy a monthly or yearly subscription to my substack for exclusive and intimate interaction with how I share my photography (since I am less and less on Instagram these days) Yearly subscribers get a free print!
https://augustasagnelli.substack.com/
And I have fine art limited prints for sale in the US here: https://www.sundayshop.co/art/augusta-sagnelli
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Artist and Author Jamika Ajalon is a self discribed INTERZONAL artist. She has been published in many anthologies and journals including Speculative City and Lit Hub. Her novel Skye Papers came out in the summer of 2021, to good review (including New York Times and Kirkus Review) Her poetry and lyrics have manifested in more than a dozen albums, including the newly released , REBOOTED (jamika & the argonauts 2022). She has also collaborated with many acclaimed artists, , most recently as interpreter/performer of text with Ali Cherri on his Venice Biennale award winning piece Of Men and Gods and Mud ( 2022), and as dialogue writer on Shu Lea Cheng's soon to be released film UKI , (tba 2022). As an interdisciplinary artist she works with mixed mediums including digital audio visual elements. Most recently she has finished an experimental sonic poetry ep: "FUGITIVE" (TBA 2022)based on her book of poetry Take Back The Narrative (published 2017). Last year (2020/21) her single screen sonic video ALCHEMY OF CUTS was a part of the Witches Expo at the CENTER OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS, Berlin. She also has been giving audio visual performative lectures she calls "Anti Lectures" for over a decade. The next one will be based on the themes broached in her novel Skye Papers : She has been invited to present at St Étienne, France Biennale "Globalista" and UCLA ( oct tba 2022). She is also currently on tour with a Paris based modular jazz/ poetry ensemble "Baldwin In Transit": a fluid collaboration between French musicians and Black Amerikan expats poets, inspired by the work of James Baldwin. Please check jamikaajalon.com for more details and links to her multi-disciplinary art practice and published writings.
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Matt Jones has penned poems and prose in Afghanistan, China, Nicaragua, France, Canada and on a warship. He was the winner of Arc Poetry Magazine’s Poem of the Year Reader’s Choice Award for his poem, “Wounded Village.” His story, “Drone,” was recently published in F(r)iction magazine. Today, Matt is writing books and enjoying the Parisian Bohemia.
Once I drove warships through fields of icebergs, and sent helicopters to rescue dying soldiers; it was always about the story. In this website, hard-won experience is bolstered by magic. Check out the blog section for thoughts on fitness, writing, leadership, masculinity, and other topics that seize me.
It’s possible to help others, build community, and achieve personal mastery.
Since retiring from the military I’ve grown my hair long, written, hosted, workshopped, taught, performed, and organized poetry festivals in Canada, Afghanistan, China, Nicaragua, London, and Paris. My novel, DRONES, is forthcoming from TouchPoint Press.
Now that Paris is home, I teach at the French War College, run a free monthly writing workshop, and organize a fitness club for exercise enthusiasts who meet in the woods and use the trees as barbells: the Log Club.
https://www.matthewjamesjones.com/
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Kristin Sanders is an American poet, freelance copywriter, and educator. She is the author of the hybrid poetry book Cuntry, a finalist for the 2015 National Poetry Series, and two poetry chapbooks: Orthorexia, and This is a map of their watching me, a finalist in the 2015 BOAAT Chapbook Competition. Her poetry has been recently included in Prose Poetry: An Introduction (Princeton University Press) and an international anthology of prose poetry, Alcatraz (Gazebo Books). Her essays and reviews have been published in Longreads, LitHub, The Los Angeles Review of Books, Bitch Magazine, and The Guardian, among other places. She holds an MFA in poetry from Louisiana State University and has taught writing at American universities for 15 years. Originally from Santa Maria, California, she is currently based in Paris, France.
Links:
https://kristindianesanders.com/
https://thescienceofwomengettingrich.com/
https://instagram.com/kristindianesanders
https://kristindianesanders.substack.com/
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Carrie Chappell is the author of Loving Tallulah Bankhead (Paris Heretics 2022) and Quarantine Daybook (Bottlecap Press 2021). Her poems have been published in Iron Horse Literary Review, Nashville Review, Redivider, SWIMM, and Yemassee, and her essays have previously appeared in DIAGRAM, Fanzine, New Delta Review, The Iowa Review, The Rumpus, The Rupture, and Xavier Review. Each spring, she curates Verse of April. She holds an MFA from the University of New Orleans’ Creative Writing Workshop and is Instructor of English at the Sorbonne Panthéon University.
www.carriechappell.com
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Fourth generation Chicagoan and critically lauded vocalist Kimberly Gordon is sought after by the elite jazz listener. Kimberly's grandfather was a dancer at the historic Chêz Pareé nightclub and her Nana was a camera girl there, a position aquired by childhood friend and mobster Sam Giancana. These stories and personal ties to Chicago nightclub history laid the foundation for Kimberly's love of early 20th century music. With a deep understanding of the American Songbook it has led her on a path that celebrates composers, lyricists, and jazz masters alike.
In New York City, Kimberly was the first woman to hold a Saturday night residency at the now historic Smalls Jazz Club in Manhattan. Kimberly's years in N.Y.C allowed her to perform with jazz greats such as Roy Hargrove, Betty Carter, Wynton Marsalis, Harry "Sweets" Edison, and John Hicks, just to name a handful.
Kimberly's sound reflects the old school style of delivering standards, deeply rooted in the ways of the masters, always true to the melody as written; this separates her from the rest.
When she is not touring Europe or hiding from a pandemic you can find Kimberly at Winter’s Jazz Club in Chicago, weaving her way through the American songbook with long time pianist/organist Chris Foreman.
Look for Kimberly in Greece soon as she will be relocating there in 2024
From Hawai’i to Paris Kimberly is the singer's singer, the musician's singer, and the jazz lover's singer....
Kimberly Gordon Organ Trio
Green Mill Lounge:
https://youtu.be/GWjtCNDGO6U
Kimberly Gordon, Paris, Sunset Sunside, February, 2018:
Squeeze Me:
https://youtu.be/QaZn44wixgU
Kimberly Gordon Big Band/Big Band Boom!:
Do Nothin til You Hear From Me, http://bit.ly/14gDx3m
Kimberly Gordon Duo:
That's All
https://youtu.be/WSimtx2502Q
Kimberly Gordon Organ Trio, "Sunday", Sirens Records:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/sunday-feat.-chris-foreman/id458443950
Kimberly Gordon Trio, "Melancholy Serenade",Sirens Records
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/melancholy-serenade/id65599728
Live on WDCB Radio “Churchill” CD tour 2017:
https://youtu.be/wmlbhisUwNY
More Than You Know,
https://youtu.be/fOcki66P-JE
Follow on Instagram:
Instagram.com/kimberlygordonvocals
Instagram.com/thejazzfoodie
Instagram.com/kimigphoto
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Hi I'm Kaitlyn, I am an artist living in Paris. I moved here three & a half years ago with my partner & have been studying art & French in Montmartre, where I currently reside. I have a background in Arts & Human Services from Cornish College of the Arts in my hometown of Seattle, Washington & have continued to study different mediums since arriving in France. Before our move, I was a Social Worker focusing on poverty alleviation in the Greater Seattle Area, and lead art therapy classes in my free time with a local non-profit, supporting women & children exploited by sex trafficking. You oftentimes see the intertwining between my two passions through my artwork- a world where philanthropy and the arts collide into one beautiful, blend of both disaster & healing. I've had multiple exhibitions in Paris & Barcelona since relocating to Europe, and am beginning a new chapter in sculpting this spring in Florence.
Website: katehanson.eu
Instagram: katehanson.art
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Jason Stoneking is a poet, diarist, and performing artist from the United States, who now lives in Paris. He has published several collections of poetry and nonfiction, and has also written for songs and film. Recently, his art practice has concentrated on the creation of unique handwritten texts. For his Bespoke Books series, he writes an entire unique book by hand, in a single draft, either for an individual reader, or in documentation of a residency. In his video series Found Stages, he improvises spontaneous poems in spaces that feel suitable, if not intended, for performance. For his newest series, Portrait Sittings, he invites subjects to pose for him as they would for a painter, while he composes their portrait in handwritten words.
"Found Stage #13" on instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CL4Yfxhh1BX/
"Portrait of my Mother" on instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CdDQFu-Medy/
Performance of a "Bespoke Book" on youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPQnCSibU-8
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Leslie McAllister is a multidisciplinary artist originally from Pennsylvania in the United States, but now based in Paris. Her works explore a diverse array of process and media. Among her recent endeavors are a street art project, Lost Art, for which she harvests discarded objects from the street, paints on them, and returns them to where they were found along with her contact information; and a series of abstract plein air paintings which sculpturally incorporate natural materials found onsite. She also creates sound and performance pieces as her alter ego Lesteria, for which she conceives projected video environments.
Lost Art
https://www.lesliemcallister.com/Lost_Art.html
Plein Air Abstracts
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cd5dwwyjv0e/
Lesteria
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qXk7Mzp9NI
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I grew up in North Carolina and first moved to Paris in 2008, where I’ve lived for the better part of fourteen years as a writer, musician in the indie-pop band Slim and The Beast, and prolific worker of part-time jobs. Currently, I’m a literary tour guide and lecturer for Context Travel, an adjunct creative writing teacher at the Sorbonne, and a host of the Paris Writers’ Salon with the author John Baxter. I hold an MA in social theory from University College London and an MFA in creative writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts. My debut novel, Slim and The Beast (2015), was a coming-of-age story about male intimacy, the pursuit of passion, and growing up in North Carolina. I recently finished a historical fiction about history, memory, and the Nazi Occupation of Poland; publication is forthcoming. I am building my own literary community on Substack, where I write weekly essays and fiction.
Links
- Debut Novel : Slim and The Beast
- Online Lectures on Modern European History & Intellectual History
- Tall Tales, Essays, and Fragments from Paris: if not, Paris @ Substack
- Website: https://www.samuellopezbarrantes.com/
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Mackenzie Leighton is a musician and florist based in Paris since 2017. Originally from the United States, she grew up in a small seaside town in Maine where she studied classical piano at a young age. She moved to New York in 2014 and played in several folk, jazz, and indie-pop bands before moving to France to launch her solo career. With precise songwriting and soft electric guitar picking, her first EP released in late 2017 lulls us into a dreamy indie folk universe. After a solo tour in Italy in 2018 and playing notable Parisian stages, she released her second project "Tourist(e)" in 2020. Now accompanied by her French band, Mackenzie intimately reveals the reality of her expatriate life with modern songs that blend folk and pop, English and French, in "Fleuriste" released in June 2021. As Rolling Stone says, Mackenzie Leighton "should put some sunshine in your weekend."
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Ai Shimizu, Designer-Maker
All lingerie is designed, drafted, graded, cut, dyed, sewn and packaged with love in Paris, France by Ai.
A former Los Angeleno and graduate of Otis College of Art and Design (BFA Fashion Design), she has also completed courses in Paris at Formamod, La Chambre Syndicale and Lycée Professionnel Octave Feuillet.
Les Bonnes Vivantes Paris is an artisanal lingerie brand based in Paris, France. Born from a life-long love affair with handmade ("DIY") culture and haute couture, Les Bonnes Vivantes proposes timelessly elegant lingerie that makes the wearer feel beautiful.
https://lesbonnesvivantesparis.com/
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Food has always been a passion. MasterChef Australia in 2013 though helped me start a new chapter in my life, a fabulous one of course! Andrew Prior since 2016 has been living, travelling, breathing, cooking and eating all things French in France of course.
After the experience of MasterChef he realised that his passion was food and travel. So he started a successful walking food tours business in Melbourne called Queenie’s Food Tours. But France was always calling. So with his partner and two golden retrievers we took the bold step of moving permanently.
Since moving to France he’s followed his food dream and hero’s Julia Childs and Rachel Khoo and completed a Le Cordon Bleu Patisserie course, had successful food tours of regional France and the Cote D’Azur and set up a YouTube channel devoted to Paris, France and other European cities called Travelling Fabulously.
Now Andrew’s moved to the wonderful town of Montmorillon in the Nouvelle-Acquaitaine region of France. And is devoting more time to French food. This means for you food lovers more fabulous recipes on YouTube and fabulous cooking experiences in Montmorillon.
But his newest passion is the podcast Fabulously Delicious The French Food Podcast which is all about French food and the people make it, cook it, write and photograph it but above all love it. Each week Andrew interviews a special guest about their life in and/or love of France and then discuss a specific topic be it a French dish, cooking technique or ingredient.
Fabulously Delicious Podcast Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/1f51gFvNCpkCRLlGN6t1O4?si=353e5f438c164ede
Fabulously Delicious Podcast Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/fabulously-delicious-the-french-food-podcast/id1572650298
Website - https://www.andrewpriorfabulously.com
Cooking Experiences - https://www.andrewpriorfabulously.com/in-person-cooking-french-cooking-experiences
Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/andrewprior
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/andrewpriorfabulously
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Ryan Egan is an American artist and songwriter living in Paris, France. With the release of his EPs Fever & Bloom and Postures, along with a slew of self-produced singles, Ryan has gained critical acclaim from outlets like Billboard, Noisey, DIY, Clash and more as well as substantial support from Spotify and Apple Music editorial teams, accumulating millions of streams across platforms. His debut, full-length album, Soft Power, is out now.
https://www.thisryanegan.com
https://www.instagram.com/thisryanegan/
https://www.facebook.com/thisryanegan
https://www.soundcloud.com/thisryanegan
https://www.twitter.com/thisryanegan
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Susan Boyle is a playwright and drinks researcher and consultant. She is currently pursuing a PhD at the Technological University, Dublin. Her research in Beverage Studies concerns performance, storytelling and the sensory in immersive drinks experiences with particular reference to beer, wine and Irish spirits such as whiskey. Her research is supported by a TU Dublin Scholarship.
Her one-woman wine show “A Wine Goose Chase” premiered to a sold-out run at the Dublin Fringe Festival and garnered universal high praise from critics. The Sunday Times describing it as “a near five start performance”
She holds a BA in Drama and Theatre studies from Trinity College Dublin and the University of California, Irvine where she was an ArtsBridge and a Study Abroad Scholar. Her MA is in Performance Studies from The University of London, Royal Holloway.
Susan has worked on research projects with the British Museum and was recognised as an Outstanding Speaker at the Oxford Symposium of Food and Cookery and won the OSFC Julia Childs Foundation Award. She was awarded a scholarship to attend the European Institute for the History and Culture of Food summer school in Tour, France and spent August 2021 as a resident of the Irish Cultural Centre, Paris pursuing a language bursary (this is how she ended up in Paris)
Susan is an independent drinks consultant, beverage researcher and drinks judge. She is an award-wining member of the Guild of Beer Writers and regularly contributes expert content to national and international media on the subject of beverages.
Susan is a Fulbright Creative Ireland Museum Fellow with the Smithsonian Museum of American History, Washington DC and is currently working with the Irish Food Bord (Bord Bia) on the Spirit of Ireland, an education program she developed to support the sales of Irish spirits internationally and to tell the stories behind the renaissance of distilling in Ireland.
www.awinegoosechase.com @susanboyleinstagram / @miss_susanboyle (twitter)
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Lisa Czarina Michaud is an American novelist. In 2009, she followed in the footsteps of her late jazz performing grandmother and moved to the City of Light. She has lived in many arrondissements in Paris before settling in a riverside village in the Seine-et-Marne region where she now lives with her husband, son, and cat Le Tigre. Her debut coming-of-age novel Slanted and Disenchanted came out last fall to critical acclaim andwas named one of the best books of 2021 by A Book Wanderer.
Book blurb:
She blew off college and started a band with that French kid. He ditched his girlfriend to go on tour with that girl with the bangs. And so it begins...
In 2001 when boybands and thongs assaulted pop culture, two college dropouts on Long Island form a band. In the basement. When Carla runs into Pete, the aloof French kid in town, the two form a secret connection that goes deeper than the music. Before heading out on their greasy dive bar cross-country tour, tragedy turns the world upside down forcing them to face adulthood and decide if the band is just a teenage dream or a gateway to freedom....and to each other?
Slanted and Disenchanted is the debut novel by Lisa Czarina Michaud. Told with conversational wit with quirky '90s pop culture references and rock snob winks, it's High Fidelity meets On the Road with elements of Patti Smith's Just Kids that explores sexual tension in friendships, the confusion of adulting, the love and chaos of family...and the soundtracks that get us through it all.
Links:
Lisa Czarina Michaud Author Website
Instagram
Slanted and Disenchanted at Barnes and Noble
Slanted and Disenchanted on Amazon
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Inspired by nature, our shared stories and the mythology of the world, Alana Clohessy creates her imaginings using graphite, paint and thread. Her interpretation of everyday things catapults the viewer to a world of whimsy and desire.
Alana was born in Ireland and to where her heart will always go back to. In 2012, she emigrated to Vancouver B.C. where she lived for seven years and worked internationally as an award winning Makeup & SFX Makeup Artist for Film and TV. She also holds a Masters of Science in Materials Science.
She now lives and works as a Visual Artist surrounded by bakeries, her plants and the Parisian light on the Left Bank in Paris, France.
Alana is currently working on a series in graphite, thread and photography exploring the folklore around the Irish Goddess Brigid as she moved through the ages and the impact society had on her standing in the community and the stories that were told.
More About Alana's Work:
My work is part of a world that I want to be in. Memories of childhood, forests in Ireland and stories that were told, all feed the rich tapestry of my creations. As I have moved through the world each culture adds a thread to my inspiration. How words are formed in a foreign language to describe a mundane object anew. How people approach the world differently as you cross oceans. To travel is to be exposed to who you are and how little you truly know. Our differences expose us to our innate humanity and that connection strengthens our shared lives. I have always loved people and their multifaceted existence. Stories of who we are and how we understood the world. Mythology and folklore of our ancestors and the magic they once knew. I want to search the world for the magic that has been lost and rekindle a sense of wonder in those who have grown up too much to still believe.
https://www.alanaclohessy.com/
https://www.instagram.com/alanaclohessyart/
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Gabrielle is a 27 years old artist. After a fashion design school, she decided to experiment with
drawings by using any support she could find. Her long trips as a model were filled with loneliness and discoveries that she lays on notebooks, windows, and napkins of hotel rooms were her notebooks.
Cardboards, walls, and papers are covered by her imaginary world.
Her stories are light and authentic always led by spontaneity and sincerity.
**She invites her audience to appropriate themselves to the tales she draws.
https://www.instagram.com/gabrielle.rul/?hl=en**
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**Janis Commentz is a Mojave Desert painter known for her color-intense palette and loose brush strokes. She is a third generation Los Angeles artist who began drawing and painting early in life. As the daughter and niece of artists, she was surrounded by art materials and enjoyed trips to galleries and museums, as well as seasonal trips to the California coastal art colonies of Laguna Beach and Carmel-by-the-Sea. She cannot remember a time when she was not drawing or painting. During Covid, some of her fondest art moments have been hosting a weekly Zoom painting group and encouraging other artists.
Commentz moved to the Mojave Desert after attending university to teach high school art and English. At the University of Redlands, she earned a B.A. in painting and British Literature and studied printmaking with John Nava, well-known for his tapestries at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles. She holds an M.A. in Education from California State University at San Bernardino. She facilitated life drawing sessions for nearly a decade and teaches art classes locally and plein air workshops for the Joshua Tree National Park Desert Institute.
She exhibits in local galleries near Joshua Tree and Redlands. In February 2020, she opened her Etsy shop, French Press, a collection of paper goods inspired by her travel sketches and watercolors created in France where she fell in love with the City of Light and the French countryside.**
Commentz has participated in the well-known Hwy 62 Open Studio Art Tours for 10 years and other local art festivals and fairs. Her artwork has been selected by local juried events such as the Joshua Tree National Park Juried Art Exposition, and she has been a gallery director in Joshua Tree. She lives with her husband near Joshua Tree, California, and they have two adult children.
Janis Commentz blogs on her website at https://www.janiscommentz.com
Etsy Shop, French Press: https://www.etsy.com/shop/ArtbyJanisCommentz
Social Media
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https://twitter.com/janisjtartist
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4B84hUf_aybphawObaxJSA
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Lady Christina Consolé (Chrissy to her friends) is the creator and founder of Parisian Niche, your corner of the world for all things Parisian and French flaired.
A native New Yorker, whose main residence is still on New York City’s famously picturesque Upper East Side, Chrissy has been fortunate enough to have lived, worked, and studied in Paris and traveled extensively through France, Europe, and beyond.
Having worked for over twenty years in several leading French and Italian jewelry and accessory ateliers, as well as a leading American fashion house, Chrissy has developed an eye for detail, beauty, and luxury; where it can be found in the everyday and made accessible. Because Paris is for everyone.
One of her main goals since young adulthood was to be fluent (and likewise, to be considered fluent by native speakers) in the French language. After several years of intense and immersive linguistic studies, Chrissy is truly proud to hold a French B2 diploma from the French Ministry of Education (level set by the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages) and continues her studies and is on the path to obtain the highest level C1 / C2 diplomas.
Chrissy has been an avid and devoted reader since childhood and has parlayed this love into a successful book club, called Parisian Page Turners that is over 50 books deep (and still reading!) This book club also enjoys the occasional “read aloud,” where Chrissy lends her own voice to the wonderful texts. The book selections always vary in scope but remain faithful to one beloved setting – Paris and France.
Passionate about all things Parisian and historical, Chrissy has never met a cup (or bowl) of chocolat chaud that she didn’t love. She can’t wait for her many Parisian “cocoa crawls” as her first stop in Paris is always to indulge in luxurious, chocolatey goodness while overlooking the city. And after all, isn’t a good chocolat chaud the ultimate gateway into Parisian gastronomic delights?
On the sporty side of French life, Chrissy is a lover of football (soccer) and considers herself a top fan of both PSG and NYCFC. She can be found at many live matches on both sides of the pond.
Forever learning about the city, above all, Chrissy’s passion for all things Parisian has her constantly dreaming, planning, creating vision boards focused on Paris and travels, as well as looking forward to her next adventure “home to Paris.” After all, as famously penned by Lucy Maud Montgomery, in the words of her childhood literary heroine Anne Shirley, “looking forward to things is half the pleasure of them.”
https://www.parisianniche.com/
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Meredith Detko is a Californian native working as a marketing consultant and entrepreneur in Paris for the past 10 years. After graduating from UC Berkeley and HEC Paris and then spending years out of alignment in the business world, she embarked on a spiritual and wellness journey that led to deep physical and emotional healing. In November she launched Aquerone, a concept store that combines her passion for wellness and sacred plant medicine all with a high-design style.
An overview of Aquerone
Aquerone is a curation of the best CBD, cannabis lifestyle products and wellness objects from around the world. On a mission to change ideologies around plant healing, Aquerone merges codes from mythology, spirituality, and psychedelics to educate around the conscious and ceremonial use of sacred plants.
www.aquerone.com
https://www.instagram.com/aquerone_/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/meredith-detko/
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Molly Maine is a fine art painter who moved to Paris to study painting and drawing at Studio Escalier, an art school in Montmartre. In her studio in Montmartre, she makes autobiographical paintings that use imagery of interior and exterior spaces, reflection, still life, and portraiture.
A Californian by birth, she attended Sarah Lawrence College in New York where she majored in art and literature. Though interested in art since childhood, it was while copying from Botticelli’s “La Primavera” at the Uffizi during a study abroad program in Florence Italy, that she became interested in figurative painting and drawing. After graduation, she worked as an artist and scenic painter in Portland Oregon. In Oregon she was awarded a yearlong fully funded painting residency from the Calligram Falcon foundation. Molly has since lived Oxford England and Paris France where she pursues her interest drawing and painting from live models as well as from paintings and sculptures at the Louvre.
margaretmaine.com
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BORN IN 1995 IN NORMANDY AND NOW BASED IN PARIS, ETIENNE’S WORK CAN BE DEFINED BY TWO UNIVERSES. FROM ONE SIDE HIS FIGURATIVE UNIVERSE THAT HE ILLUSTRATES WITH FEMININE SCENES FULL OF POETRY AND ON THE OTHER SIDE, HIS ABSTRACT SIDE WHERE HE LET HIMSELF GO AND HIS SPONTANEITY REIGNS.
AFTER HIS FIRST SOLO EXHIBITION IN A GALLERY THAT CONCLUDED AS A SOLD OUT, THE ARTIST DECIDED TO TAKE THE FULL CONTROL OF HIS CAREER AND AUTO PRODUCED A DUO SHOW WITH GABRIELLE RUL. YOU CAN FIND HIS NAME AND ARTWORK IN COLLECTIONS SUCH AS : ARTSXDESIGN CURATED BY ASLI YILMAZTURK, MOLESKINE FOUNDATION, COPELOUZOS ART MUSEUM, IMAGO MUNDI ETC… HIS UNIC UNIVERSE MADE AN IMPACT ON BRANDS AND ICONIC FRENCH HOUSES THAT LED HIM TO COLLABORATE WITH NAMES SUCH AS LE BON MARCHÉ, ADIDAS, L’EXCEPTION…
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Khuyen Do is an American creative consultant based in Paris, specializing in luxury and contemporary fashion as well as lifestyle brands. With an international and bilingual background (French & English), working with French and European brands comes just as naturally as working with any American brand. Past and current projects have consisted of everything from PR, to art direction, styling, talent management, brand partnerships, event organization, and content production. With a vast network of contacts in the industry, creative collaboration and establishing ways for one creative to support another is always one of the key motives behind the work.
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Christine Betts is an Australian writer who left her heart in Paris years ago! Her first two novels and a collection of short stories are all set in France. Current works in progress are set in California, England, and Australia.
Christine trained in education and the visual arts. She spent many years creating Australian-made gift ware and art for interior design projects. Writing took centre-stage in 2017 when she left her management position with a market-leading art-seller and packed up her brushes
Awards 2021/2022
Death of a Show Princess, Shortlisted for the Scarlett Stiletto Awards (Highly Commended.)
Tough Crowd, Winner - Queensland Writers Centre RightLeftWrite competition in November.
How I Got this Tattoo Winner - The Tasmanian Writer’s Prize for 2022.
Southbank, Shortlisted for the Brisbane Writers Festival First Date at Southbank competition.
Christine’s long-time internet handle, WriterPainter, is also the name of her blog on creativity, writing, art, meditation and spirituality. She believes that everyone is creative, and it is through our act of creating that we find our purpose and meaning in life.
She is passionate about writing, strong female characters, yoga, animal rights, and her family.
my website is www.writerpainter.com
My Instagram is @paristimetravel or @writerpainter
My facebook page @Paristimetravel https://www.facebook.com/ParisTimeTravel
My writing on Spiral Dynamics https://writerpainter.com/?s=spiral+dynamics
A great website with all kinds of information on Spiral Dynamics and Integral Theory https://spiraldynamicsintegral.nl/en/origin/
My fave little Paris/creativity book https://ericmaisel.com/a-writers-paris/
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Born in Rabat-Morocco Dino / Tarek moved at the age of
18 to France for studying History of art, the studied Art
and finally Japanese language and civilization.
First Singing encounter
-First came to Paris and lived right down the stairs of
Sacré-Coeur, -Saw a singer with a guitar and decided to
do the same.
-Spent years busking on the stairs of Montmartre
singing all kind of songs.
-Performed for three Years at the Sherwood Bar at Opera .
-After a long period singing the Blues Dino discovers the
early 20th century music and completely dived into it .
-Spent 2 years building a repertoire based on Bing
Crosby ,Dean Martin and The Mills Brothers songs.
