Broadening Horizons: How books and travel help our children
By Kristy Taylor When I was twelve, my parents took our family of seven to the small Indian Ocean island of La Réunion to visit…
Tag: France
The Beat Hotel: American Writers in Paris, 1957-1963
By Matthew Nilsson Standing on the shores of Paris’ Left Bank, tucked away on Rue Gît-le-Cœur, I check my map, look up, and there it…
George Sand: Her Majorcan Winter of Discontent
By Joni Rendon Never before-and possibly never since-has a Mediterranean island inspired as much enmity as did the Spanish isle of Majorca for prolific French…
We Recommend This App: Eat Smart Abroad
Travel is increasingly a competition of access: who know what the locals know? Who knows the secrets of where to eat and visit? It can…
Bookstore Review: le lièvre de mars, Marseille, France
by Johanna Pittman Normally I’m not much of a book aesthete—despite a dislike of electronic reading, I’ve never been drawn above all else to the…
Hotel du Pont Royal: Paris, France
By Kelsey Liebenson-Morse “There is never any ending to Paris, and the memory of each person who has lived in it differs from that of any…
Review of Les Miserables: The Movie
By Jessica Ellen Monk Strictly speaking, Les Misérables is not a Literary Adaption; it’s based on the musical, not the Victor Hugo novel. The story has traveled…
Caodai Calling: Victor Hugo’s Vietnam
A traveler to an architectural oddity in Tay Ninh, Vietnam, tunes in to the otherworldy call of a wacky bizarro cult.
Happy Birthday, Julia: Celebrating the Centenary of a Culinary Icon
by Amanda Festa One of my most vivid memories of childhood is the distinct voice of Julia Child wafting, or more accurately, booming, from my…
Van Gogh & The Dead in Arles, France
It’s late October, but the sun beats down on my bare head with the ferocity of an August heat wave. I stand at the entrance of Les Alyscamps, Elisii…