Category: General

June 25, 2025

The Film ‘ A Man and a Woman (Un homme et une femme)’ – Official Poster of 2025 Cannes Festival after 60 Years

Films, General 1966 Cannes Festival, 2025 Cannes Film Festival, 78th Cannes Film Festival, A Man and a Woman, And God Created Woman, Anouk Aimée, Bar de La Mer, Bar de La Mer Deauville, Brad Pitt and Penelope Cruz, Bunker film, Cannes, Carlton Cannes, Chabadabada, Chanel campaign 2024, Ciro's Deauville, Claude Lelouch, Coco Chanel's first boutique, Deauville, Deauville American Film Festival, Florian Zeller, Francis Lai, Hôtel Barrière Le Normandy, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Juliette Binoche, La Dolce Vita, Le Deauville restaurant, Mission: Impossible, Normandy, Palme d’Or, Penelope Cruz, Robert de Niro, Royal Barriere hotel Deauville, The Best Years of a Life, The Final Reckoning, Tom Cruise, Un Homme et Une Femme No comments

I was near Cannes just a week before the 78th Cannes Film Festival, which was held from May 13 to 24, 2025, staying in Nice, my favorite destination in Côte […]

May 24, 2025

Two Parisian Books – Joyful Guides for a Style ‘A La Parisienne’

Books, General, People, Uncategorized 2 Days in Paris, A la Cloche d'or, A la Parisienne, An American in Paris, Anna Wintour, Anne Berest, Audrey Diwan, beauty faux pas, Bread&Roses, Cafe Marly, Caroline de Maigret, chocolate fondant, Coco, Giraffe restaurant Paris, Hotel Amour, Hotel du Nord, How To Be Parisian, How To Be Parisian: Wherever You Are, Ile Flottante, Inès de la Fressange, Jardin Catherine Laboure, La Chope des Puces, Laperouse, Le bistrot parisien, Le Voltaire, Loulou, Louvre Museum, Mathilde Favier, Musee de la Vie Romantique, Musee Delacroix, Parc des Buttes-Chaumont, Paris, Parisian, Parisian addresses, Parisian bistro, Parisian Chic, Parisian Chic Encore, Parisian elegance, Parisian tips, Parisian women, Parisienne, Pâtisserie Viennoise Paris, Ralph's, Sophie Gachet, Sophie Mas, Thalie flower shop No comments

Years ago, I had read a book titled “How To Be Parisian: Wherever You Are“, written by four French women who were friends for years, with careers in music, film, […]

April 20, 2025

The White Lioness – A Nordic Noir by Henning Mankell

General, Books, People Eva Bergman, F.W. de Klerk, Henning Mankell, Kenneth Branagh, Krister Henriksson, Kruger National Park, Kurt Wallander, Mandela, napoleon dessert, NIS, Nordic noir, Rolf Lassgård, sangoma, Skane, South Africa, Sweden, The Dogs of Riga, The Troubled Man, The White Lioness, Thriller, Wallander, Walpurgis Eve, Walpurgis night, Ystad No comments

Since I have mentioned some of the crime drama series like ‘The Killing‘ and ‘The Bridge’ in my previous post titled “Hygge” in Copenhagen, let me mention a gripping thriller […]

February 27, 2025

“Hygge” in Copenhagen

General, Books, Europe, Travel Amelienborg Palace, Borgen, cardamom rolls, Cecconi's, CERVO, Christiansborg Palace, Christianshavn, cinnamon rolls, communal dinner, Conditori La Glace, Copenhagen, Countess Danner, Denmark, Emmerys, Eva Copenhagen, Flying Tiger, Folkehuset Absalon, Frederiksborg Castle, Hans christian Andersen, Happiness Research Institute, Hygge, hyggekrog, hyggelige, ILLUM, Jaegerspris Castle, Kanalhuset hotel, Kanelbrud, Karen Blixen, King Frederik, Kongens Nytorv, Lennart Lajboschitz, Louise Rasmussen, Malmö, Maple Casual Dining, Matador, Meik Wiking, Norreport, Nyhavn, Oresund Bridge, Out of Africa, Queen Margrethe, Queen Mary, Restaurant Orangeriet, Rosenborg Castle, Royal Danish Playhouse, Royal Theater's Old Stage, Sankt Peters Bageri, Sarah Lund, Smorrebrod, Soho House Copenhagen, Soren Kierkegaard, Stroget, The Bridge series, The Killing, The Little Book of Hygge, Tivoli Gardens, TorvehallerneKBH, Uniqlo, Vesterbro, Zermatt 4 Comments