-Teamed up with Sheldon Forrest and sung for 4 years
at the Club Rayé.
-3 years singing at the Chat Noir 1881.
-Currently performing Thursdays and Fridays at The cozy Café Blanche near the Moulin rouge.
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Whitney Marin is a paris-based digital producer and international distribution salesperson at ARTE France. She has previously worked as an Associate Producer with Brooklyn-based boutique production companies, Tru Films and Critical Findings. She additionally worked on American Documentary's Production and Programming team for America ReFramed. In 2021, she produced a bilingual web series featuring millennials in Paris, now available on YouTube and wherever podcasts can be found.
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Nothing pre-destined Tanya to become a fashion disrupter.
For 15 years she had a classic career in management consulting, technology start-ups, and private equity, while teaching innovation at one of France’s leading engineering schools, and raising her 3 kids.
Yet, even as a child growing up in Canada, she was mesmerized by the art and artifacts that her parents would bring home after a vacation. Antique wedding saris shared space with Inuit carvings nurturing a deep respect for ancestral craftsmanship, quality and natural materials.
Tanya’s convertible shoe line combines her passion for innovation with her love of quality handmade products. Her brand was created to let women step forward in comfort and in style and there is a strong feminist agenda that permeates everything she does.
Tanya has won awards in France and abroad, for innovation, business, design, and retail. To keep production as local as possible and so that she can visit the artisans when she wants to, heels are made by hand in the Loire Valley and the shoes are made in a family run factory, in Sao Joao da Madira, Portugal.
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JULIE SCOLNIK is a concert flutist and the founding artistic director of Mistral Music, a chamber music series which since 1997 has been known for its virtuosic artists, imaginative programming, and the personal rapport she establishes with her audiences. Since her treatment and recovery from breast cancer in 2005, Scolnik has found ways to play and organize benefit concerts which raise funds for support for underserved women with the disease. She lives in Boston with her husband, physicist Michael Brower, and her two cats, Daphne and Chloë. They have two adult children, also musicians: pianist Sophie Scolnik-Brower and cellist Sasha Scolnik-Brower. The three of them perform frequently together.
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My name is Mundey Young and I’m the proud owner of Mundey Young Coaching. As a life coach, I’ve spent years working with clients to ensure that they have the necessary skills, support, and compassion that they need to achieve their goals, become one with themselves, and live the life that they’ve always envisioned.
My Story
My professional story began at the age of 18 when I left my California home to join the United States Air Force. There I learned the skills of discipline, structure, and dedication and I can honestly say that this was one of the best decisions that I’ve ever made – even to this day. My time spent in the military provided me with a number of life skills that I would not have developed elsewhere. Organization, tolerance and dedication to overcoming stress and adversity top the list and in addition,my service helped me foster a stronger belief in myself and my own abilities. It brought me closer to my inner strengths, and it helped me get on the right track.Throughout my five years in the U.S. Air Force, I lived in Fairbanks, Alaska and Little Rock, Arkansas. Another perk to my service was the military’s GI Bill, or delayed education financing that allowed me to go to school later which became the life coaching education I currently practice and love today!
https://mundeyyoung.com/
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Website bio; "Photographer and artist, Chen was born in Manila, educated in the UK and is currently based in Paris. Her love of travel and people greatly influences her work and she can be found working on portrait shoots, photographic editorials and art projects throughout Europe and Asia . "
Most recent project - aatei art brand
https://www.chensands.com/about-aatei
"aatei was created as a response to the flood of support and love I received from the females in my life after being diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma. Now in remission, I still find myself unable to fully express in words or even actions the deep feelings of love and thankfulness I have for these women. An art course taken on a whim, opened up new creative possibilities for me and what flowed after was a release of these emotions onto paper through the process of mark-making. With aatei, I continue my journey in art and mark-making and with the launch of the Message Print I hope to enable everyone to show love and thanks to the ‘aatei’ in their lives."
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Sharri Harmel has been in the business and coaching world for over 25 years. Her love of design, writing, travel, cooking and creative ideas coupled with her passionate belief that we should always, always have a dream, has led her to share stories of women who are not celebrities, but real women who have chosen to create and live lives of true authenticity and passion with a focus on doing, making, and creating. Sharri conceptualized and created both the Extraordinary Women Magazine and the Extraordinary Women Podcast to share these stories and to encourage all women to embrace their interests and support them in making their dreams come true!
Sharri Harmel's website: www.extraordinarywomenmagazine.com
Instagram: @ExtraordinaryWomenMagazine
Facebook group: Sharri Harmel - EXTRAORDINARY Women Magazine
YouTube: Sharri Harmel
LinkedIn: @SharriHarmel
Email: Contact Form
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My initial concept was to create a totem pole configuration with a vertical buildup of elements (all of which symbolize the town or the region). Then I got the creative inspiration to make some of the elements movable like a wind vane.; thus the 'Totem Girouette' came about. We've named it 'Autant en Emporte le Chanvre' in nostalgic reminiscence of the hemp industry, which was the source of wealth in Bréhémont up until the advent of nylon ropes, which killed the hemp industry. To give the sculpture a bit more gravitas, however, within the basic shapes, I introduced a mathematical abstraction from ancient Greece. The Greek mathematician Euclid came up with what is called 'Euclid's 1st Proposition. By overlapping two circles, the resulting space in a lozenge in which two equilateral triangles can be placed, one pointing upwards (a symbol for fire) and one pointing downward (a symbol for water). Since water is a key feature of our town, this water symbol is quite appropriate...and it is a lovely combination of geometrical shapes!
Backup to my main courier business. When this business died, I decided to focus on the furnished rental business along with the complementary renovation business in Paris. Many of the flats that I ended up managing for rentals were apartments that I renovated for the owners.
Rue du Cherche Midi Paris Furnished Apartment Rental
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Loire Valley Garden Retreat Furnished Apartment Rental
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The TOTEM GIROUETTE of Bréhémont, France
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Photo Selection by Porter SCOTT
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Assorted Paintings and Photos by Porter SCOTT
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My Children, Nature, and the Outdoors
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French People and Their Dogs
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PARIS: A Visual Tribute
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Joe Langley's story is the most remarkable of all the expatriates that I know - AfricanAmerican or otherwise! His love affair with the French language began when he
found his brother's copy of Saint Exupéry's Le Petit Prince at home. He liked the
"look" of the French words and loved the illustrations. These inspired him to pursue
art and the French language as life-long passions. He went on to spend a year in the
Dordogne region as an exchange student at the age of fifteen, and a year in
Montpellier in the junior-year-abroad program at Davidson College. The French
Ministry of Foreign Affairs invited Joe to teach English to high school students in
Montpellier upon his graduation from Davidson. He spent a year in this post, which
provided him with the legal working papers that are so coveted by expatriates. He
went on to work as an acrobatic rider and singer for the traveling circus Zingaro for
two years.
Subsequently, Joe enrolled at the Sorbonne to study French and American literature…
and Romanian! He went on to work for L'Oréal Cosmetics, where he became a
director of the company's black hair care subsidiary, Goldys International. He traveled
in this position as well, working for the company from 1990 to 1995. He was posted
in Avignon in 1995 when he lost his vision.
...
Josephs Gift is the name of the book of poetry that Joe began writing in 1997. He
describes it as a "creative last will and testament," one that he began when he did not
know that his blindness was temporary. Slowly, it has become part of a greater project
which incorporates his music as well as his art. He has converted poems into songs
and songs into videos. To date, he has written and recorded roughly 350 songs and has
created over 500 paintings. The project has evolved and matured into a YouTube site -
Joseph Langley, and songs available os Spotify, Deezer, Apple Music etc. Art and
Music now represent Joe's full time occupations.
Josephs Gift has also evolved into a project that helps others gain exposure for their
art, music, or whatever medium they find for self-expression.
Joe is currently spending a lot of time in the studio working on or researching new
sounds and melodies. Though many musical artists influence him, he is particularly
fond of Al Jarreau because of the diversity in Jarreau's music and "the variety of
textures that he can give to his voice, thus giving him a more important vocal range."
Joe has also spent time on the radio. In October 2010, he participated in a show called
Black Feeling on Radio Fréquence Paris Plurielle (http://www.rfpp.net/). He had
called his friend John Dossavi, who hosts the show at RFPP, to ask if tenor
saxophonist Chansse Evanns could publicize a concert that he was organizing in
honor of Lena Horne. Joe ended up interviewing Evanns on the air, whereby Dossavi
asked Joe if he would be interested in doing regular interviews of artists, musicians,
and others. The Universe of Joseph Langley was born!
He continues to paint. He says that he paints in a "very fluid and spontaneous style,"
and that his work is "somewhere between modern and pop art with a touch of
'fauvisme' He calls it HapArt.
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After spending 22 years as a working and teaching professional in New York City, Michael decided to follow his instincts and try living and working in Paris.
Michael is currently teaching several different disciplines in Europe.
Broadway Jazz
Ballet
Vocal Technique
Musical Theatre Techniques
With the help of his collaborator Marion Martelin and guided by the original creator Stephen Schwartz, Michael is in the midst of bringing the beloved Broadway musical PIPPIN to France. He is the director and choreographer. He also opened France’s 1st American Musical Theatre Academy. His students have been cast as performers at the world famous Crazy Horse, tours, and moved on to London’s top schools.
Michael is also a singer/storyteller in Paris. He has sold out some of Paris’ most popular jazz clubs (Cave 38 and Cafe Universel) with his jazz concerts.
As a performer, Michael has performed all over the world. His 1st professional job was dancing in the acclaimed European production of West Side Story. His other credits include Anything Goes, Cabaret, A Christmas Carol, amoung others. Most recently, he was thrilled to portray Patrick in Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens directed by Bill Russell. Michael also worked closely with Tony Award Winner Ann Reinking in the workshop productions of Chicago for Broadway/Encores, Applause for Papermill Playhouse/National Tour and Bye, Bye Birdie for ABC-TV.
As a teacher, Michael has taught at Marymount Manhattan College (Musical Theatre Program), The American Musical and Dramatic Academy (Intergrated Program), Ballet Hispanico, Dance Masters of America, Studio Harmonic(Paris), Madrid Dance Center (Madrid), Stage International de Danse (Liege), amoung many others.
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I’m a Multi-disciplinary artist and designer based in Paris, exploring femininity through the study of historical psychology and mythology.
Social Media: @kgs.french.works
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About
My art goes beyond technique or material, it is the way of transmitting my stories through my hands.
It is a way of aesthetically materializing what I feel so that someone else can identify with it.
CONSTANT ROAD
more than objects
We realized that not only I (María) only made jewelry, there are also many collaborators around our stories and within each narrative there is a universe that wants to express itself in many manifestations of art. They are not only objects, they are also experiences to tell.
https://marihajewels.com/landing-about/
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LAURA MORELLI holds a Ph.D. in art history from Yale University and is an award-winning, USA Today bestselling historical novelist. Laura has taught college students in the U.S. and in Italy. She has covered art and authentic travel for TED-Ed, National Geographic Traveler, Italy Magazine, CNN Radio, and other media. Laura is the author of the popular Authentic Arts guidebook series that includes MADE IN ITALY and MADE IN FRANCE. Her historical novels, including THE NIGHT PORTRAIT and THE GONDOLA MAKER, bring the stories of art history to life.
Laura Morelli, Ph.D.
Art Historian | Historical Novelist
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Brad explains children to adults and to clients ranging from the U.S. Justice Department to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. Experts have described Brad’s parenting book, The 5 Simple Truths of Raising Kids, as an “urgent ‘must-read.’” Rebecca Sugar, creator of Cartoon Network’s Stephen Universe, said about Brad, “I learned a lot from him that informed the rest of the show.” Titles from his What Every Child Needs To Know children’s book series (…About Elvis Presley, …About Cancer, …About Punk Rock, …About The Economy, …About Pizza and …About Coffee), which he coauthors with Dr. Marc Engelsgjerd to explain adults to children, have received numerous accolades, including being a “staff pick” at the Museum of Modern Art bookstore in New York City.
Web
www.NewAmsterdamConsulting.com
www.RBradleySnyder.com
@Rbradleysnyder
@RBradleySnyder
My podcast
www.TalkingAboutKids.com
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Liz Adams
www.lizadamsart.com
Liz is an American figurative painter based in Paris, France. She received her BFA in Drawing and Painting at Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia. She continued her studies in New York at the Art Students League and the National Academy School of Fine Arts, focusing on classical life drawing and painting. A winner of the Newington Cropsey Foundation for the Arts Scholarship Program in Florence, Italy, Liz studied the rich art history of the Renaissance. After her studies, she taught painting at the Art Students League, the Art Center New York and privately. In 2015 Liz was a recipient of the prestigious Elizabeth Greenshields grant for figurative artists. She has participated in artist residencies in New York and Vietnam. Her paintings have been exhibited across the United States, Canada, France and Vietnam. Liz’s commissioned portraits are in numerous private collections. In 2020 Liz was granted a French Talent Visa for artists and relocated to Paris where she works out of her studio. In addition to exhibiting her work, she currently teaches an Online Art Mentorship program.
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Mia Leahy hails from Ireland where she was passionate from an early age about dance; ballet, Irish dancing and American tap, singing, and music, reciting poetry, and making up plays. This led to an exodus to London after a year at Cork University studying the Greeks and dancing a lot.
Formed a highly unsuccessful punk band called the Nude Usherettes and thought the better of it and applied to drama school. She had encouragement and support from great actors like Kate Beswick, Derek Fowlds, Martin Cochrane, and Gilly Gabriel who accompanied her to audition for the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where she spent three arduous and magic years with some of the best in the profession; Patsy Rodenburg and Sue Lefton to name a few.
Followed by years of theatre and some radio in England, Scotland, and Wales with an agent who was also a friend.
Then a U-turn to do a degree at Goldsmith UCL in French Stage, Philosophy, and Cinema. The reading list was eclectic to say the least. Adding French literature to her love of all things old, middle and modern English, she ran away to Paris on completion of her degree.
Years of teaching business English, a little writing, and some hard times – another U-turn to train as a coach and then theatre came knocking enthusiastically at the door again twelve years ago.
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Taki Watanga was conceived on the Paris Metro. A simple conversation that rapidly turned into a dare. “Be brave and take hold of your obvious and quite frankly unique talents”.
In 2019 Mark Hedges, the director of London’s West End production of Phantom of the
Opera, presented a challenge to Chrissy: develop a drag queen persona for cabaret and burlesque shows. She seized the opportunity and immediately began collaborating with
him to create her alter ego: Taki Watanga.
To create this unique personality Chrissy would draw on her own fascinating life as a performer, a curious seeker, experienced yoga practitioner and adventures.... Growing up in the aftermath of the civil rights movement, the Atlanta native was immersed in the soulful oratory of the African-American community.
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I’m Julia of Bird in France, the little art business I started in 2017 when I first moved to France and realized it would be pretty much impossible to pursue my work with horses here as a foreigner. ( copious red tape etc)
The name came about as a play on my surname, ‘Bird’ which has given people lots of laughs over the years, so I thought it was time it came in useful!
I wanted to be an artist when I was still at school but at A level was pushed to do ‘academic’ subjects and pressured to drop the art, so all these decades later as I contemplated my crazy move to France, I decided it was now or never to have a go.
I love old things, the idea of something vintage having another life and fell in love with the beautiful old Breton slates, that have been used on roofs here for centuries.
Friends commissioned me to create a slate house sign for them and I started experimenting with paint and different techniques to see what would work best as it’s a rough, uneven material to work on and also quite dark.
I’m a country girl at heart and although I have lived in London, I’ve always been drawn back to the countryside and wild places, where I can observe nature close up and feel the earth under my feet.
The countryside where I live in Brittany inspires my art daily, from the birds that visit my garden to the wildflowers in my fields and the resident hedgehog, although I’m not too keen on the viper that appeared near my car in the driveway last year!!
I’ve been surrounded by animals most of my life, in the mid-seventies my parents attempted to become ‘self-sufficient’ like a popular tv series of the time called ‘ the good life’ so there was always a dog and a few cats curled up in front of the aga, so it seemed a natural progression when people started to ask me if I could paint their pets.
Pet portrait commissions have become another regular part of my work and I love creating pieces of treasured family members with paws.
I like to combine my love of repurposing and recycling old things with my pet portraits, so a lovely trio of dogs I did for a client in the UK is painted on a beautiful piece of old chestnut wood that came out of an old Breton farmhouse and is at least 200 years old.
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I am originally from Scotland, I grew up in England, Spent a few years in Dubai and I have now been in France for 5 years where I have put down some roots and started a family. I love to experiment with different mediums although have a keen preference for Acrylic on Canvas and Photography. My work is all about colour as I create bold pieces and really explore contrast, textures and blending in the world as I see it. I enjoy depicting animals, landscapes or patterns influenced by my extensive travels. My creative background has heavily influenced my style and methods of expression. I studied Education and Performing Arts at Bath Spa University. I am an ex early years teacher and I still very much enjoy passing on my passion to children through art workshops introducing children to the arts. I’ve also organised and been part of a number of street art festivals in UK and Dubai as well as worked as a set and costume designer for several theatre productions. Alongside all of this I am also a Published Author and Illustrator of 2 children's books as well as an accomplished Family and Event Photographer published in various magazines and media across Europe and Asia.
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In France children since the 19th century grew up with the stories of Comtesse de Ségur. The tales of Sophie the impish little girl always getting into trouble and trying to learn from her mistakes still shape generations.
Living at the Chateau des Nouettes in Normandy, a gift from her father as her children grew up and left to have their own families. In 1849, at 50 years old Sophie began to write stories for her grandchildren. Each of the stories had a moral and were not always filled with rainbows and butterflies. She used the names of her children and grandchildren in the stories but her most popular was based on her life and shared her name.
Growing up her mother was horrible. She was often locked in a room for days at a time without any food or water. In public she would be hit and ridiculed and all of that stayed with her and came out on the pages of her stories.
At first they were just for her family but they were quickly shared with others. Her husband was not the president of the Compagnie des Chemins de Fer de l’Est rail company. Friends with Louis Hachette who also started the very first publishing company in France, he read the stories and wanted to publish them. Hachette also had a big idea of setting up a newsstand in the Gare de Lyon, the first of its kind in 1852. That little newsstand turned into Relay which is found on four continents and over 1600 train & metro stations, hospitals and airports.
Hachette published her “new fairy tales” as she named them and sold them in his series of the Pink Library for children ages 6 to 12 that are still published today. Sophie’s deal with Hachette named her as the author and allowed her the copyright and royalties from all sales, unheard of for a woman at the time and in the following decades.
Today you can find a bust of the Comtesses de Ségur in the western corner of the Jardin du Luxembourg. Created by Jean Boucher, it was inaugurated in this spot in 1910.
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“Color is the defining element in my work and a common thread throughout my portfolio. I create abstract patterns using line and color, or dramatic portraits with extreme hues. Both drawing and painting are key in my work, and I aim to unite the two in my pieces.”
Anna Gillis was born and raised in the U.S. in California. She attended Lehigh University in Pennsylvania, where she studied Studio Art and Graphic Design. Following college, she moved to New York City where she worked for a fine art gallery. In 2019, she moved to Paris, where she currently lives and works.
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Lala Drona (b. 1988) is a Venezuelan-American painter and videaste, born in Denver, Colorado. After receiving a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Colorado, Lala Drona has since published and exhibited her work internationally. Most recently, her videos and paintings exploring digital spaces and the female gaze, were shown at the Cite des Arts de Paris.
Her paintings, videos, and writing explore “transitions between the virtual and the real” and “women in the digital world.” The totality of her artwork contributes to, and exists within a fictional universe and mythology established online and then recontextualized in the physical world through paint on canvas, performance, and sculpture. She is based in Paris, France.
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I’m American, but I’ve lived in Paris for 25 years and the stories I write are far off the tourist track. I tell tales of the invisible people – a one-man band in the Tuileries, a pickpocket near the Opéra, a lonely bus driver, a despairing spice vendor and an evil child in postwar Paris.
A former journalist for the Washington Post, I turned to fiction some years ago. A short story I wrote (about the one-man band) was selected by blind submission to appear in "Vengeance," edited by Lee Child, in the 2012 anthology of the Mystery Writers of America. I also am the co-winner of Noir Nation’s Golden Fedora Award for “The Wheels on the Bus,” and my story “A Day at the Office” appeared in the January issue of Mystery Weekly.
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To celebrate this lovely Valentine’s Day we are exploring more of the art of the Musée du Louvre and all the definitions of love that they convey. Last week we shared Psyché and Cupid, and today we uncovered a few more.
From Catherine de Medici and her monument to her husband’s heart that inspired a beloved Paris monument you all know today to the father’s love and appreciation for saving his daughter. Along with the painting of a king's beloved that always arises a few giggles and the throws of passion that are surrounded by suggestive hints. Each of these and more that we cover in episode 92 are filled with beauty and can be found in my favorite valentine, the Louvre.
You can even take this episode with you on your next visit to the Louvre and discover them on your own.
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Alison Grace Koehler is a stained glass poet, originally from Chicago and currently living and working in Paris, France. Her windows and glass installations can be found in private and public spaces around the city, as permanent fixtures and in temporary exhibitions. She fuses stained glass with poetry in her windows, hangings, and glass portraits, as well as in video and performance art pieces. Her first collection of poems, entitled Stained Glass Poetry, has recently been published by Paris Heretics.
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I was born in Peru but grew up in several countries throughout Europe and South America including Italy, Spain, Germany, Venezuela, Chile, Argentina, etc.
Throughout my life I had 3 constant dreams/ passions: that of becoming an artist or working in the Art world, cooking and moving to Paris. in 2002 I moved to NYC and met my husband Mike, we lived in NYC and then San Francisco where we both had a chance to develop careers in our passions (Mike with music as a sound engineer mixing and mastering albums and me in a creative environment as an event and floral designer)
I worked on many high profile events designing wonderful tablescapes for weddings, birthdays, and galas but my true love really was with visual arts. When we left San Francisco and I started my own company I vowed to use my workshop space and notoriety to sponsor young emerging local artists. I started producing and curating art exhibits whenever I had a chance, organizing cool openings with my event planning knowledge. Meanwhile Mike was accumulating a very large collection of vinyl records so he would come spin at my art openings and this when our "Vinyl Meets Art" adventure began.
As time went by and the country fell into a political climate we did not like, we decided that it might be the perfect time to finally make that dream of living in Paris come true. So in the summer of 2019 we packed our belongings, our massive album collection, books and whatever could fit in 4 suitcases, sold the rest and moved to the City of Light.
Little did we know things would not work out as planned. Between the greve of 2019 and the Covid Pandemic we were not able to advance career wise and we were spending too much money in Paris. The kids were not happy trapped in a 50sq. m apartment either.
This is when we decided to move to the countryside and invest our savings in something that combined both our passions: Vinyl and Art by opening The Flipside Vinyl Disquaire and Art Space in Toucy.
We've been open for 1 month and have been very well received and we plan to exhibit young artist in our small gallery space "La Galerie" and in the fall we'll start music/art workshops for children, as well as monthly music events.
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Vivian Maier stacks up next to many of the greatest photographers of our time, but she never planned on being seen. Born February 1, 1926 to a French mother and an Austrian-American father she would be remembered as never without her camera after the age of 10. Vivian’s parents separated when she was just three and in 1932 she left for her mother's native France. Influenced by Jeanne Bertrand an artist and photographer and close friend to her mother, she began to take photos around the small Haute Alps village.
In 1951, Vivian was hired as a nanny for a Southampton family. In 1956 she moved to Chicago and began to work with the Gensburg family and their three boys who would remain in her life until her death. A series of families followed and each move included her 200 boxes filled with every single piece of her life including hundreds of undeveloped film canisters.
In 2007, Jon Maloof, a young Chicago real estate investor bought a new house and wanted to write a history of the area and needed some old photos. At the auction house across the street, he found a large collection of negatives and film. He placed a bid on the largest box for $380 and that was the start of an obsessive hunt. Once he began to look at the photos he was stunned by how amazing they were. He tried to find info on the photographer but she was totally unknown.
In 2008, a year before she died Jon Maloof began to upload her photos one by one onto Flickr and became an instant sensation. In 2009 after he found her name it led to the Gensburg boys and they told him to take whatever they didn’t keep. Her life now came together before their eyes.
The rest of the world finally discovered Vivian in 2013 when Finding Vivian Maier's documentary came out and was a hit. There was a court case against Maloof wondering if he did enough to find her heirs and a foundation in her name and a scholarship created by Maloof. Today her collection is featured in museums around the world and recently in Paris at the Musée du Luxembourg which constantly had a line to attend.
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There are always a few women in history that are remembered for shaking things up a bit. Olympe de Gouges is definitely one of them and she did it back in the 18th century.
Born May 7, 1748 in Montauban, Marie-Olympe Mouisset wasn’t sure who her father was. At 17 in 1765 she married Louis-Yves Aubrey de Gourges. The next year son Pierre was born and just two years after their marriage her husband was swept away in a flood.
In 1770 she moved to Paris with her sister and became the belle of the Paris Salons. Jacques Biétrix de Rozières who was a director of a military transport company who wanted to marry the lovely Olympe but she knew she had more freedom as a writer as a widow than married.
Olympe began to speak up through her words and on the stage. Creating her own theater company of women that would perform her plays. Her first play was Zamore et Mirza. The story of slavery in the colonies that never took the stage. It was 1784 and the Comedie Francaise received death threats and the controversial play would have to wait but would still send her to the Bastille.
One play after another spoke out against women’s rights and those that couldn’t and would all lead her to her biggest accomplishment. As the Revolution neared she supported the monarchy until the day Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette tried to escape. She had hoped MA would support the rights of women including the freedom of speech, voting and running for office. The Rights of Men was published in August of 1789 and two years later Olympe would publish her own version.
On September 14, 1791 the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen was made public. The 17 articles were reimagined and many were the same as the mens, just changing the gender.
Of course this didn’t sit well with Robespiere and had her arrested on July 20, 1793. She was charged five days later with “writing works contrary to the wants and needs of the people”. A trial followed in October, but the end was laid out long before. On November 4, 1793 she walked the scaffolding to her death by guillotine. She would live on as a symbol for centuries as the woman that stood up for so many and laid the path for equality.
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Grace is the co-founder of INSPIRELLE, a website, and association that inspires, connects, and empowers an international community of women who live in France or share a love for all things French. Formerly a communications and marketing executive for major multinationals in Asia, she is now an independent communications and events consultant based in Paris. Originally from Chicago, she journeyed to Hong Kong to discover her Chinese family roots and Asia — to then meet her French husband. She has been living in Paris with her husband and two kids since 2009.
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In the second episode on the life of Sainte Genevieve we look at how she is remembered. When you visit the many churches of France you will find small marble plaques in many of the chapels. The Ex-votos are messages of appreciation to a certain saint or to Christ. These can also come in other forms as well.
There are many dedicated to Sainte Genevieve all over Paris in statues, art and even a grand piece of architecture. After her relics were used to save the city and country, members of the government and royalty thought it was a smart PR move to align themselves with Sainte Genevieve.
The largest ex-voto was as a result of a promise made by Louis XV. On August 17, 1744. At war with Austria, Louis XV fell deathly ill in the city of Metz. He said a prayer that if he survived he would have a church built and dedicated to Sainte Genevieve. He survived and kept his promise, but it took ten years before the funds were requested and another ten before anything began.
She didn’t stay there long and it was changed to the temple dedicated to the great men of France. However, you can find her inside on the walls where four artists told the beloved saint's life on the vast walls.
