Living a Life I Never Expected in France: Autumn Edition

Or, Where the Hell Have I Been All Month? Plus How to Pronounce Your Name in French, and a Lot of Links You Might Want to Save for Your Next Trip

Oct 25 • 

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August 2025

Easy, Flaky Autumn Tarte aux Pommes

An Undemanding, Delicious Apple Tart with an Easy Spirit and a Pretty Face

Aug 31 • 

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Real Talk: How the French Do September

Also, Please Help Me with My Garden and Why Your Summer Fling Won't Last

Aug 29 • 

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Summer, When You Move to France

Plus, an Update on My Terrifying Parisian Jazz Band Debut, Feeling Low, and Our First Trip to the U.S. in Two Years

Aug 15 • 

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July 2025

How to Meet Other Cool Creative Women This Year

Plus, Hot as the Devil's Undies in France, Inappropriate Calf Tattoos, and a Mini Complaints Department (Expat Edition)

Jul 4 • 

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June 2025

Come Reignite Your Creativity in Paris!

Join Me This October as a Paris Insider and Finally Light the Spark on Your Dream Projects

Jun 7 • 

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May 2025

NEW: The Latest Dates for Our Free Le Salon by La Flâneuse Online Creative Meet-ups!

Have a Creative Project You Want to Work on? Come and Join Us for an Hour

May 18 • 

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If You Haven't Moved to France (Yet), Here's Where You Could Be in Three Years

10 Key Observations from My Frenchiversary, Plus Your Sexy New Euro Summer Cocktail

May 16 • 

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A Work Colleague Forced Me to Download Bumble Before My Trip to France...and It Changed My Life

How I Met My French Husband in the Pandemic, Plus a Guy with One Single Tooth Who Insulted My French, and Which Apps to Use if You're Looking for Love…

May 5 • 

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A Taste of Real Life in France (and the Benefits of Traveling in Europe)

Jazz Band Behind-the-Scenes, Crying at the French Doctor's Office, Apéro Inspo and Les Vacances in Spain and Portugal. Plus New Meet-up Dates!

May 3 • 

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March 2025

I Got Yelled at By a Fancy French Chef

New Le Salon Meet-up Dates, Plus I was On a Wine Jury in Burgundy, Band Practice Update and What is an Aroma Bar Anyway?

Mar 22 • 

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What Was I Thinking? I Auditioned for a French Jazz Band and Here's What Happened

Plus a Report from This Week's Delightful Online Meet-up

Mar 3 • 

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