Oct 5, 2023 | Newsletters
Until the latest news flash, newspapers and television had been creeping along with the usual suspects: Donald, Kevin, Nancy, and yet another billion-dollar Powerball jackpot. But now come les punaises de lit. Bedbugs. In Paris. Bedbugs. In Paris. Could it be? But of...
Aug 5, 2020 | Newsletters
By Patricia Tennison So, here we are, not in Paris. Not walking along the Seine. Not sitting thisclose to the next table in a little cafe. Not flicking away the crumbs from a morning croissant. Not speaking French. I miss it all. This coronavirus era keeps me grounded...
Jul 18, 2019 | Newsletters
By Patricia Tennison It started this July when Joe came back from one of his wanderings here in Paris with a black baguette under his arm. Black. A black baguette. A black baguette, and a smile It wasn’t a mistake. It was a perfectly fine baguette, perhaps made...
Feb 5, 2019 | Newsletters
The Red Wheelbarrow Bookstore Shines in New Location February 6, 2019 By Patricia Tennison www.ParisCafeWriting.com If there’s anything better than an independent bookstore, it’s watching such a store sadly disappear—then spring back into life. That’s what has...
Dec 2, 2018 | Newsletters
Paris Is the Next Inspiration for This Young Writer December 4, 2018 By Patricia Tennison www.ParisCafeWriting.com This is my favorite newsletter of the year, the one where I introduce this year’s scholarship winner, the student who next summer will join us to write...
Oct 14, 2018 | Newsletters
Mark your calendar for Paris in 2019 October 14, 2018 By Patricia Tennison www.ParisCafeWriting.com It’s been a while since I’ve used a paper calendar—remember those?—but when I did I favored the back-to-school variety, the ones that started in September and October....
Aug 29, 2018 | Newsletters
In: Stunning museum. Out: Metro tickets. In: Mashed potatoes. August 31, 2018 By Patricia Tennison www.ParisCafeWriting.com It’s not really a museum, in the classic sense. The hot-new Atelier des Lumières in Paris is more an experience, a 360-degree submersion into...
Jun 30, 2018 | Newsletters
Marijuana “light” rolls onto a Paris restaurant menu By Patricia Tennison www.ParisCafeWriting.com “And how would you like your cheeseburger, madame? Medium, rare—with or without the … supplement?” C’est vrai. Just when you think you’ve conquered the...
Mar 28, 2018 | Newsletters
Sketches of Pickpockets in Spain, Part II: The Comments By Patricia Tennison www.ParisCafeWriting.com Well, we seemed to have hit a nerve with the previous Paris Cafe Writing newsletter on pickpockets. We were warned about the skill level of pickpockets in Barcelona,...
Mar 18, 2018 | Newsletters
The pickpocket? We never saw it coming By Patricia Tennison www.ParisCafeWriting.com They are soooo good. When I told friends that I was leaving Paris for a few days to visit Barcelona, everyone had a pickpocket tale: “They make Paris thieves look like...