Depicted in paintings going back to the 16th century she is hung on the walls of museums and churches and her statue guard the edge of the city and in many chapels across Paris.
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Today, January 3 on the 1,510th anniversary of the death of Sainte Genevieve we begin a special two part episode of the life of the Patron Saint of Paris.
She stands on the banks of the Seine guarding the edge of Paris. Geneviève, the patron saint of Paris, was born in the year 434 in Nanterre, west of Paris. At the age of 7 she was blessed by St Germain, bishop of Auxerre, and from then on she dedicated her life to God Following the death of her parents a young Geneviève moved to Paris to live with her godmother, Lutetia.
As a child she was visited in visions by angels and saints and her family and village thought she was crazy. Saint Germain l’Auxerrois was always a supporter spreading the word that she was a child of God to be listened to. Marcellus, Bishop of Paris appointed her to care and look after the welfare of virgins, but it would be her future deed that gives her place as the patron saint of Paris . In 451, Atilla the Hun and his army were on their way to Paris to take the city.
The young Geneviève gathered the frightened Parisians together to pray. Atilla's Huns changed their plans and headed to Orleans, saving Paris. In 464 she would do it again, this time during Childeric’s siege of Paris. She took a boat to Brie and Troyes numerous times, buying grain and returning to Paris and through his blockade to feed the starving people.
Genevive died on January 3, 512 and was buried alongside King Clovis and his wife Queen Clotilde.
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I came to France years ago after completing a B.A. in French to study at a 200-year-old French business school. My business career centered around corporate and private banking in Paris.
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Paris itself is a living museum. Filled with over 150 museums and the streets that ooze with history and architecture spanning centuries. Before we had my beloved Musée du Louvre we had the churches that filled their walls with art from some of the biggest artists of the time. The Louvre opened in 1793 and over three hundred years before Notre Dame de Paris opened its doors.
Art of the past was very different then it is now. Today it is just as much about the artist itself sometimes selling for millions of dollars just because of their name. Centuries ago the only way for an artist to be seen was in the churches and the Salons. For this we are very lucky and you can see some of the greatest French painters for free by just popping into a few of the churches in Paris.
In the newest episode of Paris History Avec a Hemingway on La Vie Creative podcast we talk about many of the ones you should search out when you arrive. You can discover the painter of Louis XIV Charles Le Brun in Saint Nicolas du Chardonnet where he was also laid to rest. The designer of Vaux le Vicomte was appointed by the king to bring the vision of Versailles to life as well as the Galerie d’Apollon in the Louvre where you can find another master.
Eugene Delacroix was the leader of the Romantic movement and believed the best way for an artist to be remembered was to hang large scale pieces in public spaces. In 1824 Delacroix was commissioned to create a painting for Saint Paul Saint Louis. On the left of the transept above the door is Delacroix’s Le Christ au Jardin des Olivers shows why he is the master of Romanticism.
A short walk away in the Saint-Denys-du-Saint-Sacrement church is Delacroix’s take on the familiar scene of La Pietà depicting the body of Christ in the arms of the Virgin after he is pulled down from the cross, was painted directly onto the wall of the Saint Genevieve chapel.
Of course his greatest work was inside the Eglise Saint Sulpice that he created in those last years of his life.
Listen to the newest episode to hear all about these paintings and more.
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I’ve been cooking since I was a little girl, influenced by my Indian mother who was pretty much always in the kitchen. I was raised on a predominantly vegetarian diet which is normal in Indian culture. While we did eat meat and dairy, they didn’t play the starring roles in meals and my mother was very strict about eating an array of fresh vegetables. She was the queen of substituting, always trying to make classic dishes healthier. She laid a solid foundation for me so that when I was college, while working a full-time job and doing an internship, I’d still come home late and cook.
Born into an international family with an American father and an Indian mother, my childhood was divided between India and various states in the U.S. At 29 years old, I’ve continued to chronically move, have lived in 5 different countries and have never lived in any one place longer than two years.
But there is one place I’m deeply enchanted with. I first visited France the summer after I graduated from high school and like so many, immediately fell in love. I’d always been a dreamer and loved poetry, art, books, and style but I’d never been somewhere where those things were so truly celebrated as Paris. I felt a belonging in France that I’d never experienced. I had signed up to take German courses in university but immediately switched to French when I returned home. I would go on to study abroad in Lyon and graduated with a major in Global Studies and a minor in French.
Like many college kids, I worked an array of odd jobs through-out university and took a corporate marketing job immediately after graduating. I was extremely unhappy and decided to look for online freelance work that would allow me to travel. It was then that I started teaching English online, an opportunity that allowed me to spend a winter living in a small village in France. After a few years of teaching online while globetrotting, I had my daughter. My husband and I knew we needed more stability but didn’t want to give up our international life, so I took a physical teaching job in China. Our “stability” lasted only six months before the pandemic hit and we were forced to leave our lives in China and return home to the United States. That was exactly a year ago and we’ve been in a sort of limbo since.
During the lockdowns, to distract myself from the upheaval of our lives, I picked up a stack of French cookbooks from the library and started playing with recreating the recipes into vegan versions. We had adopted a vegan diet after my husband got a bad bout of food poisoning from meat and requested that we only eat vegan food for a month. However, we felt so good and enjoyed vegan cooking so much that we decided to adopt the plant-based lifestyle. But we did miss French food, something that we had cooked often as Francophiles. Through my lockdown project, I got to combine my passions for French culture and plant-based cooking. It was and is an adventure in a largely unexplored territory, one that allows endless creativity and opportunities to learn. I decided to start sharing my creations on Instagram through which I’ve plugged into a lovely, inspiring world of creatives and Francophiles.
**I’ve been creating vegan, French-inspired recipes for a year and am amazed at what I’ve learned in that time. While I’ve never worked so hard at anything in my life, I’ve also never felt more inspired or content. I can’t fathom ever stopping and can only feel great excitement about how much I could learn and do in this niche over a lifetime. I’ve dreamt of permanently moving to France since my first visit, a dream my husband shares with me. While we work towards a life in France, I challenge myself to daily to learn, grow and create.
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One hundred years ago today, on 20 December 1921, the newlywed Hemingway’s arrived in Paris. After almost two weeks on the S.S. Leopoldina that left New York on December 8th the two finally arrived in the City of Light. Relying on Hadley and her eight years of French, the two found their way through day to day life. Friend and author Sherwood Anderson armed Hem with letters of introduction to other American expats and even made them a reservation at the Hotel Jacob et d’Angleterre on the Rue Jacob in Saint Germain-des-Près.
Filled with fellow Americans, the hotel fittingly sits on the same spot that Benjamin Franklin and John Adams worked on the Treaty of Paris in 1783 that would end the American Revolution. When Ernest and Hadley stayed it was just 12 francs a day and in a bit of disrepair. Holes in the staircase carpet that Hem would call “traps for drunk guests”, but the price was right. Today the staircase and the inner garden is still the same, although they have changed the carpet.
On those cold days of December the two would walk the streets of St Germain “arm through arm, peering into courts and stopping in front of little shop windows”. Dining almost nightly at the nearby Le Près aux Clercs on the corner of Rue Bonaparte and Rue Jacob, just steps from their hotel. They could get a fantastic meal for just 12 francs and dine like royalty..
Those next few months and years are the most documented of his life. The countless books change the facts or add in a bit of their own point of view. Listen to the newest episode of Paris History Avec a Hemingway on La Vie Creative Podcast to hear about these early days when everything was “poor and happy”.
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I graduated from Yale University in 2018 as a double major in History and French and will soon be attending law school in the US. I have a deep personal connection to France and have spent a long time living in both Aix-en-Provence and Paris, studying abroad and later working at a Parisian law firm. I am in love with the French language and culture and also feel very attached to the people, owing to all the wonderful relationships I have cultivated during my time there.
I started Art & Style with the objective of sharing my passion for the art, fashion, and food scene in Paris. Art & Style is a nouveau concept that integrates the best of magazines, blogs, and PR into a single platform. I publish long-form content like articles and profiles on my website and use Instagram to promote up-and-coming artists, brands, restaurants, influencers, and other Parisian creatives in a bite-sized format. When I am not reporting on the creative wonders of Paris for Art & Style, I work as a freelance writer for fashion, art, food, and lifestyle publications.
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Many of the female artists we have shared on Paris History Avec a Hemingway on La Vie Creative Podcast have been hidden behind their male contemporaries. Sonia Delaunay is just as well known as her husband Robert, but there was a whole side to her art that I had never noticed before.
Sonia Stern born November 14, 1885 in the Ukraine. Her parents were working class and at 5 years old her mother gave her up for adoption to her wealthy uncle Henri Terk. Henri showed the young Sonia a life of art and culture and exposed her to an education she would not have received from her working class parents. At 18 she was fluent in four languages and was off to the Academy of Fine arts in Karlsruhe, Germany in 1904.
The next year she was in Paris at the Academie de la Palette. The same year Wilhelm Uhde arrived in Paris from Germany and opened a gallery on Rue Notre Dame des Champs and purchased his first Picasso and built a collection and circle of friends that would include Sonia. In 1908 she and Wilhelm married, a marriage of convenience between friends. Sonia wanted to avoid returning to Russia and Wilhelm needed to conceal his homosexuality. That same year she met French artist Robert Delaunay.
On November 15, 1910 Robert and Sonia married but she and Wilhelm remained close for the rest of their lives. Sonia had already begun painting and exhibiting at the Salon and the couple now influenced and inspired each other as a force few had seen in Paris. Sonia was constantly looking for other ways to share her art. She moved from the canvas to every other form of art she could find.
Her focus would turn to home furnishings, fabric, clothing and even cars. During WWI while in Spain she opened Casa Sonia, selling her fabrics and home goods and opened 4 locations.
Inside the Musée du Louvre while most of the greats were inspired by the masters, she was drawn to the jewelry of Egypt and Messopotamia. In 1964 she was given the first living female artist exhibition inside the walls of the museum that inspired her. Even Picasso didn’t exhibit in the Louvre until 1971.
Hear her entire story today at La Vie Creative Podcast - Paris History Avec a Hemingway.
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Rhonda Findling is the author of the bestselling and internationally acclaimed "Don’t Call That Man! A Survival Guide To Letting Go" which has been translated into eight languages.
She is also the author of "Don't Text That Man! A Guide To Self Protective Dating in the Age of Technology", "When He Can't Commit: What To Do When You Fall For An Ambivalent Man", "Men Who Run From Love: How To Have A Relationship With A Relationship Phobic Man", "Don't Lose That Man: How Women Sabotage Their Opportunities For Successful Romantic Relationships And What They Can Do To Change", "Portrait of My Desire", "Smithtown Girl" and the "Don't Text That Man!" app.
Rhonda is a psychotherapist with an international practice based out of Atlanta, Georgia. She has a bachelors degree in psychology from Stonybrook University in New York and a masters degree in clinical psychology from Roosevelt University in Chicago. She worked as a staff psychotherapist for Post Graduate Center for Mental Health in New York City for 13 years. Rhonda has also worked as a psychologist for the State of New York for 3 years and United Cerebral Palsy of NYC for 1 year. She was a counselor at Victims Information Bureau where she counseled victims of rape, sexual assault, and spouse abuse.
Rhonda has taught courses on psychology and counseling at Marymount College and Berkeley College in New York City. She has presented training for professionals based on her clinical work at the 70th Annual Group Psychotherapy and Psychodrama Conference, the 15th European Symposium on Group Analysis and the Training Institute for Mental Health in New York City. She has led workshops and seminars (including the Learning Annex, the 92nd St. Y and Hazelden) in New York, L.A., Paris, Berlin, and London. Rhonda is also the author of several bestselling courses on DailyOM.com
Rhonda has been featured in the New York Post, Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, Newsday, Rocky Mountain News, Cosmopolitan Magazine, PovitchUS Weekly.com, Forbes.com, Latina Magazine, Glamour (UK and Paris editions) Le Progress, Life and Style, Femina and Today's Black Woman. Her articles have appeared in Complete Woman Magazine, Essence, and International Living. com.
Rhonda has appeared on several national talk shows including CNN Headline News, Ricki Lake, Geraldo,Povich, Eye Witness News, Good Day New York, Carnie, Ilyana, Tempest and Judith Regan Tonight. She has also been a guest on radio shows nationwide.
Rhonda studied acting at HB Studios, Stella Adler Studio Of Acting in New York City and at St. Nicholas Theater in Chicago where she studied with William H. Macy. She’s appeared in several community theater productions on Long Island, New York and off-off Broadway productions in Chicago. She is also the author of the play The Psychic that was produced by Caicedo Productions and Doubletime Productions at the American Theatre of Actors in New York City. Rhonda has taken classes in directing, screenwriting, and filmmaking at New School University and Film and Video Arts Inc.
Rhonda was the host, producer and co-editor of "The Help Me Rhonda Show" webseries/docushort which was the official selection for three web series festivals and a semi-finalist for the 2017 Fade-In Awards. "The Help Me Rhonda Show" is available on Vimeo and Amazon.
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35 years ago this week the Musée d’Orsay opened to the impressionist, loving public for the first time. It’s hard to image a time when the museum wasn’t part of the landscape of central Paris with the lovely clocks standing over the Seine.
The first stone of the Palais d’Orsay was laid April 4, 1810 but the fall of Napoleon would delay the finish until 1838. The Council d’Etat decided to move in to finally complete the building in 1842. Less than three decades later the beautiful building would be destroyed. On the night of May 23, 1871 the fires of the Commune engulfed the building and for 27 years the burnt out remains of the Palais d’Orsay remained.
In 1898 it was finally destroyed and while Paris was in the heyday of the Belle Epoque, the upcoming 1900 Universal Exposition was quickly approaching and a central train station was needed. French architect Victor Laloux was selected to create the first electric train station complete with a 370 room hotel. The metal structure was covered in stone and would only take a record 2 years to complete, with men working around the clock.
Laloux was tasked with creating a building that would fit into its elegant surroundings as well as balance with the Musée du Louvre seen just across the Seine. Running for almost 40 years, with over 200 trains a day it would stop in 1939 and again a team of people would argue over what to do with it.
On October 20, 1977 it was decided to turn the former station into a museum, bridging the Louvre to the Centre Pompidou. Three architects, Colbac, Bardon & Philippon embraced the structure that Laloux designed, keeping his many elements including the stone roses that rise up the walls. The salles and aisle was completely reimagined and now filled with art from 1848-1914 much of which once graced the salles of the Louvre. On October 9, 1986, the doors of the Orsay were opened to the public and today thousands of people come each day to see the art of Van Gogh, the Impressionists and statues of the Second Empire. The idea of taking a building associated with noise and movement and turning it into one of quiet reflection and beauty is something only the French know how to do.
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Marie Laurencin is known for her lovely pastel dreamy paintings but she was also able to do something few female artists were able to do. Marie was accepted into the folds of the biggest artists of the time and held her own.
Born on October 31, 1883 she showed very early, against her mothers wishes, a talent for art. At 18 she enrolled in the porcelain painting school at Sévres, much like Renoir started. The next year she joined the Humbert Academy and met fellow artists Georges Braque and Francis Picabia who led her into the art circles of Paris.
Gallery owner Clovis Sagot on Rue Laffitte gave Marie her first exhibition where she would meet Picasso, Delauney, Rousseau, Max Jacobs. and poet Guillaume Apollinaire. Marie inspired the struggling writer and served as his muse over their six year relationship. Her first painting she ever sold featured the poet surrounded by his friends, Picasso, Fernande Olivier, Stein, Gillot and Cremnitz and was purchased by Gertrude Stein.
Spending a brief period in the Cubist and Fauvist movement she later named her style “nymphism”. Staying close to what she liked she used her favorite colors, pink, grey, blue and white and predominantly painted women and girls. As a child she would keep beads and ribbons in her pocket, always gravitating to pretty things.
In the 20’s & 30’s she was commissioned to paint portraits of the Paris elite which she didn’t like. Instead of painting them how they wanted to be seen, she painted them as she saw them. Chanel asked her to paint her and when it was complete she refused to pay her for it. As one that controlled her story and her image that was always seen through a filter she didn’t like the stern look on her face. The painting would end up in the collection of Paul Guillaume and hanging in the Musée de l’Orangerie today.
Marie’s life story is greatly overshadowed by her many relationships but her art should never be forgotten. The airy dream like pastel paintings of dancing ladies always bring a smile to your face when they are discovered.
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Cygnet Theatre was founded in Paris by an international group of theatre artists looking to create, develop, and perform plays in the classical repertoire. The company is run by a board of administration, and all members of the team serve a creative function vital to Cygnet Theatre’s ability to thrive.
Following the success of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the decision was made to form a company to produce high quality theatre in the heart of Paris. During the Summer Seasons, Cygnet performs in the beautiful Jardin des Arènes de Montmartre.
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Born and raised in Vancouver, I still struggle to name the surrounding mountains but can list the local theatres with ease. Theatre has always felt like a homecoming to me. After graduating with a BFA in Acting from the University of British Columbia in 2017, the heaviness of a four-year program left little room inside me for creative passion, s0 I did what seemed most logical at that moment… I ran away to Paris.
Amidst the culture and chocolate crepes, I discovered it was possible to become a theatre artist on my own terms. Cygnet Theatre is the product of six like-minded individuals, all at different points in our artistic journeys, who came to that same realization. Our varied backgrounds and individual strengths challenge us daily, but ultimately they are also the steadfast foundation of a company that was unimaginable until my feet hit these cobblestone streets.
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Sharon decided to celebrate her 60th birthday with a six-month hiatus from her life in NYC. She stayed in an apartment in Paris for two of those months, exploring the city on foot, via metro –and eventually on city bikes. Fortuitously, she met other Americans living in Paris, who helped her tremendously. Three years later, she co-founded AmericanConcierge.com to make it easier [and more fun] for others, who like herself, want to get the most out of their time in Paris. We chat about what it's like to run a travel planning company in Paris, France.
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Paris is filled with museums and a few stand out over the rest. Of course, there is my love, the Musée du Louvre, and the Orsay and smaller ones like the Picasso and the Delacroix. However, one that might not be on the list for those heading to Paris for just a few days but should be is the Musée Rodin.
On today’s new episode of Paris History Avec a Hemingway on La Vie Creative Podcast we jump into the history of the museum and the life it had before Rodin discovered it.
The Musée Rodin is housed in the Hotel Biron but that's not where the story begins. Wealthy wig maker Abraham Peyrene de Moras was also a close confidant of Louise Francoise de Bourbon, the legitimized daughter of Louis XIV and past podcast subject, Madame de Montespan. Moras tapped architect Jean-Jacques Aubert who also designed the nearby Palais Bourbon for Louise Francoise. Between 1727 & 1732 on the Rue de Varenne outside the city of Paris, the Louis XIV-style mansion was built.
Moras only enjoyed it for a few years before he died in 1736 and his widow rented it to Louise-Benedicte de Bourbon-Condé, wife of another legitimate child of XIV. It was Louise that would add the beautiful carved wood moldings and paintings above the doors that still remain today.
In 1753 the Marshall de Biron purchased it and it was under Biron that the gardens came to life. The mansion survived the Revolution, the Russian embassy moved in for a year then the Sisters of the Sacred Heart for 84 years before they were asked to leave, and then in 1905 the artists arrived.
Jean Cocteau was the first to move in and he told Isadore Duncan and Matisse who taught classes here. On October 15, 1908, its most famous resident arrived. Cocteau had told the 68-year-old sculptor about the wonderful building flooded with light. Rodin moved into the ground level 4 rooms that face the garden.
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Sarah Donnelly is an American stand-up comedian, writer and actress who performs in English and in French.
Sarah is the co-creator and writer of the Audible Original series God Save My English with Paul Taylor, now in its second season and one of the best sellers on Audible France.
Sarah is also the co-creator of Becoming Maman, a comedy show and podcast about raising French kids in Paris when you are not French.
In 2018, she toured with Gad Elmaleh as his opener for the European leg of his international Dream Tour. She has also opened for Louis CK, Ted Alexandro, Brody Stevens, Tom Rhodes, and Keith Alberstadt.
In 2016 she wrote and performed her sold-out, one-hour stand-up comedy show called Help! I Married a Frenchman, which received runner-up for the Best English Comedy Show in Paris by Expatriates Magazine. In 2017 Sarah was a writer and actress for the first-ever English language comedy show produced by the French network Canal+ starring Paul Taylor called “What the Fuck France ”.
Sarah has worked on scripts for 2P2L and BlackPills productions, including an English Kev Adams series called “Super High”.
Originally from Washington, D.C., Sarah has performed comedy at venues all over the U.S., Europe, and Asia, including shows at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, New York City’s Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, the Olympia, and at comedy clubs and theatres in the UK and Northern Ireland, France, Luxembourg, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, The Netherlands, and Hong Kong.
Finally, she’s got two French kids and a French husband, who give her all the comedic material she could ever need.
Anyone in Paris can see Sarah LIVE in her new one hour stand-up comedy show “The Only American in Paris” at the Jardin Sauvage Sunday November 21st at 7pm or 8:30pm. You can reserve tickets here: https://www.billetweb.fr/sarah-donelly
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Harriet Welty Rochefort grew up and was educated in the Midwest (B.A. University
of Michigan, Ann Arbor and M.S.J. Northwestern Medill School of Journalism). A
French-American dual citizen, she has lived in France since 1973 with her French
husband Philippe. They have 3 sons, Nicolas, a neurologist in Marseilles, Benjamin,
a computer specialist in Montreal, David, an editor and novelist (chez Gallimard NRF)
in Paris, and 6 grandchildren.
An author, Harriet has written three humorous but informative books about her life in
France. and the cultural differences she has perceived as an American
« embedded » in France.
Her bestselling account of her first impressions of France, French Toast: An
American in Paris Celebrates the Maddening Mysteries of the French, remained in
hardcover for 11 years, appearing in paperback in 2010. Diane Johnson, the
bestselling author of Le Divorce, called French Toast « a classic » and « the gold
standard of books about the French ».
It was followed by French Fried: The Culinary Capers of an American in Paris, a
personal account of French wining and dining viewed from her mother-in-law’s
kitchen and interviews with leading French food and wine experts.
Her third book, Joie de Vivre (2012), delves into the French penchant for enjoying life
with style and panache. Publisher’s Weekly wrote that « Rochefort...is a foreign
observer of what it means to be French and, with wit and a unique insight, offers
advice on loving life the way her adopted country does. »
Published by St. Martin’s Press, all three of Harriet’s books about French manners
and mores have been translated into Chinese. A French version of French Toast
was published by Editions Ramsay in 2005
Inspired by true events that took place in the seething cauldron of the southwest of
France three months before the D-Day victory and the tragedy of Oradour-sur-Glane,
Harriet’s first novel, Final Transgression: One Woman’s Tragic Destiny in War-torn
France, was published in May 2020. In his endorsement of the novel, eminent
historian Robert O. Paxton, author of Vichy France: Old Guard and New Order calls it
“historically well-grounded” and a “vigorous and compelling tale.”
Harriet is a member of several professional writers’ organizations. They include PEN,
The Authors Guild, and the Anglo-American Press Association in Paris where she
served on the board for many years.
A freelance journalist, Harriet has written scores of articles on French business,
culture, travel and lifestyle for leading magazines and newspapers, including the
International Herald Tribune (now the International New York Times), The Atlanta
Journal and Constitution, Huffington Post, and Time magazine where she worked as
a reporter in the Paris bureau for more than ten years. For Time, she covered many
different stories including the Klaus Barbie trial in Lyons, the arrival of Disneyland
near Paris and the controversy over the building of the Pei Pyramid in the courtyard
of the Louvre.
As a teacher and speaker, Harriet taught a reporting course in the international
program of the Ecole de Journalisme of the renowned Institut d’Etudes Politiques de
Paris (Sciences Po) from 2007 to 2011. She regularly gives lively lectures on France
and French-American cultural differences to associations, travel groups, and
university programs, such as the Sweet Briar Year Abroad, Smith/ParisTech Telecom
and the International Media Seminar at the American University in Paris where she is
invited each year as the keynote speaker. She has spoken about her books at many
venues in the U.S. and in France, including the American Library in Paris Evenings
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La Cuisine Paris, founded in 2009, is the Capitols top rated leisure French cooking school specializing in French Culinary experiences in English. Located in the heart of Paris, and welcoming visitors from all over the world, we share the passion of French cuisine and culture. A small international team, with different backgrounds and experiences, who all work with a common value: the desire to share their "savoir faire" and passion with you.
**Jane Bertch is an American with European roots with over 20 years of living and working in Europe. Having geographically diverse international experiences, Jane started her career in Financial Services, and in 2009 she took the leap to embark on Entrepreneurial endeavors and started La Cuisine Paris. She is very active in the Paris business and Entrepreneurial environment and in her spare time guest lectures on business and culture as well as is mentors and coaches other leaders in the SMB network.
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Kyra is the founding Paris Artistic Director of Dance Theatre Surreality. A choreographer, teacher, and performer, she collaborates with artists from a wide range of disciplines on feminist and spiritual themes. Her works have been presented at various Parisian art galleries and theaters, as well as in Detroit, her city of origin. Kyra leads consent and bodily autonomy workshops in France and the United States and is a full-time contemporary dance teacher in the Paris region. She has recently earned her French State Diploma in dance pedagogy and holds a Masters in Translation from Université Paris VII and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Michigan.
Project title: solo-cum-trio
Goals: solo-cum-trio is a community engagement performance project. This work seeks to raise awareness of holistic healing techniques, mental health, and self-defense in underserved communities in Vitry-sur-Seine and the La Chappelle neighborhood of Paris through a Franco-American movement research and wellness cultural exchange.
Description: solo-cum-trio uses dance to explore three spiritual archetypes: the healer, the saboteur, and the warrior. The work brings together experts from the fields of holistic healing, psychology, and martial arts at the service of the community.
Choreographer Kyra Hauck is being hosted in residency by Espace Canopy, an art gallery in Paris, in August-December 2021. The gallery is providing rehearsal space to develop the work, as well as a performance venue. Performance events will include self-defense and martial arts workshops provided for free to the community and round table discussions with panelists from each field. The performance, workshop, and round table will be projected on a double-facing screen at Espace Canopy and streamed simultaneously at the host institution in New York City, TheaterLab, as well as online.
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Cléophée is an interior designer and mother, born and raised in Paris. She has been living overseas with her Australian partner for almost a decade and working in the commercial interior design industry in Australia and in London.
She came back to Paris to welcome their first child in 2019. In this new stage of life and having a family of her own, she realized the importance of the sense of home. She then naturally transitioned her work to residential design and founded the Cléo Interior Design studio.
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Take a walk through history as we talk about the famous cafes of Paris including Café de Flore, Les Deux Magots, Brasserie Lipp, L’Avant Comptoir de la Terre.
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Valerio Lysander is a chamber pop singer/songwriter. Based in London but originally from Italy, Valerio has built his career in the UK and abroad, performing in England, Scotland, Italy, France, Germany, Norway, the Netherlands and Hungary.
In 2016 he was among the 10 nominees for Best Male in the Best of British Unsigned Awards and Ryan, new single released in the same year, was broadcasted by BBC Introducing. In 2017 he was among the finalists of the Coffee Music Project and Pride’s Got Talent, and performed in Trafalgar Square for Pride in London and on the main stage of Manchester Pride.
In 2018 he successfully founded a new album with a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter. Many songs from the album, titled “We Are Like Coloured Moths Towards The Sunlight” and released on 21st July 2018, were broadcasted on BBC Radio, including If You Were Me You Would Be, a song about the hardship of being a musician in modern society.