Are you familiar with ‘hygge’? The Danish concept of cosiness, comfort, warmth, heartiness and/or togetherness… If not, I suggest that you read the book “The Little Book of Hygge: The […]

December 24, 2024

Alain Delon & His Letter to Romy Schneider

General, People Adieu Ma Puppelé, Alain Delon, Alain Delon's letter, Alain-Fabien Delon, Anne Parillaud, Anouchka Delon Anthony Delon, Caludia Cardinale, Cannes Film Festival, Il Gattopardpo, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Le Guepard, Luchino Visconti, Magda Schneider, Mireille Darc, Nathalie Barthélémy, Romy Schneider, Rosalie van Breemen, Sissi, The Leopard, Wolf Albach-Retty 4 Comments

When the legendary French actor died this year in August aged 88, French President Emmanuel Macron had remarked that “he was more than a star: he was a French monument“… […]

December 13, 2024

A Visit to Rome – Beautiful and Eternal (Part-3)

General, Europe, Travel Andrea Dotti, Antica Trattoria Angelino, Antico Forno Roscioli, Audrey Hepburn, Aventine Hill, Bernardo Bertolucci, Bibliobar, Casa del Cinema, Casina del Lago, Doney Cafe Rome, Emily in Paris, Federico Fellini, Forno Monteforte, Galleria Borghese, Giardino degli Aranci, Giggetto Restaurant, Hamleys Rome, Harry's Bar Rome, Hotel Eden, Janiculum Hill, L'Arcangelo, La Nuova Piazzetta, La Terrazza, La Vecchia Roma, Luca Dotti, Mel Ferrer, Parioli, Piazza del Popolo, Piazza Margana, Picio Terrace, Pincio Hill, Pizzeria Ai Marmi, Portico of Octavia, Prati, Retrobottega, Roma, Rome, Rosati, Roscioli, Sculpture of David, Sean Ferrer, Trastevere, Trattoria al Moro, Venus Victrix, Via Cola di Rienzo, Via Veneto, Villa Borghese, Westin Excelsior 4 Comments

This is the third and the last part of my previous posts titled “A Visit to Rome – Beautiful and Eternal” and “A Visit to Rome – Beautiful and Eternal […]

November 9, 2024

A Visit to Rome – Beautiful and Eternal (Part-2)

General, Europe, Travel Afdera Franchetti, Annette Stroyberg, Antico Forno Roscioli, Aperol Spritz, Audrey Hepburn, Baths of Caracalla, Campo de' Fiori, Colosseum, Corsetti, Emily in Paris, Esquilino, Giordano Bruno, Gladiator, Henry Fonda, Il Maritozzaro, Kolbe Hotel Rome, maritozzo, Mercati di Traiano, Monti, Museum of Imperial Forums, Nino dal 1934, Osteria Corsetti 1921, Palatine Hill, Palazzo Massimo, Passetto di Borgo, Piazza Farnese, Piazza Mattei, Piazza San Pietro, Ponte Sant'Angelo, Regoli, Roma, Roman Forum, Rome, Roscioli, Santa Maria Maggiore, Sistine Chapel, St. Peter's Basilica, Tiber River, Trajan's Market, Trastevere, Turtle Fountain, Vatican City, Via dei Fori Imperiali, Via Giulia, Via Nichola Salvi, Vin Allegro No comments

This is the second part of my previous post titled “Rome – Beautiful and Eternal” about Rome and our trip to Rome with my daughter. (Photo above: Trajan’s Market (Mercati […]