By narrowing down my wardrobe to these core items I have liberated myself from the closet clutter and endless cycles of shopping that used to be my reality.
Mais bien sƻr, I had my legs waxed and my hair styled, because I wouldn't want to be caught with a bad hairdo, especially for the end of the world. There might be a photo op on the way.
I've been living in this country for the past sixteen years and I still don't get your sports teams, your sports rules, your sports scoring, or your sports player transfer policies.
The delivery box that carries a three-day sampling of meals from the weight-loss company Jenny Craig is tantalizingly large. Inside is a plastic-foam ...
French women have deep, enduring friendships with each other, but many do tend to identify as much with men -- sometimes more so -- as they do with women.
PARIS, May 4 (Reuters) - France repealed a sexual harassment law on Friday on the grounds that the definition of the crime was too vague, sparking r...
What I saw looking around at the lovely women of Bordeaux is that drag queens essentially are -- and always have been -- not faux women but faux French women. Drag is simply another timeless French cultural gift to the world.
PARIS - French feminist associations sure know their priorities! If further evidence was needed, the "Chiennes de Garde" (Watchdogs) association and i...
A headline two years ago grabbed my attention and probably a few others': Being Fat Ended My Marriage.
In the Ladies Home Journal article, the author...
These French strikes are far less about two years of retirement and far more about preserving an infrastructure of social benefits that are sacrosanct to the French and the bedrock of their culture.
Scarves intimidate me. Until this precise moment. The saleswoman places the scarf around my neck... and voila: She reveals the secret of how French women tie their scarves.
This past weekend, I was dumbfounded at the movie vision of a 1948 Paris resplendent with sumptuous food portrayed in Julie & Julia. That year much of Europe was suffering from starvation.
The word dating doesn't exist in Paris; they call it meeting because "date" is a code for flowers, dinner, goodnight kiss, etc. It's not spontaneous. ...
Ah, the allure of les femmes francaises. How do they do it? Here are some possible explanations.
1. They have a natural approach to beauty.
The more...
From Sweden:
To get in the mood, the couple had to whet their appetites by sampling Swedish cuisine. But the gastronomic delights of pickled fish and...
It's a well-known fact that women can always learn from their Francophone counterparts. And this time its the menfolk who are getting the tutorial.
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The HuffPost Living Editors are no stranger to guides, so it was exciting to see that The New York Times had posted their own: A Guide To The French. ...