In 2019 he released the new EP “When the Clouds Will Gather I Will Drink the Rain” and was broadcasted on BBC6 with his single Fools.
Valerio is also a vocal coach teaching in London (UK) and Rome (Italy).
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In the spring of 1972, my grandparents ventured off for a trip to Paris for the very first time. My grandfather being the ever-curious traveler, he loved spending his days exploring the cobbled streets that he could walk on for hour after endless hour, and his daily one-man gratinee de l’ogninon hunt looking for the best bowl he could find in Paris. Wondering the streets taking countless photo after photo and documenting what he did in his journals, he fully lived and took in all the amazing things that Paris has to offer. On April 22, 1972 he made a note. “bought Claudine a Paris dress, hat and little shoes today” I wish I could remember what that dress looked like. I’m sure it was very chic and maybe also was the basis of my love of shoes, but it certainly started my love of Paris.
My grandfather would wake up early, while my grandmother still slept and he would grab his camera bag and take off to explore the city. Stopping to sit outside with a coffee and a croissant, watching the people scurry by on their way to work. Climbing to the top of Notre-Dame de Paris and getting the many gargoyles frozen on film and overlooking the horizon of zinc-covered roofs, bridge after bridge, and the Eiffel Tower as the little crown on the landscape.
So then, we come to me, the girl with the French name that dreamed her whole life of France and Paris. My grandpa would show me all his pictures and tell me about Notre Dame, Napoleon, the perfect baguettes, and the lovely people he met in Paris.
Today when I am in Paris, I take a handful of his pictures with me and go back to the same exact place where he would stand and hold up that picture against the same fountain or statue that he looked at. And while he is no longer here with us today, every step I take in Paris I feel like I am walking in his footsteps within him beside me. Paris is a place I fell in love with before I ever sat on a terrace with a glass of Bordeaux looking at the sunset behind Eiffel Tower because of his stories and his photos. And the most beautiful thing of Paris is that as much as it changes, it stays the same. The history of Paris, the art and the beauty that is the Paris I want to share with everybody else, after all it runs in through our veins.
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Born into a Francophile winemaking family, Pirrie has always had a passion for fashion and old-world glamour. Under the amazing tutelage of Est Ovest Style’s co-owners, and coupled with her innate work drive, she found her passion for trends and for styling and fit for every unique body. From Portland Oregon, she moved to New York City and assisted one of the top stylists at the prestigious Bergdorf Goodman.
Pirrie is now living in Paris and working as a personal and editorial stylist. She works with all brands and budgets. Whether on a video set or in someone's closet, she loves being able to help people make the most of the pieces they have and most importantly feel great. With a young eye for aesthetic and trend she is excited to take on whatever the Paris fashion scene may bring. In her newest venture, Pirrie will be operating Est Ovest Paris; offering services ranging from virtual styling to curated fashion tours of the city. She can't wait to help you find that "je ne sais quoi".
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**Alecia McKenzie is a Jamaican writer based in France.
Her first collection of short stories, Satellite City, and her novel Sweetheart have both won Commonwealth literary prizes. Sweetheart has been translated into French (*Trésor***) and was awarded the Prix Carbet des lycéens in 2017.
Other books include Stories From Yard (first published in Italian translation as Racconti giamaicani*),* Doctor’s Orders and When the Rain Stopped in Natland*. Her most recent novel is* A Million Aunties**.
Her work has also appeared in a range of literary magazines and in anthologies such as Stories from Blue Latitudes, The Oxford Book of Caribbean Short Stories, Bridges, Global Tales, Girls Night In, and To Exist is to Resist**.
She was longlisted for the Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award in 2019.**
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A little about me…I first moved to Paris in Fall 2012 for a semester abroad program. At the time, I had absolutely no idea how I would fall completely head-over-heels in love with the city. I returned the following summer for another study abroad program. It was during that time that I first imagined myself living in Paris full time.
Life happened, but I never let go of my dream of living in Paris. Five years later, the stars aligned for me and I moved from Dallas, Texas to Paris. My daily routine in here is full of new challenges, adventures, and excitement. It’s pushed me outside of my comfort zone and allowed me to truly connect with myself and pursue my passions and dreams. Not every day is extraordinary, but I’m lucky to live in a city with as much energy and history as Paris.
My goal is to show you “my” Paris – my discoveries, favorites, and some of the lessons I learn. Even on the most mundane or average day I find inspiration in being here.
While it didn’t happen overnight, I’m lucky that for work I get to do what I love. I’m freelance writer, photographer, marketing consultant, and bespoke travel planner.
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I’ll always be a Texan at heart, but for now, I couldn’t be happier about the French life that I’m building.
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Frances is a Latina powerhouse creative with over 30 years of experience in the arts and entertainment industry spanning theater, cinema, and video games. She has a passion for creating rich and dynamic story worlds that conjure curiosity and inspire play. She is co-founder and CEO of Eat the Cake Studio, a women-run immersive entertainment studio dedicated to redefining the experience of storytelling and audience engagement. Frances is also passionate about history and thrives in showcasing fascinating women from history at the heart of her projects. Performing artist, scriptwriter, businesswoman, and even mixologist... Her unconventional path through life has made her versatile, curious, and always ready for a challenge!
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Eat the Cake Studio’s signature universe is Versailles Imagined, an immersive universe around Versailles and one of its most iconic residents, Marie Antoinette. In 2019, Eat the Cake Studio began production on LET THEM EAT CAKE - THE SHOW, an intimate immersive show set around Marie Antoinette and the French Revolution. With the pandemic, the company had to put the live production on hold and pivoted to creating immersive, interactive online content with their show cast, including BEAUTY AND GOSSIP FROM THE 18TH CENTURY - an Airbnb Online experience; LADIES OF VERSAILLES, an online encounter with Marie Antoinette and her favorites (also available in person!), and SCANDAL AT VERSAILLES: IN THE SHADOW OF THE GUILLOTINE: a create-your-own-adventure multimedia online experience based on the scandal that rocked the court: The Affair of the Necklace (currently in development.) They plan to launch a Western-based universe shortly and they hope to restart production on their live show soon!
If you are in Paris and you would like to spend a couple of hours living like royalty with the Queen or one of her favorites, then look no further! Eat the Cake Studio will make those wishes come true!
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Rosa Jackson never looked back after tasting her first coffee éclair at the age of four, when her family came to live in Paris for a year. After working as a food writer for a daily newspaper in Canada, she moved to France in 1995 and founded Paris Market Tours (now Edible Paris), which was the first company to offer tours of the city’s food markets.
Rosa long dreamed of combining market tours with cooking classes, and chose Nice for its vibrant food market and unique culinary traditions influenced by Italy and other Mediterranean cultures. After more than ten years of teaching, her greatest satisfaction comes from knowing that her students from all over the world are now preparing local specialties such as pissaladière (caramelized onion tart), socca (chickpea pancake) and of course petits farcis, the famous stuffed vegetables after which Rosa named her Nice cooking studio.
Always preferring quality over quantity, Rosa has slowly expanded her business to include collaborators who are equally passionate about the local cuisine and culture.
During her parallel career as a France-based food writer, Rosa has edited several editions of the Time Out Paris Eating and Drinking guide and contributed to publications such as Food & Wine, Eating Well, The Financial Times, Australian Gourmet Traveller, and has been a columnist for France Magazine.
In the past few years Rosa has developed a passion for nutrition and she recently obtained a Certificate in Dietary Counselling at the Institute of Health Sciences in Dublin. Her classes are peppered with advice on how select the healthiest ingredients and prepare them in ways that preserve their nutrients and minimize intolerances.
Rosa has published three cookbooks in French with Marabout, a division of Hachette. Her Gourmet Paris guide won the 2007 Gourmet World Cookbook award for best travel guidebook.
She continues to offer custom guided tours of Paris and, from her studio in the heart of Old Nice, a range of French cooking classes for lovers of French cuisine.
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CC Aoustin is a native New Yorker, growing up in a melting pot of cultures in and out of her home. She has a BA from Queens College, in psychology and Fine Arts. She attended New York University’s Masters in Art Therapy Program, where she practiced for 13 years until moving to France. She reconnected with art through photography, by creating her own backdrops. Caroline has exhibited her art in NYC & Paris. And now happily living the French dream, she didn’t even know she had!
PARTOUT - A collective of Anglophone women artists, based in Paris. Having found each other via Facebook during the pandemic, where culture seems to be cancelled, we converged to find a means to exhibit together. We stepped out of our solitary artistic shells, to unite, collaborate and support our creative endeavors individually and as a whole.
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The Chateau Versailles, just the name evokes glamour, golden splendor and the regal days of France. We cover it all today on the newest episode of Paris History Avec a Hemingway.
Versailles began in 1604 when Louis XIII would come out to the woods to hunt and decided to build a hunting lodge. In 1623 a small lodge next to a windmill that sat on top of a low hill was the humble beginning that is hard to imagine today. Louis XIII would gather his hunting friends and head out to the lodge. His wife Anne d’Autriche had her own suite of rooms but she wasn’t allowed to stay the night. There is a lot more to the “boys weekend” at the Louis XIII Versailles and I’ll let you fill in the blanks.
His son Louis XIV first visited as a child and after his father died on May 14, 1643 Versailles was far from his mind. On the night of August 17, 1661 his superintendent of finance, Nicolas Fouquet held a lavish party at his finished chateau, Vaux-le-Vicomte. Inviting the boss over and his 6,000 friends entertained by Moliere and Fontaine and overcome by the beauty of the property and the chateau. A few days later, the Sun King had Fouquet arrested and then stole his artists. Architect Louis Le Vau, garden designer Andre Le Nôtre and designer and artists Charles Le Brun. In June of 1662, they would begin the construction on Versailles.
For the rest of his life he would continue to add on to Versailles to create one of the most splendid chateaux in Europe. Upon his death on September 1, 1715 it was still incomplete and Louis XV wasn’t as in love with living outside of Paris as his great-grandfather was. He moved the government back to Paris and Vincennes and left Versailles falling into disrepair until his return.
The days of Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI are well known for frolicking in the meadow of the Hamlet and their last day of golden carefree luxury.
Today it is one of the most popular attractions in France that was largely saved by John D Rockefeller who gave a vast fortune in thanks to France for standing by the USA through the American Revolution. Open Tuesday - Sunday it can be reached in 30 minutes from Paris and allow an entire day to wander through the gardens and chateau. On the weekends in the summer make sure you visit to enjoy the musician fountain show and maybe even rent a row boat along the canal.
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Joanne Kimes was a television writer in Los Angeles when she became pregnant and soon realized the road to procreation was plagued with miserable potholes. So she wrote a book called, “Pregnancy Sucks” that became a best-seller and led to a dozen other titles in her “Sucks” books series. She’s appeared on the Today show, written dozens of magazine and website articles, and has just released her first fiction book, “Finding Paris: A Novel.”
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In our final episode about the ladies of Marie Antoinette there wasn’t anyone closer in those final months than her sister in law Madame Elisabeth.
The youngest child of Louis and Marie-Joseph, her older brothers would become king over the next 70 years. Born on May 3, 1764 a year later her father died and she spent most of her time in the shadow of the older brothers living a carefree life at court. When she came of age, Louis XVI wanted to marry her off but she begged him not to so she can remain with her family. Which is exactly what she did until the end of her life.
Pledging a life to God she was off the marriage market and at 19 her brother purchased a chateau in Montreuil as her own private estate. She wasn’t allowed to spend the night there until she was 25 so she visited each day riding a horse back and forth each night. The day she came of age on May 3, 1789 she stayed what would be only a few months at her beloved chateau.
On the night of October 5, 1789 she and the family were forced to leave it all behind for Paris. Ever the loyal sister she went with them all the way to the Temple prison in 1793. In a small cell once the family was pulled apart Elisabeth remained with Marie hidden away from the world.
As her brother was taken to the guillotine on January 21, 1793 her sister in law followed as she was pulled away and taken to the Conciergerie. At first the Convention was going to exile Elisabeth but after the “trial” of Marie Antoinette and the false accusations against her the “sister of the tyrant” was going to end with the same fate.
In the final hours of her life, Marie Antoinette wrote a letter to Madame Elisabeth that would never reach her, intercepted by Robspierre. Months later and unaware that MA had been killed she had her own date with the guillotine. Just prior to being carted through the city she learned that MA had also been killed. On May 10, 1794 she sat next to the blade and had to watch all 24 people die before it was her turn. Each person walked by kissing her hand before they died. She spent every day of her life giving others comfort.
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Rosemary Flannery has lived in France since 1989 and enjoys dual French-American nationality. She graduated with honors from Columbia University in 1985 with a degree in French language and literature.
On the show today we talk about her love of Paris and the Angel statues that surround the beautiful streets of the city. She has written multiple books and now spends her time painting portraits as well.
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Madame Campan was one of the only women to work for Marie Antoinette, survive the Revolution, work for Napoleon and end with another Bourbon king when most didn’t survive past Marie Antoinette. Jeanne-Louise Henriette Campa was born October 2, 1752 in Paris. Her father was a foreign affairs clerk sent to London to work on the 1763 peace treaty and took a large role in her education. Teaching her italian and english she also became well versed in the piano, guitar and harp.
At 16 years old she became the reader to the daughters of Louis XV and two years later the lady in waiting to the young and shy Marie Antoinette. The two became very close as they were so near in age. The day after Louis XV died and Marie was named queen Jeanne-Louise married Pierre Francois Berthollet. The marriage resulted in a son, Henri but that was about it. The two separated but never divorced and she spent all her time at Versailles.
On October 6, 1789 as the royal family left Versailles behind, Campan was by their side and remained until June 20, 1791 when they tried to escape. After leaving court she created a boarding school in Saint Germain en Laye for the daughters of the French elite. Attendees included the sisters and nieces of Napoleon and the daughter of Josephine. Napoleon was very impressed by Madame Campan and in his wish to bring back to etiquette of the court of Versailles he tapped Campan as his Madame Etiquette.
Josephine did not enjoy her input that forced her to sit and watch Napoleon eat and how she must carry herself at events. After Bonaparte was ousted and Louis XVIII arrived Campan was asked again to court. Madame Royale, the daughter and only surviving member of the family of Marie Antoinette who remembered her as a child asked how she was able to survive and lived so well during the Napoleon years. It ended her run at the palace once and for all.
Madame Campan had surgery while suffering from cancer in February 1822 and died a month later at 69 years old on March 16, 1822. Few people survived to tell the tale of three reigns of French power and do it so elegantly.
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I'm a musician. Learned to play guitar in high school after I watched the movie The School of Rock with Jack Black which inspired me so much that I became a rocker and wanted to have a band! Since then I realized that music is the language in which I can express my feelings, myself, and feel good about it.
I lived in a small, conservative city in Croatia where people believed that if you listen to rock or metal and have long hair means you are a Satanist and drug addict. So it was hard to organize a band but I had a couple of small rock and metal bands but this was all in the garage and with friends.
After I started studying in Zagreb, the capital city, I started playing guitar on the street. One year I went on a summer busking tour with a friend and met one magnificent man who played bongos and we started playing together. We played together for 2-3 years, almost every day for 1 or two hours on the street, it was magnificent. At that time I started to record some solo original materials under the name Boen Balo.
I recorded 2 albums (not in the studio but at home) and started working on the third album but then I went to Paris to live with my girlfriend and work in the American Library in Paris. All my songs are uploaded to SoundCloud and they are free to download and everybody can cover them, no questions asked. I come from a poor family and as a kid, I couldn't access a lot of music but was listening to it from a friend's house. That's why I let my music be free and anybody can cover it, no questions asked, as long as they don't sell it. Creative Commons.
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Right now I play bass guitar and sing in a rock band called The Let Goes and it's so fun because I love my friend Paul with whom I play - we both feel that music is the way we can express each other. We are also playing original music and slowly recording songs. For now, we have 2 songs recorded but a lot of recorded materials live.
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In this week's episode of Paris History Avec a Hemingway, we continue on with another lady of Marie Antoinette. Gabrielle de Polignac was a constant source of gossip from Versaille to Paris. The fun-loving Polignac was born September 8, 1749, in Paris into the French noble family of the Nouilles. Married in 1767 to Jules de Polignac, captain of the Royal Regiment and a member of the court at Versailles.
Through her sister-in-law who was the lady of honor to Madame Elisabeth, she was invited frequently to court. Gabrielle was very beautiful and was easily noticed and even caught the eye of Marie Antoinette. The queen walked up to her and asked who she was and why she hadn’t seen her before to which Polignac replied, “we don’t have the money to live the court life”. Marie liked her honesty and invited her back the next day.
Polignac was free-spirited and loved the trappings of life at Versailles at a time when the queen was tired of the formality. Gabrielle encouraged her to spend more time at the Petit Trianon enjoying the casual lazy days. A welcome change from the etiquette and watchful eyes but that came with a lot of problems.
Rumors began to spread about Polignac and the queen. Marie Antoinette was already hated by the people and Polignac became public enemy number one. They thought her influence over the queen and her excess was a direct drain on the treasury of France.There was also the rumor that they were lovers which just rallied them all up even more.
When the Bastille was attacked, Polignac and her husband were told to leave Versailles. Fleeing with just the clothes on their back and enough bread and wine in their coach they arrived in Switzerland in three days. She stayed in touch with the queen once she was arrested and held in the Temple prison.
On January 21, 1793, the king was killed and when the news finally reached her she could barely handle it. Falling ill to tuberculosis, her son tried to keep the news of the queen's death a secret. They were able to shield her until the end of November, a week later on December 5, 1793, the queen of the parties, Gabrielle Polignac died in Switzerland.
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Victoria Bourgin, born in Ukraine, strongly believes in the power of dreams and in bright colors! After her studies in Sweden, she came to Paris where she worked for 10 years at the most prestigious French fashion houses in Paris including St Laurent and Balmain, and just a month ago she finally realized her childhood dream - creating her own Brand LA JAQUETTE.
LA JAQUETTE is a story about the jackets where French know-how, beautiful natural fabrics, fair prices, and a wide choice of colors give life to the perfect combination. 100% made in Paris the jackets can be found at our website www.lajaquette.com
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One of the most faithful and trusted ladies of Marie Antoinette served by her side until the bitter end. Madame de Lamballe was born in Turin and raised under the iron thumb of her father Prince Louis Victor of Savoy. The duke of Penthievre was keen to marry his son Louis-Alexandre, Prince of Lamballe and descendant of Louis XIV and Madame de Montespan.
Their short & rough marriage lasted from January 1767 to May 1768 when he died as a result of his free loving ways. After her husband's death and close with her father in law who would take her to Versailles when a chance meeting drew the young Austrian to her. The two become quick friends in the intimidating world of Versailles. As soon as Marie became queen she named Lamballe as the superintendent of the house, the highest position in the queens domain and even more she was the trusted friend and advisor.
Lambale took her job very seriously and as the stress and formality of court pushed in Marie wanted more of the relaxed life of the Petit Trianon. Lamballe was pushed aside for a bit but on October 5, 1789 when the angry group of women called for the queen's head Lamballe was by her side. Three years later she was still there as the Swiss guards were killed at the Palais des Tuileries and the screams filled the halls calling for their death.
A few days later on August 19 she was pulled from the arms of the queen and taken to La Petit Force prison where on September 3. 1792 after a “trial” where she refused to denounce the king and queen she was quickly taken to the courtyard where a crowd of angry people awaited her. What happened next was horrific. The rage of the people were taken out on her for hours and her body and head were dragged to the window of the Temple prison where they screamed for Marie Antoinette to look out and see her trusted friend one last time,
Her loyal friend until her final breath never wavered her love and support at a time when very few still stood by the disgraced queen. Listen to the full story of the life of Madame de Lamballe now on Paris History Avec a Hemingway on La Vie Creative Podcast, out today,
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Erin Colston is a Texan who followed her dreams to New York to attend American Musical and Dramatic Academy and pursue a career in theater and singing at the young age of 18.
After 9 years in the Big Apple and some small successes, she then followed a second dream to Paris. There, she started a musical theater class with 9 students in her first small day camp and it has grown to a full program with 3 locations, a staff of 12 Teachers and assistants, and more than 500 students that pass through the classes, camps, and workshops annually.
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Marie Antoinette is known for her style, love of fashion and jewelry and in the end what led to her demise. One woman is behind her look more than anyone else including those amazing hair styles. Rose Bertin had a knack for style that drew the attention of a very devoted following that went back to her early days.
Born July 2, 1747 in Abbeville, she moved to Paris and started working at the Trait Galant boutique at just 16 years old. Owner Mademoiselle Pagalle dressed the ladies in the court of Louis XV, and the young assistant was much in demand. It was more about the adornings on the dress then the dress itself. Lace, feathers, jewels and ribbons creating a one of a kind dress that allowed the ladies to stand out at court.
On May 11, 1774 the day after Louis XV died and Marie Antoinette became queen of France, Rose was introduced to the young queen by her customer, the Duchess of Chartres. In no time at all, Rose was meeting with the queen twice a week to talk about what she wanted and even designing the very tall hairstyles.
Rose refused to follow trends, instead, she actually set them. When Marie wanted a casual dress to wear at the Trianon and the Hamlet, Rose designed a loose white muslin dress that Vigee Le Brun captured on the canvas. While it shocked many that the queen was depicted in such a casual way it became the must-have look in Paris.
Working with the queen until her final moments she created the simple dress she wore to the guillotine and then promptly left France. As the very public image of the queen’s excess, her destiny would end much like her famed client if she hadn’t. Spending those years in Belgium and London before returning to Paris in 1795.
In 1770 she opened La Grand Mogol, eventually moving it to 26 Rue de Richelieu where it remained until she returned to Paris. In the early 1800’s she finally closed it after her customers weren’t returning to her like they had before. On September 21, 1813 she died in Epinay-sur-Seine at 66 years old.
Rose was the first celebrity fashion designer, created the first fashion magazine thanks to the urging of the Queen and created the mystique of Marie Antoinette that remains today.
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Sunny Buick was born in British Columbia, Canada, and grew up all over Northern California, finally ending up in the Bay Area in her teenage years. In 1986 while attending a high school especially for artists, she started to hang out in the milieu of San Francisco tattooing; and began to tattoo professionally in 1992. She served a formal apprenticeship with Henry Goldfield for 6 years.
In 2003 she organized a gigantic art show and catalog called SCI Fi Western, with over 100 artists; which won an award with the Bay Guardian magazine. Shortly thereafter she left San Francisco to realize her adolescent dream to speak French and live in Paris. She has shown in galleries in many parts of the world and in some museums including Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, Foster Museum, Wisconsin, and MIAM (Museum of Modest Arts), Sete, France.
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One of the newest sensations in Paris this summer has been the very long awaited reopening of Samaritaine. It started as a tiny store on the corner of Rue du Pont Neuf by a couple that spent their entire life in retail.
Marie Louise Ja Ja, born on July 1, 1838 came from a large family and was forced to start working at a very early age to help support the family. In 1853 she moved to Paris with her aunt and got a job at La Nouveau Heloise selling lingerie. It was at her next job working at the candy counter of the Bon Marche that she met Ernest Cognaq.
The two married on January 17, 1872 and opened their own store just off the Pont Neuf. It was located just steps away from the pump house that stood on stilts in the Seine next to the bridge. Built under Henri IV to provide water to the district around the Louvre, the building was topped with a sculpture by Bernard & René Fremin. It depicted Jesus in front of the well of Jacob with a woman known as La Samaritaine. It would stand through the 17th C until Louis XVI had it decommissioned and eventually torn down in 1813. As a young man Ernest set up a small stall under a red umbrella on the bridge selling items. So the name was close to his heart.
Marie and Ernest’s store became so popular that they quickly expanded, eventually taking over the entire block all the way to Rue de Rivoli. It was the height of the Parisian department store and to stand out they created practices that are still used today. Letting customers try on clothes, credit accounts, allowing returns, catalog and mail orders. Closer to Marie’s heart was the nursery and hospital for employees and a fund to assist them and to cover medical expenses.
The couple created a vast art collection that you can visit today in Paris at the Musée Cognacq Jay, including one of the largest collections of British art in Paris. Marie died in 1925 and Ernest shortly after in 1928. Their beloved store passed through the hands of family until the 1970’s when the days of the large department store shopping waned. In 2001 LVMH bought it and 20 years later it has reopened beautifully.
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Flytographer connects travelers with local photographers in over 350 cities around the globe for fun, hassle-free photo shoots.
Inspired by a 2011 trip to Paris, from the desire to capture vacation memories that weren’t awkward selfies or blurry photos from strangers, Nicole Smith set out to solve the gap in the market for vacation photography. Two years later, Flytographer was born.
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Manet, like most painters, had many models they worked with. Manet found women that not only sat for him but also inspired him. Berthe Morisot was a young art student that had the looks of the dark haired Spanish beauties he was obsessed with. Morisot became an accomplished artist herself and married Manet’s brother, creating a devoted family of artists.
Victorine Meuret sat for him in his most scandalous and famous paintings. Naked and looking at the viewer pulling them into the world of a courtesan and a picnic by a river. In one of his very last paintings, he depicted the real life waitress at a popular Paris music hall.
The paintings of these three ladies are linked to Manet’s history and live on for generations hanging on the walls of the museums of Paris. In this week's podcast we explore these beloved images and the women behind them.
Berthe Morisot met Manet in the Louvre where she was learning how to paint as a copyist and he was captivated by her and wanted to paint her immediately. Le Balcon painted in 1868 showcases Morisot sitting behind the iron railing holding a fan, but my favorite is her portrait. Berthe is shown in black mourning clothes with a very small bouquet of violets, painted in 1872.
Victorine Meuret, was called many names including La Crevette for her red hair. Her hair is the last thing you notice in the two paintings she is so widely known for, Olympia and Dejeuner sur l’herbe. When these two paintings appeared at the Salons of 1863 & 1865 he shocked Paris. The naked woman in a contemporary setting caused a backlash that followed him for years, yet today there are just a few of his beloved pieces and always garner a crowd in the Musée d’Orsay.
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When I first set foot in Paris as a teenager, les pyramides in front of the Louvre didn’t exist, the Musée d’Orsay was a defunct train station with broken windows, and the cathedral of Notre Dame would continue to display a sooty black façade for another twenty plus years. Still, Paris had that certain je ne sais quoi. And, like so many before me, I was hooked…well, nearly.
In early 1985, I immersed myself in Provence and in the French way of life as a college student–and was captivated. Though my French needed (a lot) more work, I was touched by everything…the light, the landscape, the colors…the art and architecture that were old…the Roman ruins that were really old…the lively, open-air markets with dazzling fruits and vegetables…strawberries that tasted more strawberry than any I had ever eaten…and of course, the French people who were just so… French. It was truly a feast for the senses.
Many degrees in French, a livelihood as a French professor – I started teaching French language and culture in 1989 – and several living stints in France later, I decided to share my passion for all things French beyond the university classroom. I wanted to focus on that magical space where travel, culture and language intersect. And so, my France travel and culture company French Affaires was born.
From special insider travel experiences in France, to personalized trip planning for your France travels, to visually illustrated travel and culture lectures such as ‘Paris Urban Design Through the Centuries,’ ‘The Best of Provence – History, Culture and Cuisine’ and ‘Paris Museums Tour,’ to language courses including ‘France for Travelers: All You Need to Know to Have a Fabulous Time in France Every Time,’ I offer many dynamic opportunities to immerse yourself into l’art de vivre–the art of living–the French way.
