Articles by lapetite
Strasbourg
Posted May 30, 2007 at 02:51 AM
Feeling the need to escape Paris for a bit, I grabbed a few friends and caught a train bound for Strasbourg, in the Alsace region of France. Although it's a bit far for a day-trip, Strasbourg makes an excellent escape from the hustle and bustle of the capital. Located on the border between France and Germany, Alsace blends both [...]
Ceci n'est pas une fraise
Posted May 30, 2007 at 02:24 AM
There were a lot of strawberries at the market today, and I noticed that they were labeled “3 barquettes/3 Euro”, so I decided to get some for our lunch. Unfortunately, most of the strawberries looked a little dreary — dark and dull red, oversized, a little mushy. But then I spotted a few barquettes sitting apart from the others, [...]
Step Right Up
Posted May 30, 2007 at 02:12 AM
Need a cure for the February blahs? How about a trip to the circus?
Tuesday evening, Brumaire and I cashed in a late Christmas present at the Cirque d’Hiver, or winter circus. If you live in Paris, you’ve no doubt seen their posters in all over the place, but maybe you thought the circus was only for little kids. And [...]
Looks Can Be Deceiving
Posted May 30, 2007 at 02:02 AM
France is rightly famous for its sweets and pastries -- there are few more decadent pleasures in life then slicing into a rich, gooey fondant au chocolat or elegant tiramisu. Still, sometimes a girl gets homesick for the treats of her youth... Which is why, when I saw a rack of freshly-baked donuts at my local patisserie, I just had to [...]
Holiday Hangover
Posted May 30, 2007 at 01:45 AM
Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas, New Years… The holiday season is dead and gone, with not a hint of revelry on the horizon until Valentine’s Day, right? Ah, but that’s because you don’t know about La Fête des Rois.
Even as a kid, I always thought of La Fête des Rois as a sort of “hangover [...]
