The recent romantic comedy, He’s Just Not That Into You, was an unexpected burst of truth on contemporary dating in an age of Facebook, email writing, and text message disasters. Gigi (played by the adorable Ginnifer Goodwin) waits at the phone every night for her crush to call her. She fails to see the difference [...]

I had a true Bavarian Christmas with my endlessly entertaining German cousins. They are my third cousins, so technically they are considered “kissing cousins,” which is an expression that either denotes “distant cousins familiar enough to kiss” or “cousins that are distant enough in relation that it is not the end of the world to [...]

As a way of recovering from the inevitable traumas of the holiday season, Parisian women flock to the hammams, where they can sweat out the toxins of too much wine, too many cigarettes, and too many family dynamics. I had a splendid time sweating away inside the bathhouse of the Moroccan hammam at the Mosque [...]

Hugh Grant is apparently quite the “Renaissance man,” as he is proficient at both golf and tennis, buys paintings, is reasonably literate, and even dabbled with novel writing. Since Did You Hear About the Morgans?, a new romantic comedy premiered last week, USA Today did a little interview about the wonders that make up Hugh [...]

While searching for a decent apple at the corner epicerie near my apartment one frostbitten Sunday night, the two overly solicitous shopkeepers asked me, “What are you looking for, young lady?” I told them I was looking for a good apple, but I was having a hard time in my search, since most of the [...]

In my Parisian boulangerie-hopping, I recently went to Coquelicot in Montmartre for a delicious and cozy brunch. It was the first snow this year, so my sister’s croque monsieur was a perfect plate of French comfort food, made with ultra-crusty rustic bread, a hint of succulent Béchamel sauce inside, and a covering of earthy gruyere [...]

My dear Franco-American friend was forced to attend a priggish British boarding school at the young age of eleven. When he took the admissions test, he realized that even though he spoke perfect English, he couldn’t read or write it. Though he quickly got over the language barrier, boarding school presented many other menacing surprises: [...]

When New Yorkers come to Paris, two worlds collide, but the Manhattan dynamic always seems to overpower the effeminate Frenchie ways. I recently went for a night out at Le Montana, an iconic 1960s club in Saint-Germain-des-Prés. The New Yorkers in the crowd insisted on taking vodka and tequila shots, which was a very un-French [...]

The Fellini exhibition at the Jeu de Paume in Paris gave me a glimpse into the sexy film sirens who ignited the Italian director’s alleged womanizing personality. But in reality Fellini remained devoted to his wife, distinguishing him from many of the wankers I encounter in everyday life. Fellini even considered his classic “Casanova” character [...]

When two people decide to take the next step in their relationship and move in together, disaster inevitably ensues … It can become a chaotic game of emotionally unavailable men, secretive women, and at the end of the day, it’s all about money sense and logistical convenience.
Gauche Things To Do To Your Lover-Roommate:
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