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Dora Maar from the end of her life until today is widely labeled the “Muse of Picasso”. As with most women in history they are relegated to being a postscript in a man's story, Dora was much more than that.
Born on November 22, 1907 Henriette Markovitch in Paris at the Tarnier Maternity Clinic at 89 Rue d’Assas. Her father Joseph was a Croatian architect and her mother Louise-Julie Voisin from Cognac and owned a fashion boutique. In 1910 she headed to Buenos Aires with her parents for her father's job and returned to Paris a few years later. Enrolling in the Union Centrale des Arts Decoratifs and l’Academie Julian in 1923 and 1927 one of the few that allowed women artists.
Photography was her art form and from early on her eye for details for her into the exclusive clubs of artists. A meeting with Pierre Kéfer and Louis Chavance would lead her to Man Ray who she asked to work with. Man Ray hired her as a model instead and she was able to work closely with the Surrealist and learn many of his tricks.
In May 1931 she officially went by Dora Maar and photographed fashion houses for magazines and publications to pay the bills. Her more artistic work garnered her a place in the Exposition Intl in Brussels for her solo work and collaboration with Kéfer.
In December 1935 on a cold night at Les Deux Magots sitting alone and stabbing a knife between her open fingers she caught the eye of Picasso. He was instantly taken with her and her bold personality. Dora was at the top of her game and the peak of her career, Picasso was in the depth of his. Unable to paint or be inspired but that all changed the night he met Dora. The two began a relationship that would last eleven years built on a trust between two artists that inspired each other. Picasso painted her many times including his series of the crying woman.
In the final two years of their relationship, her mother died, her father left and she flung deep into depression and manic episodes. Picasso paid for her care and gave her a house in the south but she would spend the rest of her life in seclusion away from the world.
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Born and raised in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Karen grew up with the aspiration to be a comedian, a musician, or both… She groomed these crafts from a young age by making everyone around her laugh and beginning a lifetime romance with the flute at the age of 9. She went on to study drama at Temple University in Philadelphia and played in a series of bands.
From the age of 30 until she got married, Karen was back and forth between Paris and Philadelphia, working on musical projects and touring (including being the flautist and singer in a Reggae band in Paris). One day her parents came to visit her and Karen, having learned a lot about Paris, was showing them around when her mother exclaimed, “Karen, you would make a great tour guide!”
That was the light bulb moment, and as the French say, voila!
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Louise Joesphine Weber is remembered more for her adoptive name La Goulue and how she got the name. Born on June 12, 1866, in Clichy the love of dancing was instilled in her at a very early age by her mother. By 1882 she had moved to Montreuil and started dancing at the Moulin de la Galette in Montmartre.
Customer and journalist Charles Desteque noticed her and introduced her to a friend, Charles Zidler who would later play a prominent role in her life. In the meantime, she continued to dance at the many bal musettes in Paris including the Closerie des Lillas, Elysees-Montmartre and the Bullier Bal.
Charles came back into her life in 1889 when he and Joseph Oller were opening a new stage in Montmartre, the Moulin Rouge, and asked Louise to be their headline dancer. Of course, she jumped at the chance and in no time she was the hit of the stage with her signature move. At the height of the can-can, she would turn her back to the audience and lift her skirt revealing her many layers of ruffles later captured by Toulouse-Lautrec.
A perfect duo was created when Louise partnered up with Jules Etienne Edme Renaudin, aks Valentine Montagné, who was also called “the boneless” for his fluid dance moves. The two performed together at the Moulin Rouge from 1890-1895. Toulouse-Lautrec was as much a part of the Moulin Rouge as the can-can and could be found nightly sketching during the show. In 1895 he created his first lithograph “Dance at the Moulin Rouge” with Louise as his subject. The poster made Louise and Toulouse-Lautrec famous overnight. More than 3000 posters filled the streets of Paris. TL would capture her in four paintings and many posters creating a lasting friendship.
Louise is better known as La Goulue, the glutton in French and is due to her habit of walking through the crowd and guzzling down the drinks of patrons sitting in the crowd. La Goulue danced until 1895 when she left the stage and became a lion tamer, I can’t make this up.
In her later years she could be found walking the streets of Montmartre with her lion on a leash and selling cigarettes outside the Moulin Rouge .
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Rebecca Devaney is a textile artist, researcher, and facilitator. She has recently established Textile Tours of Paris.
Rebecca Devaney first landed in Paris in 2017 to follow her dreams and study haute couture embroidery at the prestigious École Lesage. With a BA in Art and Design Education and an MFA in Textile Art and Artefact from the National College of Art and Design in Ireland, there were already two recurring themes in her life, embroidery and inspiring young people.
Before arriving in Paris, Rebecca was generously granted funding by the Thomas Dammann Junior Memorial Trust Award to undertake a research trip that aimed to investigate the cultural importance, craft, and aesthetic of Mexican hand embroidery. She traveled all over Mexico to meet craftspeople, artists, ethnographers, and anthropologists to study how embroidery is heavily embedded in their culture. She heard how women embroider their personal stories, memories, and experiences in each beautiful piece of work. Her research resulted in the exhibition Bordados, a collection of photographs, interviews, and textiles, which has been presented internationally and is now part of the permanent collection at the Mexican Consulate to France.
Rebecca is also a textile artist and her work has been exhibited in Ireland, the United States, and even here in Paris at the OECD inaugural conference on Violence Against Women. She has completed artist residencies in Abu Dhabi and India, teaching children how to combine creativity and sustainability to create beautiful works of art. She is currently working with Fanatikart in Paris, teaching young children to use embroidery to tell their stories, which will be exhibited at Centre 104. She had always dreamed of incorporating the embroidery and embellishment techniques of haute couture in her textile art practice. Enrolling in École Lesage was her opportunity to do this, to learn the techniques mastered – and, in some cases, invented – by one of the world’s greatest artistic embroidery houses.
She spent six months training in the intricate arts of Lunéville embroidery, traditional needlework, and embellishment. After qualifying, Rebecca began working as an embroiderer for the world’s most renowned Maisons de Haute Couture such as Chanel, Dior, Givenchy, Yves Saint Laurent, Dolce and Gabanna, Louis Vuitton, and Valentino. She embroidered gowns for celebrities and royalty worn at the Met Gala Ball, Cannes Film Festival, and of course, Paris Fashion Shows, you could say, she was living the embroider dream life.
Rebecca established Textile Tours of Paris in 2019 to share her love of the rich heritage of textiles woven through the fabric of Paris on guided walking tours. She also runs embroidery workshops and the Threads of Connection embroidery evenings at Shakespeare & Company.
All of those experiences and passions would soon collide when Rebecca was working with the Irish in France at the Irish Cultural Centre to create children’s costumes from recycled materials for the St Patrick’s Day Parade in Paris in 2020. She was approached by Junk Kouture, a fashion competition founded in Ireland in 2010, which was planning to expand internationally. She knew the competition well from when she worked as an Art teacher in Dublin and had participated each year with her students who absolutely loved it. Rebecca loved the idea of bringing Junk Kouture to the home of Haute Couture!
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Liane de Pougy at the end of her life was labeled “from whore to nun” but I am getting ahead of myself.
Anne Marie Chassaigne was born June 2, 1869 in La Flèche in the Loire and raised in Brittany. On July 15, 1886, at 17 she married Joseph Armand Henri Pourpee who was a naval officer living in Marseille. Joseph would be gone a lot and Anne Marie filled her time with another man.
Suffering from frequent attacks by her husband that left scars on her chest for the rest of her life, it all culminated one night when he discovered her with her lover. He pulled out his pistol and shot at her, nicking her wrist. Anne Marie couldn’t take it much more, sold her piano, left her son with his father and his parents, and moved to Paris.
In Paris, she began taking dance lessons from Marie-Therese Mariquita and changed her name to Liane de Pougy. Dancing in the cabarets of Paris she was quickly noticed for her striking beauty standing out in any crowd she stood in. Playwright Henri Meilhac was drawn to her and got her a job dancing at the Folies Bergeres in 1884 and also living the life of one of the most popular courtesans of the time.
In 1908, she met the Romanian Prince Georges Ghika who was the nephew of Queen Nathalie of Serbia. Fifteen years younger than her and a prince by name but without much money to his name. The two married on June 8, 1910, and the next day it was on the front page of the New York Times. “Paris professional beauty marries Prink Ghika, who championed her”.
The Prince came across her one day in Saint Germain while being laughed at by a group of people, Liane was wearing a rather large hat and people gathered around her pointing and laughing on the mean streets of St Germain. He stepped in to uphold her honor and got into a scuffle resulting in his arrest for assault.
In 1928 they went to Grenoble where she met Mother Superior Marie Xavier of the Sainte-Agnes Asylyn and institute for disabled children. She threw herself into raising money for the institute and tapping into her wealthy friends back in Paris to assist. Staying closely aligned with the church she later in 1943 took the vow of Saint Dominic and changed her name again to Sister Anne Marie de La Penitence.
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Melissa grew up between Australia and the Philippines, singing in choirs and writing her own songs from a young age.
She studied Musicology at the Conservatorium of Sydney and went on to work as an opera critic and co-editor of the classical music magazine Limelight.
In 2013, she moved to Paris and freelanced as a travel and music journalist, while working at the Marché aux Puces de Saint-Ouen (selling vintage French pornographic posters, among other bits and bobs) and as a tour guide for runners.
As a record label executive with Warner Classics, she worked with some of the most prestigious classical artists in France but didn't dare to make her own music in Paris until she walked into a 'jam' one night and asked to sing.
Since then, she has become a familiar face and voice in the Paris jazz milieu, singing for swing balls and péniches, hosting her own weekly jam at the speakeasy Madame Simone, and singing with her troupe of buskers (tap dancer, accordion, etc) in the streets of Paris. She has released two albums (a rockabilly duo and a piano duo with string quartet) and will record the third album of swing 1930s swing in June with the Israeli guitarist Duved Dunayevsky.
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In support of struggling artists in COVID times, she gave a concert outside the occupied Théâtre de l'Odéon... with a troupe of stiltwalkers!
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With the tap dancer Jelly and his troupe we did a Josephine Baker tribute for the Journées du Patrimoine, in the gardens of Josephine Baker's former residence at Le Vésinet... for which the organizers let me wear a Josephine Baker dress. It was pouring with rain so we kept on playing in the shade of her doorway!
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The same tap dancer, Jelly, and my favorite banjo player Ziggy, in the streets of Saint Germain, working the locals into a frenzy! https://www.instagram.com/p/CE2UICLAVHU/
Sophisticated Lady - Track from the album with string quartet
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Madame de Sévigné, one of the greatest authors of the 17th century, never wrote a single book. Instead, she is known to us today as a “lady of letters”.
Marie de Rabutin Chantal was born February 5, 1626, in the Palais Royal home of her grandparents. By the time she turned seven both of her parents had died and were being raised by her grandparents and uncle Christopher. He would teach her Latin, Italian and Spanish when she was quite young and turned her onto the great literature of the time rarely afforded to girls.
In 1644 at 18 she married Henri de Sévigné at the Église Saint Gervais and two children followed. Françoise in 1646 and Charles in 1648 but the marriage would be short-lived, Henri was quite the philanderer and had a difficult time keeping it in check and it would end in his death. On February 5, 1651, his life would end in a duel. Challenged by François Amenieu over Mademoiselle de Gundron, one of his many mistresses. He didn’t fare well and died as a result.
Madame de Sévigné at 25 became a wealthy widow which gave her a place in society few women could reach. Men would pursue her but she had no interest in getting married again. To fill her time she attended the salons and events of Paris and began to write letters to friends and family describing the scene and travels of each day. Women could rarely be published unless under a man's name and while she enjoyed the process she couldn’t be bothered worrying about how to publish, so she took to her letters.
In 1669 her daughter Françoise married Comte de Grignan who was a widow twice over and much older than she. Their marriage would take François from her mother and Paris to the south of France and the Chateau de Grignan. On February 6, 1671, the first of over 1000 letters sent to her beloved daughter began.
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Mrids is a former film/TV producer who left the BBC, Hollywood, her jeans - sneakers outfit, to buy a sharp striped suit for a Masters at Columbia University in New York diving into business strategy.
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Jeanne DuVal was the beautiful muse of Charles Baudelaire and would inspire his glowing devotion. The Black Venus and Mistress of Mistresses as he called her is mostly unknown still to this day.
Much of the details of her life are murky due to a fire that would destroy her vital documents.
Jeanne was tall and beautiful and her striking looks got her a role on the stage. Performing at the Théâtre de la Porte Sainte Antoine, although she wasn’t the best actor. A girl has to eat, so she became a prostitute for a short period. Nadar, the French photographer saw her on the stage and the two began an affair that lasted a year. It was through Nadar that Jeanne and Baudelaire would meet, but their love affair didn’t start right away.
One night in Montmartre Baudelaire came across Jeanne being harassed by a group of drunks and stepped in to save her. After that, the two began their 20-year tumultuous relationship. Baudelaire was already working on Fleur de Mal when the two began. Jeanne would inspire the flowery devotions of love and when things were bad would also inspire the hate-filled pieces.
Fleur de Mal covered everything from the transformation of Paris, which he was highly against, lesbianism, eroticism, and love. Many people loved it but just as many hated it. Baudelaire and his printer were prosecuted for “attack on public morals”.
Living all over Paris, including the Hotel Lauzun on the Ile de la Cite and he rented a place for Jeanne just down the island on Rue le Regrattier. When they went through rough patches it wouldn’t last long. He would be at her apartment giving her money and spending time together much to his mother's chagrin.
Baudelaire’s close friend Edouard Manet painted a portrait of Jeanne after seeing her only once. The “Mistress of Baudelaire” 1862 captures Jeanne seated on a couch with her legs up and enveloped in a large white skirt. Her arm over the back of the couch and her feet are placed in a strange way due to her paralysis, which many may never notice as the skirt shields most of her. Shortly after Jeanne would die.
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Hello. I’m French and American, born in the mid-seventies, in April. I was raised in the forest, and spent my childhood either running wild in the woods of Picardie or taking planes to JFK to visit my grandmother. I also played a lot of piano. At that time, I wanted to be in a musical, but instead I studied political science at Sciences-Po and business at HEC, in Paris. And started a life-long addiction to collecting (and not always reading) books.
This led me to work in the food industry, at Unilever. I got to eat ice cream every single day for 7 years. Finally, one day, in the middle of a green stairwell, I decided I was in a rut and needed to spice things up. I had always loved to write, so I became a freelance editor and writer. I soon hooked up with My Little Paris and contributed to unveiling rip-off lingerie. I took up singing and continued to cross the ocean.
Along the way, I did a lot of reading and learning and listening to people and have enjoyed growing (up) tremendously.
In the future, I’d love to produce a musical with Benjamin Millepied; or create an installation at the MOMA with people who are good at it, but for some reason would ask me to help them; or write a book just half as (sigh) as Just Kids. Or, you know, just to keep growing, loving (a bearded man) and creating would be ok too.
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Nélie Jacquemart was an artist and art collector whose love of art remains today and shared with everyone that visits the museums t
As a child, her family worked and lived with the wealthy Alphée & Rose de Vatry. Rose formed a special relationship with the young Nélie who had a talent for drawing. Armed with art supplies she started to draw, encouraged by Rose who was also able to enroll her into a workshop given by artist Léon Cogniet, one of the few artists to give lessons to women.
In no time, she got the attention of the art community in Paris and two years later she was displaying her paintings at an exhibition in Versailles and just after that she was appearing on the walls of the Salon of 1863 with the biggest artists of the time.
In 1872 Edouard André contacted Nélie to paint a portrait of the wealthy French banker who lived in the grand mansion on Boulevard Haussmann. Nine years after he first sat for Nélie, the two would meet again, and shortly after on June 29, 1881, the two would marry. Edouard was now 48 and in ill health due to syphilis and his family pushed for the marriage and convinced Nélie of the union. There wasn’t a lot of love there but they did get along well and both loved art. Edouard even had one of the large rooms transformed into a studio for her painting but as soon as they were married she put down her brushes and never picked them up again.
After his death in 1894, she continued to travel, adding to her personal gallery. On a 1902 voyage around the world when she got word that the Abbey de Chaalis, the former property of Rose de Vatry was for sale. Cutting the trip short and just before she was to leave for Japan she returned to Paris and purchased the former abbey.
For ten years Nélie enjoyed the abbey and filled it with her art and furniture and spent long periods there. On May 15, 1912, Nélie died and left both the mansion in Paris and the abbey to the Institut de France with very specific instructions on how her art was to be displayed.
On December 8. 1913, less than seven months after her death the Musée Jacquemart André in Paris and the Abbey de Chaalis were opened to the public, left exactly how she intended it.
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Tanisha Townsend has cultivated a community of wine enthusiasts through an unyielding passion for Oenology. As Chief Wine Officer of lifestyle agency Girl Meets Glass, Tanisha leads wine classes and tours in Paris (and virtually). Her goal is to empower individuals with advanced knowledge of wine & spirits in order to build confidence in their tastes and make choices as a better-informed consumer.
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The Musée du Louvre and it’s list of amazing art is endless and hard to know where to even start. We will help share a few pieces that you don’t want to miss on your next trip to Paris.
In 1848 Louis Philippe commissioned 20 statues for the Jardin du Luxembourg. He picked each one that went from Queen Berthe to Anne d’Autriche and included Jeanne d’Arc. The Maid of Orleans was sculpted in 1845 by Francois Rude and was placed in the south side of the garden in 1852. In 1871 she was removed and eventually came to live in the Louvre.
Jeanne d’Arc is normally captured in her armor and charging off to battle, but Rude decided to depict her in a dress with her armor at her feet with her right hand near her ear as she listened to the voices of the saints.
Eugène Delacroix, the leader of the Romantic movement's most recognized painting is La Liberté guidant le people, painted in 1830. The painting commemorates the Paris uprising of July 1830, known as the Trois Glorieuses, that ousted King Charles X.
Using the barricade as a pedestal, her movement evokes that of the Winged Victory of Samothrace, although the statue was discovered long after Delacroix painted this masterpiece. In the top right of the photo, the towers of Notre Dame rises from the smoke with a small tricolor flying in the wind. The painting inspired Bartholdi when he created the Statue of Liberty, with her right arm holding up a torch instead of a flag.
The Coronation of Napoleon (Le Sacre de Napoléon) is an immense painting that stretches 33 feet across the Pompei red walls of the Salle Daru. David was commissioned by Napoleon himself, and didn't start the actual piece until a year later, with Napoleon making a few specific changes and additions to the painting that were different from the actual event. The biggest being his mother, sitting in the balcony above him. She was not a fan of Josephine, and was still in Rome and refused to attend.
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Gabrielle d’Estrées, a woman known more for her risque painting than of her life itself. Gabrielle was born around 1573, and daughter of Antoine d’Estrées, Baron de Boulonnois and Françoise de la Bourdaisieres. She was one of eleven children, seven of which were girls and gave them the moniker “seven deadly sins” by the Marquis de Sevigné.
Gabrielle mingled in the court of Henri III and where she met Roger de Bellegarde who was close with Henri III and Henri IV. On the occasion that Roger was meeting with Henri IV, Gabrielle was spotted at court, and Henri was instantly obsessed. For six months he chased her and she resisted until she finally gave in.
Henri IV did not hide his relationship or the love he had for Gabrielle, even in the midst of trying to get his marriage to Marguerite de Valois annulled. To keep her close at court he orchestrated a marriage between Gabrielle and Nicolas d’Amerval on June 8, 1592. To thank him for his role, Nicolas was given the title of Baron de Benais.
Henri was eager to end the marriage with Marguerite and to marry Gabrielle and asked Pope Clement VIII to dissolve his marriage. Clement had his own ideas and wanted Henri to marry his niece, Marie de Medici, and was slow-moving on giving Henri what he wanted.
Always by his side, Gabrielle was instrumental in helping to end the many religious conflicts and converting Henri to Catholicism in 1593. However, she wasn’t loved by the people who called her the “duchess of garbage” and attacked her spending. Nonetheless, she sat next to Henri on his triumphant return to Paris later that same year. Henri had every intention to marry her and presented her with his coronation ring in front of the court.
A painting that is sure to always catch the visitor’s eye is the presumed portrait of Gabrielle d’Estrées and her sister the Duchess of Villars. Listen to the newest episode of Paris History Avec a Hemingway on La Vie Creative podcast for her whole story and all about the eye-catching painting.
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The life of Juliette Drouet is closely tied to Victor Hugo, but she wasn’t always his mistress.
Juliette’s beautiful head turning looks was garnering the attention of Paris, especially the men. In a way to help fund her shopping sprees, a life as a courtesan and on the stage fit the bill. Not exactly a natural actor, but her looks got the attention of the producers and audience and repeatedly got her roles onstage at the Theatre du Parc de Bruxelle in Paris. In 1833 a small role in Victor Hugo’s Lucretius Borgia would instantly catch the famed writer's attention. Mrs. Hugo, Adele even sent her a note that her husband would love to meet her.
The first six months after they met it stayed very friendly until he couldn’t resist the fiery Juliette who had a reputation as a dominatrix. Toto, as she called Hugo in no time, paid off her debts and rented an apartment for her near his Place des Vosges home on the Rue Sainte-Anastase, but came with a very high cost. Her old ways on stage or as a courtesan had to stop and wasn’t allowed to leave her home without Victor Hugo.
For fifty years, the two stayed together and she served as his secretary and copied each of his books and articles he wrote. Adele was aware of their relationship and even left in her will that her sons look after her in case Victor died before her. Adele had her own relationship with a former close friend of her husband Sainte-Beauve resulting in their somewhat open marriage.
Shortly after, Hugo was forced to exile to Brussels and out of the clutches of all the other women. Juliette set up his papers and a place to stay and traveled with him and stayed nearby allowing them to have a somewhat normal relationship. During his exile, Adele died back in Paris in 1868 and upon his return in 1870 Juliette was finally allowed into the doors of the Place des Vosges home and home on the now Avenue Victor Hugo.
After 50 years together, on May 11, 1883 Juliette died of stomach cancer, she was 77 years old. Hugo was destroyed and would die two years later.
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Marie- Caroline de Bourbon-Siciles, aka the Duchesse de Berry was born in Naples the daughter of the Crown Prince Francis Duke of Calabria and Marie Clementine of Austria, niece of Marie Antoinette. At the time of her birth in 1798 Napoleon was charging his way through Italy forcing the family to flee to Palermo and later pushing them into Sisily.
Marie-Caroline found her way to France after her marriage to Charles Ferdinand, Duc de Berry son of Charles X. Louis XVIII was in power and without an heir Sixty years old and a widow he declared his nephew his rightful heir to the throne. Charles Ferdinand needed a wife, although he had many mistresses and children in France and England. The two were married in Notre Dame de Paris on June 17, 1816.
In 1830 after the Three Glorious Day in July the family was forced to exile as Charles X was ousted. De Berry believed her son Henri who now took on the self-appointed title Henri V should be the king of France. Trying to gather enough support from other legitimate royal family members that she was trying to boost as she exiled to Italy.
As word spread that she had returned to France she was a wanted woman. In Nantes, she hid in the home of Madame Duguigny across from the chateau of the Duke of Brittany. De Berry met her match in Simon Deutz who had learned of her hiding place and reported to the police who arrived to arrest her. Needing a place to hide she crawled up into the chimney, a great place to hide until one of the men lit a fire. Forcing her out she was arrested on November 7, 1832, and placed into jail.
The plot thickens when she announces she is pregnant. The exiled royal family got word and turned their back on her. While she said she had secretly wed Hector-Lucichese-Palli, the dates weren’t adding up and was exiled from France to Palermo, and her children were left with Madame Royale, daughter of Marie Antoinette in Goritz.
Her final years were spent between the Chateau in Brunnsee, Austria, and in Venice. On April 16, 1810, she died in Austria at 71 years old.
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It’s a big day today for Paris History Avec A Hemingway podcast! It’s the 50th episode! It also happens to be my birthday and the same number. When trying to decide who we would talk about for this epic episode it was almost impossible. Then it came to me, it had to be about something in my favorite place to spend a day, the Musée du Louvre.
The Louvre is filled with thousands of pieces of art, however, most people only visit a few when they spend a few hours inside the historic walls. The three most popular ladies of the Louvre, may hang and stand there waiting for the thousands to take a selfie with but they each also have a story.
The Mona Lisa, the most famous painting in the world, her image is recreated onto everything but few people know she was a real person. Lisa Giocondo was a Florentine woman married to Francesco who had commissioned Leonardo to paint his wife. They had five children, sadly only two made it to adulthood. When she sat for Leonardo it was just after one of her children died, he captures her in her morning attire. Francesco would die before he could ever pay for the painting and the painting would travel to France with the artist and later bought by Francois I.
My favorite of the three is the Winged Victory of Samothrace. The majestic headless lady stands high above the steps looking like she is about to take flight. Discovered in 1863 and dating back to the 2nd century BC. When she arrived at the Louvre in 1864 she was in 118 pieces. Her torso left-wing and lower body were first displayed without any plans to restore her. In 1871 a new restorer took on the task of putting her back together to the beautiful lady we see today.
The Venus de Milo, may not even be Venus after all. The famous armless figure of beauty could be Amphitrite, goddess of the sea. Discovered by a Greek farmer on April 8, 1820, while looking for some rocks. Purchased for 1000 francs by the Marquis de Riviere on behalf of the French and after much negotiation, she was finally sent to Paris as a gift for Louis-Philippe. He gave it to the Louvre, where she has been since 1821.
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Heloise, the name that may ring more of a bell as Heloise and Abelard. A couple is known as the French Romeo & Juliette long before Shakespeare would write the story.
Heloise was born around 1092, it is unsure of her actual birthday and can swing into the 1070s depending on what you read. Heloise would spend most of her childhood raised by her brother and at 11 would be sent to Paris to live with her uncle Fulbert.
Uncle Fulbert served as a canon at the Hotel Dieu de Paris on the Ile de la Cité where he also lived. His house on the Quai des Fleurs was large and had room for a few renters so he offered a room to Abelard. Abelard was a schoolmaster for the Cloister Catholic School and was known all over Paris for his handsome looks and charismatic personality.
Abelard and Heloise were taken with each other immediately and to spend more time together he took her on as his personal student. The two began a very hot and steamy affair that they kept from Fulbert. That is until she became pregnant. Abelard took her to Brittany to stay with his sister Dionysis. In the fall of 1116 Astrolab was born.
Heloise left Paris for the convent of Saint Marie d’Argenteuil where she would become a nun. Abelard would eventually leave Paris to set up his own convent and chapel and the two would keep in touch through their letters.
In the 16th century, their first four letters were discovered and published and brought the story of the lovers to life. Over time more letters were found drawing a long list of fans including Josephine.
In 1817, a new cemetery opened in Paris, today’s Pere Lachaise. Far outside the city at the time, it was having a hard time drawing people who would want to be buried there. The idea was to move some famous residents that would draw others that would want to spend the rest of their lives next to the famous. Josephine led the charge to have Heloise and Abelard moved to Paris to lay together for eternity.
Alexandre Lenoir, the man who saved the monuments of France during the Revolution designed the Castrum Doloris, “castle of grief” a gothic revival structure with the two lying on top of a bed looking towards the sky. Lenoir used stones for the Oratoire du Paraclete that Abelard loved and built at the end of his life.
