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June 30, 2025
by Cheryl
life in paris, recipes

Summer Baking – Peach Crisp

The best part of summer is all the fresh fruit at cheap prices. In France, they have flat peaches that look like UFOs, but they are delicious, sweet, and so easy to peel for baked goods. I made peach crisp this week and it was just the best thing I’ve…

begonias window boxes paris ile saint louis

Summer Home Project – Window Boxes

This year I decided to make things easier for me not to have a death spiral of plants on my windows. I picked ONE kind of plant for the main windows – hortensia in blue and pink and white – and classic red begonias for the Boutros window. It took…

June 17, 2025
by Cheryl
life in paris, recipes

Le Macaroni Et Fromage

Some days you need your Mom’s macaroni and cheese casserole. Weirdly, it is a much easier thing in France – so there will be TWO recipes. One US and one French! La Recette Francaise You will need: 1 casserole pan1 whisk1 spatula Ingredients: 3 -33 cl bechamel2-140g shredded cheddar 1…

roland garros - rainy days - and lots of tennis

French Open – Cheering on the Women

It’s hard to explain how special the French Open is in person. The two days I went, it was both rainy, sunny, cold, and hot. Stade Roland Garros has a roof so that won’t stop the tennis on that court. The stadium is very intimate and almost vertical to the…

March 29, 2025
by Cheryl
life in paris

French Grooming 101 – Hair and Brows

Working with fashion clients here requires a very different level of grooming than my Midwest ass is used to. Having the right hair, makeup, and brows is important. Luckily, the ladies I work with have taken me under their very thin wings to help me be ‘bien soigné’, which is…