2021-09-25 02:59
I have been traveling to France for more than four decades and argh, I am an inveterate collector of exhibition posters. So timely! But what to do with the collection? Wall… Read More
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A blog by a Francophile who loves all things French and France.
2017-11-19 00:37
It's been a while since I have posted to Polly-Vous Francais! I am happy to report that I am now in the "Triangle" area of North Carolina, where there is a vibrant French and Francophi… Read More
2016-12-01 02:38
Today I was at a meeting of French and American dignitaries to discuss French/American cultural activities. Just my cup of thé!The American organizers asked the ranking French d… Read More
2016-03-01 02:48
Is it possible to imagine the sheer excitement and thrill and bone-chilling what-the-hell-am-I doing anxiety when you are about to embark on a move to Paris?Well, that was me, one deca… Read More
2015-02-09 13:16
I love my collection of vintage Paris postcards. I add to it every time I am in Paris, usually at lingering but somehow way-too-short trips to the Marché aux Timbres or the Marc… Read More
2015-01-14 00:18
Today I received a notice from a reader that someone was using a photo from my blog, which had been doctored and captioned, for a hateful and racist post on a Facebook page.Steam poure… Read More
2014-12-31 22:23
A lovely, if somewhat dark, 1928 carte de voeux that I found at the Marché aux timbres in Paris.Bonne année cards haven't always been images of popping champagne corks, firewor… Read More
2014-12-30 23:18
How to celebrate New Year's in France? Here are mouth-watering and intriguing suggestions ...from 60 years ago. The 1954 December issue of Plaisir de France had the following delightful colu… Read More
2014-08-16 23:16
I'm a huge fan of the blue doors in Paris. Some days, when I was living in Paris, when I didn't quite know what to do with myself, I would just wander the streets for hours snapping photo up… Read More
2014-08-03 02:23
When I was in college, I spent summers waitressing in a perfect, perfectly charming historic inn in Maine.One of the delights was to be assigned to a table of summer "residents" -- guests wh… Read More
2014-04-03 14:04
Denis Josselin photo © Caroline HENNELIf you are in Paris this Sunday, April 6, do yourself a favor and hightail it over to the 12e arrondissement to the Quai de la Rap&eacut&hell…Read More
2014-03-20 22:41
Like this:Pasteur statue, place de Breteuil. Read More
2014-03-20 22:40
[Vanity Fair France has a great article about the Hollande-Trierweiler split, explained by a family member, which hasn't been published in the anglophone press. Since I am a professional tra… Read More
2014-03-20 22:19
This painting of Paris, entitled “Boulevard Clichy, Paris,” hung in our house all of my childhood. To me, it was Paris – everything that Paris could and should be. The ca… Read More
2014-02-14 18:00
Ah, the language of love. It's just so... fundamental!So I bring you some of the basics, in French.A is for aimerA is also for affection and affectueux or affectueuseB is for baiser. T… Read More
2013-12-15 09:53
from a postcard I boughtSouhaits de Bonheur. Happy wishes of the season. Which is of course, what I wish to all of you.But take a look at this image. Is it me, or do I depict an… Read More
2013-12-11 20:00
It's the holidays! Time for some shopping, or at least a little window-shopping, n'est-ce pas?This Manhattan pooch must have some French blood, as he demonstrates, literally, comment fa… Read More
2013-11-20 02:16
Paris vitrines (store windows) never fail to delight and inspire.More often than not, they make me stop in my tracks. And snap photos if my camera is handy.A few weeks ago I spotted this one… Read More
2013-10-17 04:01
Seen on the streets of New York. Is black the new black? Read More
2013-08-30 01:06
Forty years.Forty years ago today, I boarded an Air France flight at Orly to return from France to the U.S. It had been a magical summer. My first time ever in France. A life-changer.T… Read More
2013-08-06 01:33
We all know by now, don't we, that Paris more or less shuts down in August. Some of us revel in the peacefulness of a quiet Paris. Others are challenged by the many, many boutiqu… Read More
2013-07-10 04:23
Wow.Tonight was opening night of Les Liaisons Dangereuses, directed by John Malkovich, part of the Lincoln Center Festival.Actors warming up on stage before the play beginsWow.I was al… Read More
2013-06-30 18:55
Vintage post cards of Paris (or anywhere, for that matter) are delightful, and are easy and unique souvenirs to bring home.This is a sweet one -- Une pensée de Paris, a play on words… Read More
2013-06-29 16:30
My most chic acquisition during my Paris visit was a lorgnette.Wandering the stalls of the Marche aux Puces at Vanves, I was enthralled at all the offerings but tiring of needing to take my… Read More
2013-06-15 01:46
Most of this recent visit to Paris, I just wasn't interested in taking photos. It seemed too clicheed, too... I don't know what to call it. Everybody and their brother are taking… Read More
2013-06-10 02:29
One thing I always appreciate about ordering an aperitif at a cafe in France: no drinking on an empty stomach! Invariably, one is served a dish of olives or peanuts, or i… Read More
2013-06-02 20:05
When the raindrops stop and there is time for meandering around Paris, life just doesn't get any better. On boulevard Beaumarchais, I was heading over to a jewellery vente privee (trun… Read More
2013-05-31 17:24
Tell me. Do you really love Paris street signs and French metal signs in general?If you are like me and adore all of them -- not just the classic plaques émaillées with the str… Read More
2013-05-30 13:26
Lunch today at l'Entracte de l'Opera, a pleasant and bustling café and brasserie. As I was finishing my delicious poulet fermier, a kindly older British couple was seated near me at a… Read More
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