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My name is Camille Roux dit Buisson, I was born and I live in Paris. I grew up surrounded by art, with my parents who were passionate, and especially because my father is an art dealer who started collecting Jacqueline Marval (1866 – 1932)’s work from the 1980s. He took me to Drouot and the Louvre des Antiquaires (where he had a gallery until the 2010s) all the time, which started to build the passion and admiration I have for art.
I used to work in fashion PR, communication, and marketing while keeping a foot in the arts; I would organize fashion events and shows but also art-related ones. After 3 years, I decided to join my father and to start working as an art dealer at the occasion of the 2018 Paris Biennale at the Grand Palais. Seeing his passion for Jacqueline Marval, and as I grew up surrounded by her art, I got more and more interested in her work and life.
We just opened the Comité Jacqueline Marval with my father (Raphaël Roux dit Buisson) and my brothers (Lucien and Arthur, who have their own life but work with us & help us as well). The committee aims to allow the re-discovery of Jacqueline Marval’s work, from a contemporary viewpoint, as she arrived in a world that did not expect her, and in which she took a prominent role. It’s a beautiful space quite close to Berthe Weill’s Gallery, Ambroise Vollard’s, and also not very far from Le Bateau Lavoir.
From the exhibition of her works to the redaction of the Catalogue Raisonné, by compiling and making her archives accessible - crossed with the ones from museums and worldwide institutions (musée d’Orsay, Metropolitan Museum, universities, libraries, and so on), the Committee tells the story of this great artist.
My role is to bring her back to the light she was in and deserves.
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Last week we shared the story of Djuna Barnes and you can’t have Djuna without the story of Natalie Barney, Natalie was born in October 1876 in Dayton Ohio to a very wealthy family. Raised with an appreciation of art, music, and culture from a very young age they spent weekends in museums and author readings.
One reading while in New York over the summer took a young Natalie and her mother to a bookshop to listen to Oscar Wilde. While he was speaking a group of young boys began throwing candied cherries at Natalie. When Oscar saw this he picked her up and put her on his knee and read a story to her. Later in life, she would date Oscar’s niece.
In 1887 she went to Paris for the first time with her mother who was chasing her dream of being an artist. It began her instant love affair with France and she would return four years later traveling all over Europe and finally settling in Paris.
In Spain she met the red-headed beauty Eva Sikelianas and fell in love, She had known since she was 12 that she was a lesbian and vowed to live an out and normal life. Natalie had a rather open idea when it came to relationships. She always wanted to date more than one person at a time and wasn’t ever going to be devoted to just one person.
One dramatic relationship after another some ending suddenly and some with dramatic shows of love before walking away. It became a right of passage for any lesbian in Paris to have spent some time in her bed but not to stay too long.
Natalie left her mark on Paris with her salons that she held for over 60 years. Every expat & artist that came through Paris visited her weekly salon from Colette, Rodin, Cocteau, Peggy Guggenheim, Gertrude Stein, and Hemingway to name a few. In 1909 she moved to a home at 20 Rue Jacob that came complete with a temple.
The small Temple of Friendship with its Doric columns sat in the garden and if those columns could talk, they would have quite a story. Watching Colette dressed and performed as Mata Hari and the late-night parties with naked party goers.
There is so much more to her life, sit back and listen to today’s newest episode all about her life.
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Franco-American artist and photographer Kali Vermès started making terrariums to satisfy both her green thumb and creative impulses with one activity. The microcosms she creates, under the moniker, Grow Little, are carefully conceived tiny, verdant worlds.
Born in Paris, Kali grew up in an apartment filled with hanging plants. Her Russian photographer grandfather grew pear trees and tended a vegetable garden in his backyard in New Hampshire, and her Norman grandmother was a fervent gardener who always found the time to show off her magnificent plants. Kali began her career as a photographer and has worked with acclaimed artists such as Joel Sternfeld and Robert Wilson.
Currently based in Montreuil, just outside of Paris, she curates little landscapes that bring a touch of green whimsy to the everyday. Kali Vermès creates lush, gently wild atmospheres, for renowned clients and high-end hotels including Hotel Amour, Hotel Grand Amour, Céline boutiques, Thierry Costes, the Cité de la Mode et du Design.
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Djuna Barnes, the woman who mingled with the Lost Generation was born in 1892 in New York and would leave her mark in Paris.
Born into a rather different family, her father had two wives and would later marry Djuna off to his second wife's brother. Shortly after her mother had too much she took her kids and left for New York. There Djuna began working as a writer for the New York Eagle. Not only was she a talented writer but also an illustrator who would draw pictures that accompanied each of her articles.
In 1921 she arrived in Paris and settled in Saint Germain. She instantly mingled with the newly arriving American ex-pat group and the large group of lesbians that settled in Paris led by Natalie Barney, who will talk about next week. The two had a short affair, which was a right of passage for just about every lesbian that arrived in Paris. Their relationship was short but remained friends as long as Djuna lived in Paris.
Involved with Thelma Wood while in Paris, the two had a volatile relationship that was very public resulting in arguments due to Thelma’s drinking. After it ended Djuna turned to drinking too much and also wrote The Nightwood based on their love affair and her best-known book. She began writing the book sitting in the Cafe de la Mairie across from Saint Sulpice where many other writers would do the same.
When her drinking became too much, friend Peggy Guggenheim sent her to London and finally back to New York where she would spend time in an asylum. While there she decided to write a play about the dark dirty secrets of her family which didn’t please her family at all. She would spend the rest of her life alone and living like a recluse in her New York apartment and lived until she was 90 years old, dying just 6 days after her birthday June 18, 1982.
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International award-winning Artist Stephanie MacKenzie is a vibrant talent. Multiple layers, brilliant colors, and intricate designs unite through storytelling and blended archetypes bringing lush dimensions to her work.
ABSTRACT ART
Immerse yourself into a high saturated universe with Artist Stephanie Mackenzie. Intense color and vivid brushstrokes are created through movement while listening to a range of music. Mackenzie uses the vibration of sound to submerge herself into her self conscious and let her inner voice speak through each gestural movement. Using form, space, and color to communicate an infinite number of patterns. Expressing her ideas by creating a visual language through her contemporary Art. Dive into the labyrinth of Mackenzie’s inner existence.
MIXED MEDIA ART
The creation of each piece requires MacKenzie to draw on all her traditional art studies of drawing, painting, design, and sculpture, as well as her extensive computer skills. The process of producing each piece is complex. Models, costumes, lighting, set and storyboards are important elements in the early stages before digital technology is applied to create the final Arts. After being printed on canvas, MacKenzie’s original works are hand-embellished by adapting and using acrylic paint and gel mediums to create her multiple dimensional unique originals.
Her Art is gaining recognition & being collected on a global level & has been showcased for donation alongside His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales, Sir Peter Blake CBE RDI, Pierce Brosnan OBE and Nick Park CBE for The Prince's Trust charity in London UK.
With three suitcases and her camera by her side, Mackenzie got a one-way ticket from Toronto to the largest hot spot for Art leaving her family and friends behind to pursue her dream. Now residing in Paris, France, Stephanie is working internationally. Her award-winning Art has been published, collected, and showcased globally.
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Amy Kupec Larue has been living, working and traveling in Europe for 30 years. Her passion for flowers, plants and the French Art de Vivre led her to a career that beautifully combines her wide knowledge, keen interests and vast experience with gardens.
Since 2005 she has been guiding individuals and groups including the Pacific Horticulture Society, the New York Botanical Garden and the Garden Club of America on tours through public and private gardens in Paris, Normandy, the Loire River Valley, the South of France and Tuscany. A true rose-lover, she has been a permanent jury member of the Bagatelle Rose Commission since 2009.
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Berthe Weill was a French art dealer who played a vital role in the creation of the market for twentieth-century art with the manifestation of the Parisian Avant-Garde.
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Sonja Bajic is an illustrator and artist well known for her geographical maps, visual identity, and the search for the best in every day and every process. And illustrating that. Living and working in Paris, Sonja believes in sustainability and a better tomorrow and shows this in her work and through her educational activities.
She is the author of several books and projects dealing with the empowerment of women and minority groups. Her book What My Girlfriends Told Me was published in London in March 2018 (September Publishing), and then two books, co-authored by Sonja, were published in the Balkans. One is "about women who were progressive when it wasn't modern" - Kakva zenska (Kreativni centar, Belgrade) and the other is a book of poems and coloring book - "Vezbanka za strah" (Kontrast izdavastvo, Belgrade).
Sonja’s last exhibition was in Paris in July 2020 where she exhibited her embroidery as part of a group exhibition at the Les Grands Voisins exhibition space. She has exhibited in Belgrade, Novi Sad and throughout Europe.
Some of Sonja’s most important clients are Elle, Harper's Bazaar, and History Group. The list is expanding daily.
In the online world, Sonja is known for her recognizable personalized maps of cities and places. Each of us walks on his own map and Sonja notices the beauty of those moments by looking at these personal maps. She also likes reminding you to go and check your breast. Because health is always in the first place.
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The list of mistresses of the kings of France is long. For Louis XV, sandwiched between two of the most famous kings might be best known for his many lovers than for the man himself.
After Madame de Pompadour who we have also talked about, Madame du Barry definitely left her mark on Versailles and a very young Marie Antoinette. Jeanne Bécu was born on August 19, 1743, in Vaucouleurs in the northeast of France. Her mother Anne Bécu who was known for her beauty and her father was unknown. It is thought that her father could be a Franciscan monk, Jean-Jacques Baptiste de Vaubernier. Anne had worked as a seamstress at the local convent and could be where the scandalous act occurred.
Finding a job as an apprentice to a hairdresser, Lametz who she also was in a relationship until she obtained all of his money and moved on. Later working in a perfume shop and as an assistant to a hatmaker, picking up one odd job after another until one day she met a man at a Paris casino.
Jean-Baptiste du Barry owned a casino and also a brothel. He was instantly struck by her beauty and knew he must have her. The two became an item but he also convinced her to work as a prostitute and courtesan for him. She was instantly popular with the elite and men at court. Frequent trips to Versailles to see the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Duc de Choiseul who was a very loyal customer. In 1768, while leaving Versailles she was spotted by Louis XV who was still mourning the death of Madame de Pompadour, but the beautiful young lady intrigued him.
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Beowulf Sheehan is a New-York based photographer of figures in the arts and humanities. AUTHOR: The Portraits of Beowulf Sheehan, a collection of portraits of 200 writers from 35 countries with a foreword by Salman Rushdie, was published in 2018. THE AUTHOR PHOTO: Portrait Photographer Beowulf Sheehan on a Life Capturing Writers, a short film by Claire Ince and Ancil McKain, was an official selection of the 2020 Venice Institute of Contemporary Art Fine Arts Film Festival and 2020 On Art Film Festival.
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Born on March 16, 1822 in Bordeaux into a large family of artists.Her mother Sophie Marquis married Raymond Bonheur who was also her drawing teacher. Raymond painted landscapes of Bordeaux and portraits and instilled a love of art in all his children.
As a child when Rosa was struggling at school her mother used her love of drawing to her advantage. Asking Rosa to draw an animal for each of the letters of the alphabet was just the trick she needed. Her mother died when she was young and her school life suffered. Expelled twice her father finally took her out of school and focused on teaching her how to paint.
Raymond specialized in Realism and to help Rosa he had their Paris home filled with animals. From squirrels and rabbits to ducks and sheep the young artist had all she needed to begin her life as a painter of animals. Once she needed more subjects she would visit farms in Levalois-Perret and the Bois de Boulogne. Rosa was lucky to have an artist as a father as few women were able to find teachers at the time. Spending her days in the Musée du Louvre as a copyist always being pulled to the masters paintings of animals. At 19 year she was already showing her pieces at the Paris Salon and selling her paintings to avid collectors.
As a female painter in the 19th century she was able to do something few other women did. She became an international star. The copies of the Horse Fair were selling all over England and the United States and Empress Eugenie was also an avid fan. In 1865 Eugenie urged her husband for quite some time to award Rosa the Legion of Honor for her work and spreading French art around the world. He finally gave in with the stipulation that he would have nothing to do with it and it would be given without a formal ceremony. On June 10, 1865 Eugenie traveled to the Chateau de By and presented Rosa with the highest award a civilian could get. Anna would later paint her wearing the metal, today it is still in the Chateau de By.
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Who is Doni Belau? Who is Doni Belau? An inveterate traveler, I’ve been to nearly 70 countries (and counting). I come alive when I travel, when I’m exploring, and when I’m seeing, tasting, and feeling something new. I love to help other women experience this sensation as I truly feel it helps us see a larger world of possibilities within ourselves. Girls’ Guide to Paris & Beyond is an invitation to travel with me to explore another part of the world while we explore another part of ourselves.
Before Girls’ Guide, I had a long career in television production, stayed at home when my kids were young (and am grateful for that), then tried to make a difference in the not-for-profit arena and politics. I started a not-for-profit in South Africa helping kids in a Capetown township with HIV – one of the most rewarding experiences of my life.
I hail from Nebraska, but I’ve lived most of my adult life in New York. 20 years ago, we bought our first home in France; I’ve been trying to live there full-time ever since. However, I’m lucky enough to divide my time between Paris, Bordeaux, and New York thanks to a gracious husband.
I’m obsessed with food…gourmet Michelin star level meals to aligot at a street fair. I relish finding that unique place with a chef who really cares what he or she is putting on the plate. Plus, I’ll try anything once. Weirdest foods sampled to date: frog legs (very good~), escargot & foie gras (duh!), eland and zebra (in Africa), fermented shark (in Iceland – GROSS), and fried grasshoppers (tasty!).
I’ve been a brunette and a blond and blond is better! I try to stay fashion conscious but sometimes I just have to throw on the mom jeans. I believe in the motto “Never act your age!”. Oh, and I’m obsessed with gardens and flowers.
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Artist Eva Gonzalez may not be as well known as her fellow female impressionist artists but she should be.
Born on April 19, 1849, in Paris, her father Emmanuell Gonzalez was a Spanish novelist and playwright and her mother was a trained musician. With their creativity handed down to her at a very early age, she was drawn to painting and sketching.
A chance meeting through artists Alfred Stevens in February 1869 would put her on the path to being a known artist. Stevens took Eva to the studio of Edouard Manet who at the time was obsessed with anything Spanish and Eve had the look he loved. He immediately wanted to paint her and took her in as his one and only ever student.
Manet was going through a lot at the time. The critics were slamming him for Olympia and Dejeuner sur l’herbe and he was starting to pull himself away from the art world and turn into a shut-in. Meeting Eve was just what he needed. His first painting of her premiered at the Salon of 1870, titled Mademoiselle Eve Gonzalez.
Like her teacher Manet, Emile Zola came to her defense writing pamphlets supporting her art and gaining her more attention. In 1874 she moved to a softer touch and from Manet’s style and continued to use her sister as her model.
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Marina Khorosh is a writer and copywriter living in New York City. Originally from Russia, she spent her twenties living in New York, after which she moved to Paris to study at Institut Français de la Mode. While in Paris, she launched a blog called Dbag Dating to share her Parisian dating exploits, which soon earned her a role as a writer of a French girl style column for Vogue.com. She was then approached by French publisher J'ai Lu to write a book based on her Parisian dating experiences. The book, Love in Translation, was released in September 2020 and is a coming of age memoir of five years of Marina's life, relayed through 12 romantic encounters that shaped her along the way.
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Jeanne Antoinette Poisson was destined to be the mistress of the king. As a child, her mother took her to a fortune-teller who told the young girl that she would one day hold the heart of the king. From then on she was called Reinette, little queen.
Her mother set out from that moment to raise her to be a mistress and hired the best teachers to educate her in art, dancing, and the theater. In 1740 at the age of 19, she was married to Charles Guillaume, nephew of her guardian Tourneheim with one clause. They would be happily married and she would never leave him unless the king came calling.
Poisson and her husband lived in the Chateau d’Etoiles where she would hold lavish Salons with Voltaire, Fontenelle, and Montesquieu in attendance. Her name began spreading all the way to court. Poisson heard that Louis XV hunted in the woods near their home and one day she dressed in a blue dress and took off in her pink carriage cutting right into his path. She did it again days later, this time in a pink dress and a blue carriage.
She got the king's attention and in turn, he sent her venison as a gift, what a way to woo a girl. On February 24, 1745, she was invited to court to attend a masked ball. Dressed as Diane the huntress she floated through the ball and right into his arms. Three days later at the Hotel de Ville he publicly declared his love for her.
As a commoner, it was frowned upon at court but easily fixed when Louis XV bought her the title, chateau, and the crest of the Marquise de Pompadour. Pompadour would become his most trusted advisor, even after their physical affair ended.
While the mistresses of the kings were many, Pompadour should be remembered for her contribution to the arts through supporting artists and her own skills. From gemstone engraving to create books with her own printing press and the first royal porcelain factory in France.
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As a fifth-generation Texan, Sumner Hargrove began riding horses bareback at her family’s
ranch at the age of three! She went on to do her undergraduate degree magna cum laude at
Mary Baldwin College in Virginia in English Literature and Philosophy, followed by a master’s
in Public Policy and Public Finance from New York University. She then worked on Wall
Street as a municipal bond analyst and public finance officer for a Japanese bank. At the age
of 30, she decided to follow her dream since high school to move to Paris to study French
and see what else might happen along the way.
Second career pivot…she taught marketing, finance, and media in English at French business
schools and grandés écoles got married and had boy/girl twins, re-inventing herself again
after their births as a managing editor in the marketing department of a French software
firm as well as at the headquarters of a major French services company, in charge of internal
communications for the 400+ marketing staff around the world.
Most recently, when her twins went to university four years ago, she decided it was “the
moment” to go back to school again, this time to fulfill a childhood dream to become an
interior decorator at last! She received a French diplôme d’état in interior decoration and
space design in 2017, founded her interior decorating agency, Flights of Fancy, in 2018 and
has never looked back!
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Martha Gelhorn, born in St Louis in 1908 to two parents that wanted much more for their daughter than the role women were to play at the time. Her father George was a doctor and her mother Edna was politically active in the suffrage movement and also served as a president of Bryn Mawr. Her father pulled her out of school as soon as he learned the nuns had covered the pictures of the female anatomy and took her to the Mary Institute where her mother was the president. It was also the school of another young girl that had been there a few years before, Hadley Richardson.
After attending Bryn Mawr for one year she decided to leave and chase her career as a writer. In 1930 it would take her to Paris where she would later meet Bertrand de Jouvenal who had also been the stepson and lover of Colette. Martha was not content to stay in one place too long. She became one of the first female war correspondents after she traveled the US documenting the Depression for President Roosevelt. Never one to shy away from conflict she was able to bring the stories in a way nobody else did. Gelhorn would find the real story and tell it from a raw and sympathetic point of view that touched her readers. Of course many know her name from being the third wife of Ernest Hemingway.
Their relationship started out as two writers always chasing the excitement but ended from jealousy and her need to never sit still. Gelhorn never wanted to be the postscript in his biography, nor should she be. Gelhorn was an inspiring and amazing woman. The only woman on the beaches of Normandy on D-day, witness to the destruction of Hitler and a front seat to the Spanish Civil war bringing the world to people in a way few did at the time. That is what she should be remembered for.
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Janet Skeslien Charles grew up on the plains of Montana. She spent two years in Odessa, Ukraine, as a Soros Teaching Fellow. She has taught English, French, and Creative writing in Ukraine, Montana, and France. She enjoys reading, spending time with family, and researching her new novel.
The backdrop of her debut novel MOONLIGHT IN ODESSA is the booming business of email-order brides, an industry where love and marriage meet sex and commerce. It was chosen as a Publishers Weekly Top Ten Debut as well as a book of the month in National Geographic Traveler. It was published in 12 languages.
Her second novel THE PARIS LIBRARY is based on the true story of the courageous librarians at the American Library in Paris during World War II. Janet learned about the story when she worked at the Library. It is published in 26 languages.
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Anne de Rochechouart de Montemart may not jump to your mind but her great grandmother does. While you would think the great-granddaughter of Veuve Clicquot would sit back sipping her family champagne and counting all her money, that wasn’t the life that Anne wanted.
The apple of her great grandmother's eye, they would remain close her entire life and would also inherit the bulk of her estate. Anne used her money and her prestige to engage in politics and charities bringing to light causes that were mostly ignored.
Anything she wanted to do she did. In 1898 when Emile Delahayes built a new car she had to have one. She was the first woman in France to have a driver's license and also the first to get a speeding ticket. She was going 9 mph in a 7.5 mph zone, the horror. When women weren’t allowed in the auto club, she created her own.
During World War I, she donated funds and also properties for the French to create makeshift hospitals. Anne didn’t stop there. At 70 years old she obtained her nurse's license so she could help the doctors. Anne’s philanthropy would make her great grandmother proud, just one more reason to enjoy that glass of Veuve Clicquot.
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At Adrienne’s 10th birthday, every guest went home with a ruby ball cactus as their party favor. Although Adrienne preferred otherwise, it was inevitable. Every year party guests left her birthday with plants in their arms. It was because both of her parents worked in the horticulture industry in San Diego, California.
Born on Valentine’s Day, Adrienne literally grew up in the flowers. Her days were spent as a young girl visiting her dad at work in the greenhouses and exploring botanical gardens & flower shops weekly with her mom.
When Adrienne was 21 she visited Europe for the first time during a college trip. She fell in love with a boy in the south of France the second she laid eyes on him on his grandparent's balcony. After two years of long-distance, she decided to move to Paris bringing their love to the same city for the first time.
- In 2016 she moved to Paris and discovered her favorite flower shop in the 11th arrondissement down the street from her apartment.
-In 2018 she started working at said flower shop the day after receiving her work VISA.
-In 2020 she bought the most magical flower shop in Paris called L’Arrosoir which has existed for over 100 years.
Now Adrienne is the “Patrone” of her flower shop in Paris and the boss of four French girls. Every day brings a new challenge as a shop owner, and especially during a global pandemic but it’s Paris and la vie est belle.
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George Sand, the woman that marched to her own beat, broke with tradition, and carved out her own life is this week's featured lady on La Vie Creative - Paris History Avec a Hemingway.
Born in Paris on July 1, 1804, Amantine Lucille Aurore Dupin as she was known long before she went by George. As many of these stories go, her mother was a prostitute and her father only married her in the final weeks of her pregnancy. Luckily her grandmother Marie-Aurore de Saxe took her in.
At 16 she was married off to François Casimir Dudevant and two children came shortly after but the marriage wasn’t a happy one and François was happy to spend all her money and sleeping with all the staff. In 1831 George left for Paris and met a group of writers including Jules Sandeau. The two began an affair and also wrote articles together under the name J. Sand.
When she wanted to use the same moniker to publish her book Indiana, Jules said no. At that moment George Sand was born. George Sand would become known more for her dressing like a man today but in her day she was one of the top-selling writers and the first to ever be able to live off her proceeds.
Besides her writing, she had many romantic adventures filled with drama and scandal. Today you can find her in the Jardin du Luxembourg and the Musée de la Vie Romantique but her presence fills the air of Paris to this day.
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Daughter of renowned Swiss abstract painter Gérard Schneider, she has continued the family tradition of painting. She paints from a country setting near Fontainebleau. She has become highly acclaimed for her acrylic floral work. Her work portrays the soft illusion of forms blowing in a gentle breeze.
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If there was one story I was excited to share when we began this podcast it was the life of Valtesse de La Bigne. Born in 1848 she learned from a very early age she had to take care of herself. Her father was an alcoholic who wouldn’t have a role in her life and her mother was a laundress and prostitute. At ten years old she worked in a candy store and within a few years, she was working twelve-hour days as a seamstress.
Many of the young girls working near the Rue Notre Dame de Lorette were given the moniker Laurette for their work on the side to make a little extra money. Not thought of as a full-blown lady of the night, but it was the start of a lifelong career for Valtesse. Her birth name was Emile-Louis Delabigne who would later change it when she decided to take to the stage and needed a more refined name.
She chose Valtesse as it sounded a lot like Votre- Altesse, your highness in French, and with a few strategic moves she became the most sought after and famous Courtesan of Paris. Her life filled the pages of newspapers and she served as the inspiration for Emile Zola’s most famous works. She inspired artists and carved out a life few women could do at this time.
I first discovered her when I came across her exquisite bed in the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, just the story of her bed alone is a reason you must listen to this week's episode of La Vie Creative - Paris History Avec A Hemingway.
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Edith de Belleville is a licensed tour guide in Paris and an attorney at law. She wrote a book about inspirational Parisian women from the past "Belles et Rebelles".She also teaches the Jewish heritage in Paris at university Gustave Eiffel for the future licensed tour guides.
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When the Impressionist artists ruled Paris, there were a few women that made their way into the exclusive club. Known as Les Trois Grandes Dames, Berthe Morisot, Mary Cassatt, and Marie Bracquemond mixed and mingled with the likes of Manet, Degas, and Renoir.
Marie Bracquemond however had a very different life than Morisot or Cassatt. Raised in a family that had very little money but with a love of painting early on, she created her own paint colors using flower petals.
Without money or family support it was difficult to find a teacher until Auguste Vassor agreed to take her on. Under Vassor at just seventeen years old she finished and presented her first painting to the Paris Salon. The painting of her mother and sister was accepted and displayed for all to see including Ingres. Quite impressed with the young girl's talent, he invited her to his atelier to learn under the master. Ingres didn’t take women very seriously and only gave them images of flowers and fruit to paint. Marie grew very tired and left looking for other challenges.
Empress Eugene, wife of Napoleon III and a big promoter of women in art saw her work and commissioned her to paint a few paintings for her. Marie's career was really taking off until she met her future husband Felix Bracquemond. At first, he was supportive of her art, he was an artist himself. As an engraver and porcelain painter he would share his craft with her and also become angrier with her talent.
Marie today is mostly forgotten and little of her work remains. Listen to her whole story and the few things that kept her going during her unhappy marriage in this week's episode
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Véronique Bawol, the company founder of Cuisine Elégante, was introduced to classic French cooking at an early age in her family’s kitchen. She was especially inspired by her grandmother who worked as the personal cook for Jacques Tréfouël, head of the Pasteur Institute.
She started taking classes at Le Cordon Bleu in London, where she lived for four years. Given her background, she is well versed in classic French dishes and loves creating modern variations.
Véronique is married to an American and fluent in English. Her family life and international community provide her with a deep understanding of the culinary experiences sought after by visitors to Paris.
Cuisine Elégante caters events for the American Church, American Friends of Musée d’Orsay, members of the American Embassy and teaches classes to the American Women’s Group in Paris, who honored her as “Woman of the Year” twice for her efforts.
Whether it’s creating a special family dinner, catering an unforgettable cocktail party, or designing a unique market tour, Cuisine Elégante can provide unforgettable experiences that will deepen one’s love for French cuisine, culture, and Paris.
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Diane de Poitiers, the true love of Henri II and the number one enemy of Catherine de Medicis was born on January 9, 1500. Educated by Anne, Duchess of Bourbon, daughter of Louis XI she was close to court life from a very early age. Married at fifteen to Louis de Bréze Seigneur d’Anet, he was almost forty years older than her. They had two children and would have a happy marriage until he was sentenced to death for a plot against King Francois I. On the scaffolding about to die, he was pardoned and sent to prison.
Diane remained at court as the lady in waiting to Queen Claude of France and in 1525 her path would cross with the young son of Francois I. Henri II was being sent off to Spain in a trade deal to release his father from prison and as the 7-year-old was led from court and Diane gave him a kiss on the cheek.
When he returned four years later he and Diane became very close and she even approved of his marriage to Catherine. A year after their marriage the affair of Henri II and Diane de Poitiers began. Diane remained a solid element of his life and even educated the royal children. All was well until the untimely death of Henri II and Catherine could finally exile Diane from her life.
