Frenchie Friday - July 19, 2024

No Frenchie Friday emails for 4 weeks and then 4 emails in one week - désolée and NOT generally how I roll, so thanks for not coming after me with the pitch forks. Amazon and Nordstom didn't check with me on putting their big sales the same week as my blog anniversary ;-)

I hope if you did partake in any sales you got some good stuff! I picked a lot of boring household items, but I did get a new Travelon bag (from Wednesday's email) which was an unexpected surprise!

Also my dear friend Deanna who helped me design my site let me know that I was accidentally charging shipping even for free downloadable items, so if you tried to buy something from Le Shop Monday or Tuesday, again désolée, apparently I am on fire this week!

Links I Love...

Links to interesting stories found around the interwebs during the past week. If you find something about Paris, France, or French lifestyle and culture that you think I should share, reply to this email and let me know!

Paris:

• ​Paris Syndrome: When Shock And Disappointment Take Over​​ [Forbes]
• Bon Appetit Staff Recommendations: The Best Restaurants in Paris​ [Bon Appetit]
• ​An Insider’s Guide to the Most Mouthwatering Bakeries in Paris [NY Times]
• ​Floating swimming pool 'annette K' sails the seine just in time for 2024 olympics [Designboom]
• ​These Paris cocktail bars are an Olympic-worthy mix​ [Wallpaper]
• ​La Fantaisie: a beautiful new hotel in the prettiest quartier of Paris [Evening Standard]
• Featuring amie Jennifer Greco: 5 Parisian Cheese Shops for Great Chèvre​ [Cheese Professor]
• ​The Best Cafés in Paris, From Historic Haunts to Charming Terraces​ [Vogue]
• ​6 ways to experience the Paris of the Roaring ’20s​ [National Geographic]​

Paris Olympics

• ​Mayor of Paris Takes an Olympian Plunge in a Beautified Seine​ [NY Times]
• ​France’s Approach to the Olympics: Food, With a Side of Games​ [NY Times]
• ​Delta says the Olympics will cost it $100 million as travelers skip Paris​ [NBC]
• ​How the Seine River shaped the city of Paris [National Geographic, paywall]

France:

• ​Macron Government Resigns as France’s Paralysis Deepens Ahead of Olympics [Wall Street Journal]
• ​5 things about eating out in France that will surprise you​ [Delicious]
• ​Nice: is this the coolest city in the south of France?​ [Evening Standard]
• ​At the French city of Lille’s Palais des Beaux-Arts, “museo-therapy” draws on the power of art to improve health and wellbeing. [Reasons to be Cheerful]
• ​Why Pas de Calais is France's new fine dining destination [National Geographic]​

Food:

• ​KRISPY KREME Invites Fans on Global Adventure with All-New 'Passport to Paris​
• Mr. Misadventures favorite dessert! > The Boozy History of Baba au Rhum​ [Smithsonian]
• ​The “other” Basque cake you need to know about​ [SBS Food]
• ​A Beginner’s Guide to Classic French Aperitifs​ [AFAR]
• ​A guide to cheese from France​​ [Specialty Food Magazine]

French Culture, Lifestyle, Beauty & Decor:

• ​The Secret to Sézane’s Success​ [Town & Country]
• ​A Look Inside Louis Vuitton's Family Home and Atelier, Just Outside Paris​ [Conde Nast Traveler]
• Fun read: Ooh la la! Most Brits secretly admire the French​ [Farming Life]

Other Good Reads:

• ​What Your Ice Cream Order Says About You​ [Food52]
• ​Bye-Bye Bites: 14 Ways to Get Rid of Mosquito Bites Overnight [Greatest]
• ​Pan Am Is Bringing Back the Golden Age of Air Travel​ [Afar]

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Pour Le Weekend...

Friday night is movie night! We are going to watch Horizon, can't wait, I love Westerns! Working on house things and studying for my B1 French test!

How about you?

Bon Weekend!

Andi Fisher Misadventures with Andi