Listen to her full story on this week's new episode of La Vie Creative - Paris History Avec A Hemingway.
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Having studied and worked in the UK, USA, Malta, Italy, Greece, and Japan; Anna gained extensive exposure to international markets and trends across a variety of multi-media fields before settling in Paris in 2010 where she consults in fashion trend forecasting and is also an Editor at menswear magazine Fucking Young along with finding her 35mm book-zine Pairs Project. When she isn't busy traveling (65 countries and counting), she’s running around with her toddler Dali and always has a shoot in production. Today she talks to us about the secret world of trend forecasting.
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Jane Avril, the bell of the Moulin Rouge is mainly known for the many images that Toulouse-Lautrec painted of her. However, there is always more than that to her story. Her mother Leotine Beaudon was a prostitute and her father an Italian nobleman that would never recognise her as his own. She was raised by her grandparents in Etamps until they passed away, sending the young Jeanne Beaudon as she was known to a convent.
Jeanne’s childhood was in constant upheaval, just when she was in a good place her mother would find her and would try to force her into the family business. At 13 she would run away from home and would end up in the Salpetriere Hospital. Jeanne was diagnosed with St Vitus Dance disorder which resulted in jerky movements, later it would become her signature move.
Jeanne would later become Jane Avril, partially to hide from her mother but every new start needed a catchy name. Jane was taking to the stage of the newly opened Moulin Rouge where she would create a lasting impression on Paris.
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An American in Paris, my guest today arrived in Paris as a 29-year-old student who had dreamed of moving abroad since childhood.
She is the quintessential creative who dabbles in 1000 forms of art from writing on her blog Presque Perfection, to painting, to language, to cooking.
I admire her motivation to try many forms of creation. My guest today is Amanda VanOsdol of Presque Perfection Blog
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Madame de Maintenon, the woman that would start as a secret babysitter and become the unofficial queen of France. Born in 1635, her father was in prison for gambling and counterfeiting and her mother was the daughter of the prison director, straight out of a Lifetime movie. Later she was looked after by her godmother that showed her the fancier side of Paris, taking her to Salons and meeting the intellectuals of the day.
At a Salon, she met poet and writer Paul Scarron and began to share letters until he asked her to marry him. He was 25 years old and suffering from polio, but they had a very close relationship for the short time they were married. After his death on the verge of leaving for Portugal, Madame de Montespan who she had met at a Salon stepped in and asked her to watch over the illegitimate children of the king.
The role got her closer to the king, although he was not too enamored with her at first that would change. While Montespan was swept away in the Affair of the Poisons, Maintenon became closer and closer to the king. Once the queen died, in a very quiet ceremony in front of the archbishop and the king's confessor Pere de la Chaise they were married in the king's bedroom.
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Meredith Mullins came for a short visit to Paris 15 years ago … and decided to stay. Pourquoi pas? Dreams can come true.
She is devoted to two passions—photography and writing—and all the adventures that these two ways of seeing offered. She is an internationally exhibited photographer, winner of several major photography competitions, and author of the award-winning book In A Paris Moment.
Meredith has been a popular photography instructor in Paris for 13 years. She also writes and photographs for several travel and education publications, including National Geographic Education, OIC Moments, Eye Prefer Paris, Bonjour Paris, and France Today.
She was an organizer of the Paris Writers Workshop and Director of the International Fine Art Photography Award—programs that were designed to celebrate the discovery of new talent in the literary and visual arts.
“Life is about fleeting moments,” she says. “You must be ready, with eyes and heart open.
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Madame de Montespan, was born as Françoise de Rochechouart de Mortemart on October 5, 1641 in Lussac-les-Châteaux. Her family, the house of Rochechouart, was one of the oldest noble families and served the king and queen of France.
As a child she was sent to the Convent of Saint Mary in Saintes alongside other noble children and at 17 years old she was working in the court of the Palais du Louvre. In 1658 as the lady-in-waiting to the sister-in-law to Louis XIV, Henriette of England, the young Francoise was now close to king Louis XIV. A role given to her by Anne of Austria who her mother served as her lady-in-waiting, it was the family business after all.
On January 28, 1663 she married Louis Henri de Pardaillan de Gondrin, Marquis de Montespan, although she was in love with Louis de la Frémoille. A lady didn’t have much of a choice back then and was forced to marry Louis Henri. Montespan became the head mistress, mother of his seven children and trusted advisor until her role in the Affair of the Poison was reviled. Her entire story is at times pretty horrifying and could be sensitive to some. We tried not to get to into the dark stuff, but it is part of her story.
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Today I chat with French native and Stand up comedian Cedrik Verdure. He is also the author of Laugh your Way through the Louvre! Cedrik became famous for his hilarious tours, making history fun again! His Airbnb tours are sold out for months and he tells us how he came up with the concept for funny Louvre tours and about his life in France.
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American artist Mary Cassatt was considered one of “Les Trois Grandes Dames of Impressionism” alongside Berthe Morisot and Marie Bracquemond. Born in Pittsburgh on May 22, 1844, to a very wealthy family. Her father Robert Simpson Cassatt made a fortune in the stock market and with land sales. Her mother Katherine came from a banking family that was well educated and believed her own daughter should be as well.
In 1866, she packed up her brushes and moved to Paris, but the city of artists wasn’t that much easier. Being a woman held her back, she couldn’t go to the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and had to find her own teacher that would take an eager young lady. Jean-Leon Gérôme who also taught a long list of artists saw something in Mary and took her under his wing. Spending most of her days with Gérôme in the Louvre copying paintings and mingling with the other young artists of Paris. In 1868 she began to study under Thomas Couture who had also been Manet’s teacher.
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JESSIE KANELOS WEINER IS A FRANCO-AMERICAN ILLUSTRATOR, AUTHOR AND FOOD STYLIST BASED IN PARIS AND NEW YORK. BORN AND RAISED IN CHICAGO, SHE WAS A COSTUME DESIGNER IN A PREVIOUS LIFE WHEN PICKING UP WATERCOLOR FOR THE FIRST TIME, DEVELOPING HER HIGHLY DETAILED, WHIMSICAL AND INSTANTLY RECOGNIZABLE STYLE. SHE IS THE COAUTHOR OF “PARIS IN STRIDE” (RIZZOLI), AUTHOR OF “EDIBLE PARADISE: A COLORING BOOK OF SEASONAL FRUITS AND VEGETABLES” (UNIVERSE) AND 8 COOKBOOKS PUBLISHED BY EDITIONS MARABOUT. SHE IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON THE NEXT BOOK IN THE “IN STRIDE” SERIES.
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There were many American expats filling the streets of Paris in the 1920’s but there was one that did it with an extra panash and made an immediate impression. Josephine Baker was a woman ahead of her time and blazed her own path from the streets of St Louis to the stages of Paris.
Josephine Baker grew up on the streets of St Louis dancing for spare change before at the age of 15 she head to New York and became the highest paid chorus girl in Vaudeville. Shortly after she headed to Paris and was an immediate success on the stage of the Theatre Champs Elysees making a mark with her exotic moves and costumes.
She would go onto become a member of the Resistance, entertain the troops and adopt 12 children from around the world creating her own family, her “Rainbow Tribe”.
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Richard Nahem is a native New Yorker with a longstanding love for Paris. A trained chef, Richard ran a successful catering and event planning company for over twenty years in New York City, working with celebrities including Sarah Jessica Parker, Whitney Houston, and Joan Rivers. After a teenage trip to Paris made him an instant Francophile, he visited the city frequently until making it his home in 2005.
Richard’s popular blog, eyepreferparis.com, features beautiful photos and insightful weekly posts on art, fashion, food, history, restaurants, and all things Parisian. His work has appeared in The Guardian, Passport Magazine, Luxury Travel Advisor, and the National Geographic “Walking Tours of Paris” Guidebook. With 25 years of rave reviews from friends and colleagues, Richard decided to offer private tours of “his” Paris to the public. An animated speaker and savvy insider, Richard provides tailored, adventurous, and exciting tours of Paris for the independent-spirited traveler.
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You will know this week's lovely lady from the beautiful painting hanging in the Musée du Louvre by Jacques-Louis David. Juliette Récamier was a fixture of the Paris Salon scene in the 19th century and lived a very interesting life.
It all started with a rather strange story. Her mother Marie-Julie Matton came from a wealthy family and her father Jean Bernard was the notary and counsellor to the king. Growing up in Lyon, her father left for Paris to be the Postmaster General leaving Juliette and her mother in Lyon.
However, there is a large question that Jean Bernard was actually her father. Her mother held Salons in Lyon and a frequent visitor was Jacques Récamier who would marry the young 15 year old girl. That’s correct, her could be father was now her husband.
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Julia Willard moved to Paris where she found herself having to have a camera with herself at all times to capture the way the city had mastered beauty. Her bicycle added to the experience, as it increased her reach outside her little quarter. She found herself with an immense desire to share this beauty through her photographic eye.
She has been traveling and photographing all over Europe and especially Paris for over 8 years and shares her photographic eye and creativity with us on today's episode.
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The statue of Reine Berthe in the Jardin du Luxembourg is one of my favorites of the twenty illustrious ladies in French history. She may not be as well known as Marie de Medicis but you will know the name of her son and her story is pretty amazing.
Born in 720 to Count Caribert de Laon and Blanche-Fleur de Prum her beauty was known far and wide. When Pepin le Bref, future king of the Franks heard of her stunning beauty he wanted her for his wife. Different histories say he may have been married before to Leutburgie and when he heard of Berthe, he asked Leutburgie to leave court. The marriage was arranged and Berthe headed to court to meet her future husband.
What happens next is a pretty amazing story, tune into the podcast to see how it ends.
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Samantha Vérant is a travel addict, a self-professed oenophile, and a determined, if occasionally unconventional, at home French chef. She is the bestselling author of Seven Letters from Paris and How to Make a French Family and today she chats with us about her new book: The Secret French Recipes of Sophie Valroux
She lives in southwestern France, where she's married to a sexy French rocket scientist she met in 1989 (but ignored for twenty years), a stepmom to two incredible kids, and the adoptive mother to a ridiculously adorable French cat. When she’s not trekking from Provence to the Pyrénées or embracing her inner Julia Child, Sam is making her best effort to relearn those dreaded conjugations.
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There are many designers that have shaped fashion in France. However, before there were Dior and Chanel there was Jeanne Lanvin. Lanvin was a designer that paved the way for all the others to come after her.
Jeanne was born on January 1, 1867 in Paris at 35 Rue Mazarine. She was the oldest of eleven children to parents Bernard Lanvin and Sophie Blanche Deshayes. Jeanne got a job working at a hat shop at the age of 13, where she was a natural fit. In just three years she served as apprentice milliner and in 1889 at 22 years old she opened her own shop in Paris on the Rue Boissy d'Anglas. Her hats were very popular with the Paris elite and she had a long waiting list for her custom hats. She would go onto create perfume, sportswear, fashion for men, women and children and designs for the home.
Jeanne Lanvin’s name is not one that is as known as so many other designers and she was fine with that. Karl Lagerfeld later criticized her for her low-key persona and Coco Chanel looked at her as one of her greatest rivals. Today everyone thinks it was Coco that pioneered perfume, sportswear, hats and the color black, but just like everything else that many people know about Chanel, it is completely wrong. It is Jeanne Lanvin that we owe so much.
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A native of Canada, Lily Heise fell in love with Paris on a study abroad program and never looked back. This year she'll be celebrating her 20th anniversary in the City of Light, or is it the City of Love? Lily has written two humorous books on looking for romance in Paris, Je T'Aime, Me Neither and its sequel, Je T'Aime... Maybe? Her first book inspired her blog, winning of Best Blog in Paris in the 2018 Best of Paris awards, where you can find a wide variety of articles on offbeat romantic things to do in Paris, restaurants, bars, original date ideas as well as romantic destinations around the world. She is also a travel writer whose work has featured in The Huffington Post, Condé Nast Traveler, Playboy, Frommer’s, Fodor’s, among others.
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Ninon de Lenclos was a woman way ahead of her time. Born in 1620, she decided at a very early age that she was not going to live the life of the rest of the 17th century women. She didn’t want to be a nun or a wife and there were few other choices left. Ninon would go on to become one of the most celebrated courtesans in Paris.
Incredibly smart and witty she seduced men with her mind and drew women to her wanting to know her secrets. Ninon would give lessons to men on how to treat women, to listen to them, ask them questions and treat them as an equal. For the women she taught them how to flirt and to use their mind. Her daily salons drew everyone in Paris from Moliere to Charles Perrault. Louis XIV even counted her as a trusted friend and would seek her guidance.
Ninon never gave up her lifestyle and even took lovers into her 80’s
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Susan Hutchinson is the founder and curator of @thefrancophiles, a community that promotes French culture around the globe. She is also the creative director for her French-inspired lifestyle blog of ten years, Fleurishing. After 18 years in the field of interior design and many years running her own firm, Susan decided to switch gears and focus her creative energy into her lifelong passion for French culture. She lives outside of Philadelphia with her husband and children, twins Marie et Henry (who are already fervent Francophiles).
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The life of Marie Antoinette has been well documented. However the loveliest of ways and the most enduring image of the fated queen was in the paintings of Elisabeth Vigee Le Brun.
Vigee Le Brun began to paint as a child and by the age of 15 she already finished her first major painting. Her portraits got the attention of all of Paris and the court at Versailles. Once the Count de Provence, future Louis XVIII, saw her paintings he commissioned her to paint a portrait of him.
Her style of paintings with their very feminine touches was not overlooked by Marie Antoinette and asked her to paint her as well. She would paint the queen more than 30 times including the controversial painting of the queen in a white muslin dress.
Surviving the Revolution by leaving France she continued to paint in Italy and Russia before she was allowed to return to Paris. Today her paintings hang in the Musée du Louvre, Versailles and smaller museums all over France. Ahead of her time in a field dominated by men, she stood her ground and was unwavered in her vision to the end.
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Molly Wilkinson is a pastry chef living in Versailles. Originally from Dallas, Texas, in 2013 she changed careers to follow her passion by moving to Paris and studying pastry at Le Cordon Bleu. After working at several bakeries in both France and the US, she now teaches pastry out of her 18th century apartment just 5 minutes walk from the Versailles Chateau. Her method is all about making French pastry easy by breaking down recipes and showing you lots of tips and tricks to help any baker achieve extraordinary results.
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Sarah Bernhardt the darling of the stage marched to her own beat. From an early age she heard the calling but at first she thought it was for a religious life. After a full mass funeral for her pet lizard she was told her talents were better used elsewhere.
Performing on just about every stage in Paris, the tough and at times angry Bernhardt constantly were at odds with theater owners, but never with her beloved audience. Even in her lowest of times she was able to bounce back even larger than life before. The Cher of the 19th century could never pull herself completely out of the public eye, even in her final days.
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James Pouliot di Lombardia is an American artist living in Paris, France. His photography work has been featured in international fashion publications such as a Vogue and L’Officiel. His paintings explore nature and consumer culture. His still life studies are described as “academic pop-art” and exploit traditional methods of atelier painting with contemporary and often disposable subject matter. His nature studies are based on his love of exploring the mediterrenean. Pouliot di Lombardia is a self taught artist with a bachelor's degree in psychology.
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The story of Camille Claudel is one of heartbreak and sadness. A genius of an artist she never got her due and ended her life alone.
At just 12 years old she began to play with clay and her talent got the attention of artist Alfred Boucher. Her father supported her pursuit and agreed to move to Paris so she would be able to study under Boucher. Her mother on the other hand did not and never would support her.
Her talent would get the attention of Rodin and the two would be linked in every biography written about either one. As his muse, lover and assistant Camille would help create many of his most famous pieces while Rodin took credit for her work.
Camille Claudel's story is a hard one without a happy ending. Today she has been rediscovered and given all the love and accolades she deserves, sadly all too late for her to ever know.
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About Tara Vatanpour : Tara Vatanpour is an artist and a luxury fashion designer, founder of Tara Vatanpour. Persian, Azari, French, American, and influenced by the Brazilian culture, she focuses her artistic research around immigration trauma, loss and separation, chaos of emotions as a result, and the search for healing.
From a solid educational background in the study field of Fine Arts, she uses installation art and performance art to express and deeper her artistic research, but is not limited to these two disciplines. Since 2019, she has been exhibited at the Venice Biennale, in London, In Paris, and has had multiple online residencies, publications, and exhibitions. Her luxury Fashion Company Tara Vatanpour, focuses on the same artistic research, using fashion, creating a bridge between fine arts and fashion.
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Edith Giovanna Gassion Piaf, born on her doorstep as the story she stuck with on December 19, 1915. A very tough childhood after her mother abandoned her, a grandmother that gave her wine instead of water and another that raised her in a brothel.
Through all of this, she became one of the most beloved French singers in the world. To this day you would be hard-pressed to find someone that hasn't heard her music or know her name.
Her life was filled with sadness and tragedy but her voice lifted up generations and still does today. Madame Piaf took her last breath on October 19, 1963, at the young age of 47. Merci Madame for all the wonderful music and cementing your voice to our beloved Paris and France.
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I sat down with Emily Jackson, who is an American in Paris working in marketing to talk about the new Netflix hit "Emily in Paris".
I wanted her take on the show compared to what it's really like to work in social media for French firms in the city of light. Enjoy this bonus episode and tell us how you feel about the show! Also, don't forget to check out Emily's social media work here!
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Rykarda Parasol is an artist, writer and musician best known for her solo musical work depicting noir-lit melodies reminiscent of folk, Americana, and early pyche 60s pop. Ms. Parasol is from San Francisco and has made Paris her part-time home and muse. Ms. Parasol is also a writer and designer and in addition to working on new musical recordings, she is also writing and illustrating a collection of short essays.
More information about her and her endeavors can be found at: www.RykardaParasol.com including social, streaming, and shopping links. You can also stream her music on Deezer, Spotify, and Apple/iTunes.
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(link: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5RJ0ThsSu8L2ScVyi5WW2E ) for CDs and books. Her book, “An Object of Pleasure” is sold at the WICE office in Paris and Shakespeare & Co..
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"Music available on iTunes/Apple, Spotify, and from Rykarda's web site"
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Johanna Bonger van-Gogh a name you may not know, but without her, we would never know her brother-in-law, Vincent.
Married to Theo van Gogh, art dealer, and brother to Vincent van Gogh for less than two very short years. When Vincent and Theo died just six months apart, she was left with an infant and an apartment filled with paintings. Told they were worthless and to toss them out, her love and devotion to the brothers wouldn't let her part with them.
Over the next thirty-five years, she would take on the mission to build the legacy of Vincent. Through the letters he sent Theo, she was able to direct the narrative of his life that was all but unknown.
If it wasn't for the love and dedication of Johanna we would never know the beauty of Vincent van Gogh.
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Paris-born, internationally acclaimed artist and author LILIANNE MILGROM grew up in Australia, lived in Israel and currently resides in Washington, DC. She exhibits her artwork around the world and is the recipient of multiple awards and residencies. Her work can be found in both private and institutional collections; her articles and essays have appeared in publications such as the Huffington Post, Bonjour Paris, Inspirelle, Ceramics Art and Perception and Daily Art Magazine. In 2011, she became the first authorized copyist of Gustave Courbet’s controversial painting L’Origine du Monde, which hangs in the Orsay Museum in Paris. Lilianne spent close to a decade researching and writing L’Origine. L’Origine: The secret life of the world's most erotic masterpiece is her first novel.
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Sylvia Beach, the sweet woman that had a love of books and sharing them with others in her legendary store Shakespeare and Company holds the spotlight in this week's episode.
Arriving in Paris during WWI to study French Literature, a flier would lead her to a book shop on Rue de l'Odeon and into the door and heart of Adrienne Monnier.
Opening her first store on November 19, 1919, on Rue Dupuytren she would welcome James Joyce as an early customer and later partner in publishing Ulysees.
Her shop would become the post office and gathering spot of the American ex-pats in Paris and each of them would form deep respect and love for the kind Sylvia, especially Ernest Hemingway.
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Anne Stark Ditmeyer is an American creative coach and consultant based in Paris, France. Anne is a creative connector who has never been one to take the traditional path. Her work draws from anthropology, graphic design, design thinking, UX design, storytelling, and global communications, traversing in person and online worlds. She founded Prêt à Voyager (translation: ready to travel) in 2007 to explore the intersection of travel and design with the mantra "travel is not about where you go, but how you see the world." She regularly hosts creative workshops to encourage exploration. You can find Anne online at anneditmeyer.com and @pretavoyager on social media.
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Barb-Nicol Ponsardin, shaped by Champagne, would become the woman and label we know as Veuve Clicquot.
Born before the French Revolution to wealthy parents, she would marry the son of her father's business partner, Francois Clicquot in 1798. It would be the start of the Clicqout house, that would grow from very small and humble beginnings to the world renowned label all due to Madame Clicquot.
With a young child by her side, the widow Clicquout became the first woman to head an international company and the first female champagne producers. Listen to the full episode about the life of the fascinating, trailblazing and inventive woman.
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A New Yorker who fell hard for an Italian in Paris. She would later launch her handbags made locally in France. The hand-printed canvas bags were inspired by her world travels. She also provides fashion tours in the city of light introducing travelers to local designers. My guest today is Kasia Dietz https://www.kasiadietz.com/
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Gertrude Stein was the woman behind many of the greatest writers and artists in Paris of the 1920’s and the famous catch phrase, the “Lost Generation”.
Growing up in a wealthy family, the incredible intelligent woman was well educated, appreciated art and amassed a collection that any museum would envy.
While her time in Paris is engraved on the life of the expatriates and many of their famous feuds we dig a little deeper into who Gertrude really was.
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New York Times bestselling author Craig Carlson first came to France as an exchange student in 1985 and instantly fell in love with the country. He never could have imagined that some thirty-five years later he’d be the owner of two American diners in Paris and be nicknamed “Le Pancake Kid” by the French. With a background in journalism, Craig studied cinema at the prestigious USC School of Cinematic Arts, using his experience as a screenwriter to pen his debut memoir, Pancakes in Paris: Living the American Dream in France. Craig and his husband Julien currently split their time between Paris and Los Angeles. Well, at least they try to. With two busy diners that can’t be left alone for too long, their lives lean heavily on the Paris side, which, of course, is not such a bad thing, n’est-ce pas?
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Catherine de’ Medicis was the other Florentine queen that would also leave her mark on France. Catherine and Marie de’ Medicis are often mixed up and we hope we can help you tell the two apart like a pro in no time.
The mother of three kings and two kings and the wife of Henri II would finally wield her power after the early death of King Henri II. What happens next is the tale of intrigue, jealousy, power, witchcraft and death.
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Lindsey Tramuta, an American who has lived in Paris for a decade, writes the award-winning blog Lost in Cheeseland, and contributes to the New York Times, Afar Magazine, Condé Nast Traveler, and Bon Appétit, where she writes extensively on Paris and French culture. Today we chat about her creative process in writing and about her new book "The New Parisienne: the Women & Ideas Shaping Paris"
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Berthe Morisot, one of the few women of the Impressionist Movement, with her dark locks and stunning gaze, was the perfect model for Édouard Manet. However, she would become an artist in her own right stepping behind the canvas to create paintings that showed everyday family life, forging her own path among the male dominated Impressionists
Born on January 14, 1841 to a wealthy family, her father was the prefect but also studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Her mother was the niece of the Rococo master Jean-Honoré Fragonard, she was born with art running in her veins. In 1852 they moved to Paris and her parents let Berthe and her sister Edma take art lessons from Joseph Guichard.
The two girls visited the Louvre as art students and spent their day copying the great masters under the watchful eye of Guichard. One day artist Henri Fantin-Latour took his friend Édouard Manet to the Louvre to meet the Morisot sisters who were copying a Rubens painting. It would be the start of a very long friendship.
Following Manet’s shocking of the Parisian Salon with Olympia and Déjeuner sur l’herbe he was looking for a new model, and Berthe would have everything he wanted. In 1868, Manet painted The Balcony for which Berthe would pose after much apprehension. Being a model for an artist was not the profession for a woman of society in Paris at the time. Continuing to work with Manet for six years, he would capture her many times including his hauntingly beautiful painting, Berthe Morisot with a Bouquet of Violets that can be seen in the Orsay. Painted in 1872 Morisot is in black mourning attire after her father's death. You almost miss the violets as you are so drawn to her striking face. Morisot and Manet had a relationship built on great respect and between two artists. I can stand in front of this painting for hours and lose all track of time.
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Sharon Santoni has gained millions of readers through her blog where she shares with people what it means to live a French country life. Her blog has grown into tours, a podcast, books, magazine, delivered gifts and much more!
We chat about how France brought so much creativity into her life and inspired her to create a thriving business after her children grown into adulthood. We chat about how creativity lies everywhere and how creativity is vital to life.
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Once upon a time there were two Florentine queens that left their mark on Paris. In the newest La Vie Creative - Paris History Avec A Hemingway episode we talk all about one of them, Marie de Medicis from her childhood in Florence to her life in exile.
She was born on April 26, 1575 to Francois I de Medicis and Joan of Austria in the Pitti Palace in Florence. Joan of Austria would die by the time she was two years old and her father married his mistress Bianca Cappello, but the two would die ten year later hours apart. A touch of the Medicis poison and the urge to get ahead by another brother.
Marie now an orphan was raised by her uncle Ferdinand I, Grand Duke of Tuscany who took the throne. As a young girl there were many suitors looking to attach themselves to the Medicis fortune but they waited until Henri IV, king of France turned in his dancing card. Marie was 25 years old when the marriage was arranged, to not only join the two families but also eliminate the debt France had to the Medicis.
It was the second marriage for Henri IV who had first married the daughter of her distant cousin Catherine de Medicis, Marguerite de Valois. Unable to provide an heir to the king, a new more fertile wife was needed. On October 5, 1600 by proxy her uncle stood in for the groom at the ceremony and was followed by a lavish party lasting for days, without Henri IV.
Marie headed to France later in the month and on November 3, 1600 arrived in Marseilles thinking she was leaping into the arms of her new husband, but Henri wasn’t there. Continuing onto Lyon it would take until December 12 before Henri IV would set eyes on his new bride. A little over 9 months later, the heir, Louis XIII was born followed by five more children. Her role was complete but everything was about to quickly change.
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Suzuki Violin with Camilla started playing the violin at age three with Elizabeth Mills, one of the very first Suzuki teachers in the United States, and was chosen to help demonstrate the Suzuki method to other interested teachers, with the help of Dr. Suzuki and his assistants.
Later, about the age of 9, she went on to study with Sybil Maxwell in Los Angeles for many years and earned many awards and honors at Certificate of Merit, SYMF (Southwest Music Festival), Bach Festivals, and additionally was awarded scholarships to music camps and many music schools.
She has also studied with Janice Luna, from USC, Andrea Byers, from Julliard, and has had a coaching with Jason Meyers, formerly of the Boston Symphony.
Camilla attended University of California Irvine, and California State University
Long Beach, majoring in mathematics and electrical engineering. Additionally,
she attended California State University Dominguez Hills for studies towards a
music degree and taught Suzuki violin as an assistant to the Luna Violin Studio,
until moving to France.
Camilla played with the Long Beach City College Community Orchestra for over 15 years, where she was a featured soloist, and also played with the Carson Symphony, and the South Coast Symphony, as a regular member. While living in California, Camilla was a member of the American String Teachers’ Association, and was often used as an evaluator for the Certificate of Merit program of MTAC (Music Teachers’ Association, California), where she was an active member.
When first in France, she played principle second for the Rainbow Symphony Orchestra and in the first violin section of the RATP orchestra, as well as playing as a section leader and ringer in the Association Symphonique de Paris . In general, she is a free lance musician and teacher. In September 2016, she was voted The Best Music Teacher in Paris by Expat Magazine, and was nominated every year since! A great honor!
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Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald, the woman that is known by only her first name and her reputation as the life of the party. Like many of the ladies we talk about each week on La Vie Creative - Paris History Avec A Hemingway there was much more to her than just the image that remains.
Zelda was born in Montgomery Alabama on January 24, 1900, the youngest child of Minnie and Anthony who served on the supreme court of Alabama.
Studying ballet from an early age it was the only thing she did that pleased her parents. She later decided she was more interested in spending her days drinking, smoking and being adored by all the boys. Girls were to be quiet and pretty and Zelda wanted none of that.
In July 1918 at a country club dance she met F. Scott Fitzgerald who was stationed at Camp Sheridan outside of Montgomery. He was instantly attracted to her and would visit her as soon as he had a day off. With dreams of becoming a famous author, F. Scott would use Zelda as his inspiration for his main character in This Side of Paradise.
However, F. Scott wouldn’t stop there with his “inspiration”. Zelda was a beautiful writer and sent him letters filled with flowery descriptions. F. Scott would pull entire pieces of her letters and diary and use them in his book. It was something he never stopped doing.
F. Scott wanted to marry her, but she wouldn’t until he became a published author. With This Side of Paradise with his editor, he pleaded with him to publish it as fast as possible. On March 26, 1920 it was published and four days later Zelda was on a train to New York and they married on April 3, 1920.
F. Scott and Zelda, just their names paint a picture of life in the 1920’s with plenty of champagne straight from the pages of his most famous book, The Great Gatsby. However their marriage was far from it. F. Scott took her writing as his own in every book he wrote but would later blame her for ruining him and cheating him of his dream. I don’t think we ever would have a F. Scott Fitzgerald without a Zelda.
Listen to her full story on our newest episode of La Vie Creative - Paris History Avec A Hemingway
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Julia McWIlliams Child, the woman who brought French cooking to America, fell in love with France as generations have fallen in love with her. Born on August 15, 1912 in Pasadena into a wealthy family that had very very tall children. Julia would attend Smith College and due to her 6” 2 ‘ frame she was perfect for the basketball team but would also play golf, tennis and even act. Graduating with a degree in history in 1934 she wanted to become a writer and moved to New York to chase her dreams but her vision of being the next big novelist wasn’t in the cards. Instead she settled for working in the advertising department for the W & J Sloane furniture firm.
As World War II broke out she wanted to join the Women’s Army Corp but due to her height she was turned away. Joining the Office of Strategic Services, the OSS that would later become the CIA, she worked directly with the head of the OSS. She would also assist in creating a shark repellent, yes you read that right. Apparently the sharks were getting too curious with the underwater explosives and would set them off so a repellent was needed to keep them away.
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Elaine Biss is a professional fashion event illustrator. She specializes in live fashion illustrations, sketching for the fashion, beauty and accessories industry in the New York, Washington D.C. and New Jersey. Elaine has been commissioned to create book illustrations, social media content, expressive calligraphy and live accessory customization that cater to the female buyer. She draws custom art that immortalizes your fashion event with, while making your event uniquely special.
Elaine creates fashion illustrations are quick and fashion brands love them. Her feminine fashion illustrations are high end purchase perks for customers, created while they shop. In addition, she`s been commissioned to create distinctive artwork for major retail companies, fine jewelers and beauty brands. Moreover, her artwork has been used for book art, social media feed content and web sites. Well versed in many different mediums, Elaine prides herself in being able to render bespoke pieces to meet her clients’ needs, in a small amount of time.
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New podcast out today! French author Colette has been a household name in France for more than a hundred years. Her father's old friend Henri Gauther-Villars “Willy” would stop by their home in Burgundy and return many times to visit the young Colette. Fourteen years older, he would take her to visit Paris showing her the theater, parties and the glitz and glamour of the city of lights. On May 15, 1893 they would marry and move to Paris. Colette was in a hurry to get away from her overbearing mother but things would not turn out how she hoped.
After a visit in 1895 to her former school in Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye Willy encouraged her to write down some of her stories from her school girl days. Willy was a music critic and writer, or he at least took credit for others writing as his own. Colette wrote the book and Willy tossed it into a drawer for four years. One day he found it and read it again but asked her to spice it up a bit. Colette did just that and in 1900 it would be published under Willy’s name only as Claudine at School. It was an immediate hit and Colette was forced to write another one. She didn’t like the writing process, so Wily would lock her in a room to write each day. In 1901 Claudine in Paris debuted.
Colette and Willy would separate in 1906 and the relationships after that were filled with control and drama until she met her third husband Maurice Goudeket. Spending her days happily writing from her window in the Palais Royal she would outlast the war and her husbands capture and return and enjoy lavish meals in Le Grand Véfour.
Colette would die on August 3 1954 in her beloved home in the Palais Royale. Denied a Catholic funeral due to her multiple divorces she would be the first female writer to be given a state funeral. More than 10,000 people paid their respects and a funeral was held in the courtyard and garden of the Palais Royal. Listen to the newest episode all about her interesting life at La Vie Creative - Paris History Avec A Hemingway. Link in bio
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Dreama is a self-taught artist and writer who started an online art business (a little to her own surprise!) a decade ago. With a collective following of over 60,000 painters, thousands of students have taken her online courses and participate in her groups. She is the creator of 4 online courses and is working to grow and expand a community of supportive and talented artists with her online creative membership, Flow. Dreama spends most of her time dreaming up new delights for artists, snuggling with her cat Eddie and husband Ron, and nibbling on all the chocolate in France.
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After teaching sold out art workshops in France, she knew there needed to be a way for more people to experience painting abroad without the expense & logistics of travel. So, she packed up a crew of talented people and headed to France & Italy to create the first online painting adventure course. Filled with painting videos, travel videos that take you into villages & show you slices of everyday life, bonus photos for painting, recipes, book/movie recommendations, quiet time videos and so much more, these online courses create an experience unlike any other.
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Long before she was a Hemingway, Hadley Richardson was a smart, quiet and talented young lady. The youngest of five children, her mother had been a singer and musician and would pass the gift onto Hadley as a pianist. Due to financial difficulties her father killed himself when she was just twelve years old leaving her with her very overprotective mother.
Hadley enrolled in Bryn Mawr where she was finally able to spread her wings a bit, but it would be short-lived. Her sister Dorthea was married and had a child and another on the way and would die after a severe burn and would sadly die a few days later, causing Hadley’s mother to panic and force her home from Bryn Mawr.
In October 1920, Hadley was finally free to live her life and went to Chicago to visit her friend Kate Smith for three weeks. One night at a party she would meet the young Ernest Hemingway. Instantly attracted to each other they would see each other often before her return to St Louis. After that they would send letters to each other every day, sometimes 2 to 3 a day. Hadley felt her life had finally begun. Less than a year after they met, they would get married in Bay Township Michigan on September 3, 1921. Spending a few short months in a small apartment in Chicago before leaving for Paris on December 8, 1921.
Much has been written of Hadley’s time in Paris, most of it painting her as the weak woman who went along and was pushed aside. That is far from the truth. Hadley was an amazing, smart, talented and patient woman. Supportive of Hemingway and his writing and travels, but she also had her gift as a wonderful pianist. While Pauline befriended her, locked in her claws and took advantage of Hadley’s sweet disposition, it was Hadley in the end that would put the screws to Pauline.
Hadley would go on to marry again to Paul Mowrer and live out her life happy and content. Ernest and Hadley would stay in touch and share a close relationship until he died. Writing “Hadley was the only woman in his life that didn’t give me trouble”, I believe she was his one true love but he figured it out much too late.
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Janice MacLeod is best known as a Paris artist and writer. She is the artist behind the Paris Letters subscription service and author of a memoir, also called Paris Letters. Before her life in Paris, she was a copywriter and creative director for top advertising agencies in Toronto and Los Angeles. When she saw burn out on the horizon, she devised an escape plan from corporate life. She saved up, pared down, and packed her bags for Europe. In Paris, she unpacked her bags in the Latin quarter after a charming butcher convinced her to stay. Her book chronicles her journey to Paris and the career she carved out for herself by creating a letter writing subscription service. Each month, she creates a watercolor scene of Paris, writes a letter on it and mails out copies to those who love fun mail. Her work has been featured in publications such as National Geographic Traveler, Flare, Business Insider, and the Huffington Post. Her subsequent book is an illustrated travel journal called A Paris Year, which takes the reader through a year of life in Paris.
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If there is one woman that deserves a monument, parade and her face on a euro it is Rose Valland. She isn’t a name that is widely known and if I can do just one little thing in this life it is for others to know her story. Rose Valland was born in 1898 in the Auvergne region, an only child that showed promise from a very early age. Her mother would apply for special grants that allowed her daughter to enroll in university, something that was hard for women to do at that time. Rose would excel in school from the Fine Arts school in Lyon to the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris where she would also teach, the University of Paris for Medieval archeology and then the Ecole du Louvre.
In 1932 she would take on a job that would alter the lives of thousands of people. As a volunteer to the curator of the Jeu de Paume she would write and curate exhibitions. In 1940 Jacques Jaujard, the director of the Musée Nationaux asked Rose to stay at the Jeu de Paume. It was 1940, the Nazis had arrived and occupied France. Gorhing was looting the homes, galleries and museums of Paris and needed a place to store the stolen goods. The Jeu de Paume, the freestanding building in the Jardin des Tuileries, became their personal depot. Transformed into their personal gallery, the paintings stolen from the Jewish gallery owners and homes lined the walls before being shipped off to Germany.
Rose Valland was quiet & meek, who wore her hair in a bun and glasses and disappeared into the woodwork. She was a brilliant woman, with a photographic memory and also spoke German. All these things combined made her one of the greatest assets France and the lovers of art ever had. Each and every night, Rose would return to her small apartment near the Jardin des Plantes and would write down every single detail of the day.
Because of Rose Valland more than 60,000 works of art were returned to Jewish families, museums and galleries after the war. Sadly just as many if not more are still missing and many sit in museums across France waiting to be returned to their rightful owners.
Listen to even more about this amazing woman on this week's episode of the podcast and check my website for more on Rose.
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Audrey Chapuis is a Harvard graduate and has worked in libraries for close to twenty years. As a Texas native she had an obsession with books and all things French from a very early age. She is now the Director of the American Library in Paris and also enjoys many creative passions including painting. We chat about how creativity changed her life and some of her favorite creative authors.
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Her love life after Boy was one horrible decision after another. In 1922 she met the Duke of Westminster Hugh Richard Grosenor or Bender. He was a huge anti-semite that gave her jewels and even a home in London. Their relationship lasted ten years. Then there was Paul Irbe, another anti-semite who started an ultra right wing newsletter against Jews and foreigners in France. Coco paid for the publishing of it. It was the late 1930’s and Hitler was marching through Europe. One day her employees went on strike because of low pay, Chanel was outraged and when the war started a few years later she closed her atelier putting 3000 employees out of work. Many of the other designers in Paris kept their going as long as they could.
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Sculptor and painter Véronique Anne Chabrolle, a.k.a VeroDalla, was born in Burgundy, France. Her life centered around success in the world of gastronomy until an encounter with a poppy flower changed her existence forever. The poppy called VeroDalla to pursue art. Her experience returning from the brink of death, during childhood, heavily influenced her artistic practice and mission. Her unique work examines what society’s social restrictions repress in humans’ emotional ability and expression. Her work probes the viewer to question their life when they meet themselves in VeroDalla’s figures. Her sculptures awaken the individual and reconnect them with their inner self. VeroDalla plans to continue uncovering the infinite possibilities of human potential by bridging together past and future to create and transmit in multiple dimensions. She is currently working on a large-scale version of the LivenluLu series that made her so popular. Her work lives in public and private collections, featuring clients from more than 30 countries, bringing people together one piece at a time. Verodalla currently lives in Manhattan.www.verodalla.com
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Out today, another story of one of the amazing women in French history. Victorine Meurent was born in Paris on February 18. 1844 and from an early age she was drawn to art. In 1862 Edouard Manet walked into Thomas Couture’s studio and met a young girl. On this one day, Victorine-Louis Meurent was in Couture’s studio when Manet arrived. She was just 16, with red hair and nicknamed La Crevette and would go on to become the muse for some of the biggest artists at that time. He would paint her for the first time in The Street Singer, with her piercing eyes that we would come to know so well in two of his most famous and controversial paintings. Victorine would sit for him 8 or 9 times.
Many may know her name because of one fantastic painting, Olympia. The painting that rocked the Salon of 1863 with its suggestive subject of the courtesan laying naked on her bed while her servant brings her flowers from one of her admirers. Given the name Olympia, a name associated with prostitutes and the many small elements that hint at her wealth, many of which transferred over to the model herself. Victorine was nothing close to the woman in the painting, Born to a well established artistic family she would become an artist herself and present her work at the Salon in 1870.
However it is her Manet paintings that we know so well. Now the other most famous painting may or may not even be her. In 1862 when Manet painted Le Déjeuner sur l'Herbe, another painting that would shock the art world he may have used her as the model, but it is more likely that he used his lover Suzanne Leenhoff. However at the end he would use the face of Victorine to conceal the woman he was in a secret relationship with.
She would sit for him a last time in 1873 for The Railway before they parted ways. Through her own art classes she preferred the academic style and Manet never liked being defined by any style.
Sadly only two of her paintings remain at the museum in Colombes. Other than Berthe Morisot and Suzanne Valadon, , Victorine is a beautiful face we know so well from the brush of Manet.
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Formally living in London, Janine Marsh decided to take a weekend trip to France to buy some wine, which turned into her buying a farm instead. She started a website to share her adventures called, The Good Life France which has now grown to be one of the biggest travel websites in the world. She has also written several books about her French journey! Listen to her crazy story here. And checkout her wonderful website and books here https://www.thegoodlifefrance.com/
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Welcome back to this week's episode of Paris History Avec a Hemingway. I chat once more with Claudine Hemingway about a Female French Creative from history. Today we learn all about Dalida. I like to compare Dalida to Cher in America.
Lolanda “Dalida” Gigliotti was born in Egypt to Italian parents in 1933. The young beauty would be named Miss Egypt in 1954 and a few months after she headed to Paris. Dalida, one of the biggest international stars at a young age, was in awe of Rita Hayworth when she saw her in her iconic role Gilda. With the help of radio host Lucien Morisse her songs began to play on the radio and in a few short years she had her first big hit, Bambino. Before long she was performing on the Olympia stage with Charles Anzavour. Recording songs in French, German, Italian, Spanish she would tour the world for decades. The major star of the stage, known for her amazing outfits was barely known in the United States, turning down major contracts. Her tragic love life on the other hand left her broken and depressed with one partner after another killing themselves. Sadly her own life would end in her Montmartre home when she couldn’t take it anymore. On May 3, 1987 she would overdose on pills washed down with whisky.
Today she is remembered with a bust in the Place Dalida at the base of the winding road in the shadow of Sacre Coeur. Created in 1997 on the ten year anniversary of her death by Alain Aslan, it is customary to give her a little rub for good luck. Aslan also created the life size statue for her grave in the Montmartre cemetery, with a gold sun as a halo behind her, also evoking an Egyptian tomb of a queen. To visit her home, follow the small Rue d’Orchcampt and just as the road bends look up to the white house with its wonderful windows.
I first became fascinated by Dalida after seeing an exhibition at the Palais Galliera of her years of costumes. From the young girl and her sweet dresses to the international star in all her glitz and glamour.
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Today I spoke with famed professional cook and author David Lebovitz on how he uses creativity in his cooking and writing. He has written 9 books to date and most recently he has been going LIVE on social media to connect with others and share his passion for creating including his French cocktails in his latest book. Listen how he describes what he does to deal with online trolls and his take on why so many creatives are attracted to France.
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In episode four in our series of Marie Antoinette we are in the final moments of her life. Convicted and sentenced to death they didn’t give her much time. In the early hours of the morning she wrote a long letter to her sister in law Madame Elisabeth asking her to look after her children. The letter would never be delivered. At 8am on October 16, 1793 a priest arrived at her cell followed by the executioner, Samson. She was dressed in a simple white dress from her dressmaker Rose Bertin and her best black satin shoes. Samson cut her hair short, tied her hands behind her with a rope and led her up the stairs to a cart in the courtyard of the court house. Her husband Louis XVI was taken in a carriage, but Marie Antoinette sat in an open cart, seated next to the priest. Arriving at the Place de la Revolution, she walked up the scaffolding and stepped on the executioner's foot. Her last words were “I am sorry sir, I did not mean to put it there”. At 12:15pm on October 16, 1793 the blade fell and her life was over. Her body and her head were placed in a coffin and tossed into the Madeleine cemetery. The Dauphin of France, Louis XVI would die in jail as her daughter Marie-Thérèse Charlotte was in the cell below him. Her uncle Louis XVIII was now in exile and Madame Royale as she was known followed him around Europe while her husband was away. In 1814 during the Restoration she was finally allowed to return to France. As soon as she arrived she asked to be taken to her parents graves. A kindly neighbor watched over their spot they tossed her parents in and when Louis XVIII arrived he let them know where they were. The next year Louis XVIII ordered the construction of the Chapelle Expiatoire to be built on the site. Marie-Thérèse would visit every day and would personally pay for two statues of her parents. Marie-Thérèse traveled all over France as Madame Royale even when her uncle Louis XVIII fled to Belgium. Leaving for Italy with Charles X and her husband they settled into a quiet life. As for the Duchess de Berry, now a widow she traveled to France to try to gather some favor for Charles X. Fleeing arrest she hid in a fireplace and was discovered when her dress caught on fire and her screams could be heard. She was also pregnant and unwed and ousted from the Bourbon family. Her children were sent to live with Marie-Thérèse who spent her time educating them on the principles of the ancient regime. She and her husband had a wonderful marriage but never any children of their own. He would die in 1844 at the age of 64. On October 16, 1851 on the 58th anniversary of her mother's death after attending mass she returned to her bed and died three days later. According to her wishes she was buried with her husband and her uncle in the small monastery of Nova Gorica laying on a slab of French stone.
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Born in Nigeria and raised in Texas, Ajiri, spent 10 years working in New York City in the fashion industry for companies including W Magazine.
In 2015 she became a New York Times Bestselling author with a book revolving around the fashion world and Karl Lagerfeld titled “Where’s Karl?: A fashion forward parody”.
She now runs a Paris based company called Madame de la Maison which specializes in selling vintage antiques, linens, and beautiful French inspired table designs for all your events!
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On June 4th upon the death of their son, they were not able to be with him when he died or attend his funeral at the Basilique Saint Denis due to the optics of spending more of the state's money.
On October 1 and 3, two large parties were held for the king's guards and the Flanders Regiments. While the people of Paris were starving and unable to get bread, a lavish dinner at Versailles was the final straw. Before dawn on October 5, a large group met in front of the Hotel de Ville. Breaking in and stealing more than 600 weapons a group largely made up of women took off from Paris. In the pouring rain for over 5 hours they walked in the mud arriving at Versailles. Demanding to be let into the National Assembly their spokesperson Stanislas Maillard read their demands of wheat, floor and to stop blocking the route into Paris. They agreed and took it to Louis XVI to sign. The king agreed and we could be done with this story, but we know it ends differently.
Overnight the crowd gathered outside grew restless, the guards pushed back. The crowd rushed the palace, killing the queens guards and calling out her name. The royal family would agree to go with the crowd back to Paris. Moved to the Palais des Tuileries where they can be watched closely. Things went along for two years until June 20, 1791 when they decided to escape. The Flight to Varennes, the escape to freedom would begin with one delay after another and end with their return to Paris. After being recognized from a coin with the image of Louis XVI in the small town of Viels-Maisons. On June 22 they would return to the Tuileries, this time closely watched.
On August 10, 1792 the Tuileries were stormed, the Swiss guards were killed and the royal family sent running for their life through the garden. Arriving at the National Assembly, the king was given wine and treated like a king. Marie and her children were put into a small locked room. That night as they ran, the monarchy slipped through their fingers. The next day they were sent to the Temple prison and in a few short months the king would be killed.
On January 21, 1793 with the sounds of canons in the distance Marie Antoinette, her sister in law and their two children knew their dad was dead.
In the summer her children would be taken from her, Marie would be taken to the “antechamber of death” the Conciergerie in August. After a failed attempt to break her out, she was moved to a tighter cell. In October in a sham of a trial, she was convicted and sentenced to death. The next morning she was taken on a cart through the city of Paris and to her death in the Place de la Revolution, today's Place de la Concorde.
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In 2012 Laura Bradbury was diagnosed with a rare disease that almost took her life. Feeling that she had little time left on the planet to get her words out she sprung into action and finished her first book “My Grape Escape” which would become the first of a 5 part best selling series all based on her life in France.
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The marriage bed to a necklace that brought down a queen When we left off in last week's podcast episode, part une of Marie Antoinette she had just married Louis XVI and became the Dauphine of France. Just 14 years old, embarking on a life and the future queen of France with a tragic end we know so well. On the night of May 16, following a long day of ceremony and parties the young couple took to their bed. The bed was blessed by the Archbishop while members of the court watched, closing the curtain the two were left somewhat alone. However, nothing would happen, nothing would happen for seven years. The issues in the bedroom was the talk of France and even past its borders. How can the now king rule from the throne if he couldn’t even give the country an heir. Marie Antoinette’s mother was also quite concerned and let her know what her important role was. During this time to avoid the constant rejection of her husband she turned to friends, parties, all night gambling. The rumors began to turn to her and how she spent her time. Finally after seven long years the marriage was consummated and the next year their first child was born. The talk of the spending of the court while the coffers were empty was picking up momentum in France. Marie Antoinette’s shopping for dresses, shoes and jewelry didn’t play out well when people were starving. She became the perfect unknowing victim of a plot that would be her downfall. Jeanne de la Motte would use this to her advantage. In 1772 King Louis XV wanted to have a necklace made for his mistress Madame du Barry and asked jewelers Boehmer & Bassange to create a lavish gift. Taking years to gather the more than 600 diamonds needed, Louis XV would die before it was finished. Left with a very expensive necklace on their hands without being paid they reached out to Louis XVI thinking he would want to buy it for his queen. With a very high price tag, the queen refused telling her husband “we have more need of 24 ships”. However, it could also be that she never liked Du Barry and didn’t want to have anything intended for her. Once word had spread throughout Paris, the jewelers reached out to Jeanne in hopes to appeal to Marie Antoinette and to buy the necklace. Jeanne told Rohan that the Queen wanted the necklace but needed someone to get it for her. Jeanne forged a letter and a purchase order for the necklace and he took it to Boehmer. Handing over the necklace to Rohan, he then took it to meet Jeanne and what he thought was one of the Queen’s valets. It was Jeanne’s husband who promptly took the necklace, broke it apart and sent the jewels around Europe to be sold. Months went by and when Boehmer still hadn’t been paid he went to the court with the order signed by the Queen. She had never seen it before. Rohan was arrested in the Hall of Mirrors, would go on trial and be found innocent. Jeanne de la Motte would also be arrested, sentenced to prison but would break out one day dressed as a boy and flee to London.. The Affair of the Diamond Necklace led to her final fall that was to come in just a few years. Today that necklace would be worth over $15 million dollars and held 2800 carats and 685 diamonds. When I saw a replica at the exhibit at the Conciergerie I gasped, but then again I love an over the statement piece.
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New Podcast Episode Out Today! It’s hard to put Marie Antoinette into just one episode, for the 1st episode of @Laviecreative Paris History Avec A Hemingway, we focus on her life from Archiduchesse to Dauphine.
Born in Vienna in 1755, she was the 15th of 16 children to Empress Marie-Theresa and Francis I, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. Spending her days at Schönbrunn Palacerunning and playing with her brothers and sisters until at the age of 11 it was decided she would marry the next king of France, the Dauphin Louis-Auguste.
Her mother was very strong and tried to instill the virtues her daughter would need to be as a queen. Marie Antoinette wasn’t that willing of a participant and had a short attention span for anything she didn’t like, a problem that would haunt her until her last days.
After the death of Francis I, Marie-Theresa was able to do what she wanted. With hopes of finally uniting France and Austria and ending years of conflict, she offered her daughter's hand to Louis XV. It would take three years and some convincing of Louis XV but after dispatching his own people to be sure she was ready, at the age of 14, Marie-Antoinette was on her way to France.
On May 7, she arrived at the banks of the Rhine for the “surrender of the wife”. Stepping into a lavish tent she walked in one side representing Austria, stripped all her belongings and clothes and redressed in the finest French clothes and emerged as the Dauphine.
Marie Antoinette wanted to stop for mass in Strasbourg. With the Bishop away, a clergy member greeted her, his name was Louis-Prince de Rohan. Rohan will come back into her life later in a key moment that contributed to her downfall.
She would finally meet her husband on May 14, just two days before their lavish wedding at Versailles and then the real adventure begins, but you need to listen to the podcast :)
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American Expat in Paris, Emily Jackson, has found success as a writer and Instagram influencer by picking up a camera on her arrival to the city of light. Discover how Instagram can influence your life in positive ways.
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Suzanne Valadon at a very young age would work as a model for some of the biggest French painters of the 19th C. Meeting them on the streets of Montmartre she would sit for Henner, Steinlen and Toulouse-Lautrec. Although her most famous collaboration may have been with Renoir. In Danse a la Ville and Danse a Bougival both painted in 1883 Renoir used her as his model depicting very different scenes. Valadon in La Ville is elegant and controlled, but in Bougival she is distant, her partner looks to be trying to get her attention. Renoir loved working with her as did Toulouse-Lautrec.
While she posed she soaked up the techniques of each of these masters, storing them away in her mind until she picked up her own paintbrush just as she turned 30 years old. Degas came into her life and admired her paintings and her style, encouraging her to continue and bought her paintings to hang in his home.
Suzanne’s relationships are many and have overshadowed her talent for years. Marriages and a son that never knew who his father was and had a host of his own issues. Suzanne attempted suicide, allianated her biggest supporter Degas but still managed to cut out a life for herself.
Today you can still see Suzanne in Paris hanging on the walls of the Orsay and the Pompidou. Renoir’s Danse àla campagne et Danse à la Ville, two in the series of the three are in the Orsay. All three were modeled by Suzanne but the jealous rage of his lover Aline Charigot and her scraping at the painting forced Renoir to change the model for la Ville to Charigot.
Suzanne’s very own paintings and drawings can be found in the Pompidou. However if you want to get a personal view of her life, head to the Musée de Montmartre. Her former studio and apartment is part of the museum. Walk into her studio where her former easels, chairs and art fill the space with its huge windows.
Learn more about Suzanne in the new podcast that I teamed up with my friend @missparisphotos on, @laviecreative and the new Paris History avec a Hemingway. Each week focusing on fantastic female artists that left their mark on Paris.
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From an early age, Mary Joska started using art as a form of therapy and soon found painting to be her true medium. Go inside her world as she takes us inside her creative journey including her time spent married to Johnny Cash and June Carter's son.
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Born out of the Corona Virus, this podcast consists of interviews with artists in Paris, France. This podcast was built to help and bring attention to all the wonderful artists in Paris as well as inspire others to discover their creative gifts.
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