WELCOME to The Not So Amazing Race. The first part of the Joneses’ challenge is to gain access to an apartment for their stay in Paris. The Jones family comprises of husband and wife, Jason and Simone, and three-year-old Jessica.* None of the Jones family will speak French on this leg of the race. [...]
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The Not-so Amazing Race
Posted: 23rd March 2011 by Carmen Jenner in Accommodation, Family Travel, France, ParisTags: accommodation, apartment, Family travel, key, lock, marriage, Paris, the amazing race
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Petite Paris
Posted: 10th March 2011 by Carmen Jenner in Family Travel, France, ParisTags: Aquaboulavard, Cite des Sciences et de l'Industrie, Eiffel Tower, Euro Disney, France, Jardin d'Acclimatation, Luxembourg Gardens, Notre Dame, Parc de la Villette, Paris, Pompidou Centre, River Seine
THERE are few places as lively, vibrant and stimulating as Paris. I’m not entirely referring to the city either as my daughter is named after the City of Light. It seems fitting that the two should meet. But if you shudder at the thought of dragging young children around vast museums, consider these tips on [...]
Gotan Project = tango
Posted: 13th December 2010 by Carmen Jenner in Argentina, Gorgeous Things, ParisTags: Argentina, electro-tango, Gotan Project, La Revancha Del Tango, music, Paris, Santa Maris (Del Buen Ayre), tango
Just as the letters of the word ‘tango’ scramble into ‘gotan’, your perception of the Argentinean art form will morph into the sublime with a Gotan Project concert. My rendezvous with the Parisian electro-tango band began with La Revancha Del Tango. With every beat evocative of an elegant bouncing acrobat on a trampoline, each [...]
A Voyeur’s French Feast
Posted: 7th December 2010 by Carmen Jenner in ParisTags: accommodation, apartment, cooking, France, French, heat, Paris, summer, voyeur, World Cup, writer, Writing
THIS PARISIAN LIFE: PART II I Love Paris in the Summer Time It’s 4.46 a.m. and a woman’s scream cuts through the thick air surging up into the apartment’s open bedroom window. I suddenly sit upright in bed. The scream was cut short and I envisage she suddenly woke up, imagining her husband to be [...]
Walk on the Tame Side in Paris’ Montmartre
Posted: 17th September 2010 by Carmen Jenner in Family Travel, ParisTags: Abbesses, Basilique du Sacre Coeur, culture, Espace Dali Montmarte, Montmarte, Moulin Rouge, Musee de Montmarte, Paris, Place du Tertre, www.nileguide.com
Made famous by the Moulin Rouge and its hedonistic revellers, Montmartre is well worth a wander during the day. Check out the full article at Walk on the Tame Side in Montmarte Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on [...]
This Parisian Life
Posted: 20th September 2009 by Carmen Jenner in Gorgeous Things, Paris, The JourneyTags: beauty, Paris, travel, travel with kids
THIS PARISIAN LIFE – PART I French Beauty “One is not born a woman; rather one becomes a woman.” – Simone De Beauvoir The French model wears a petticoat crafted from balloons. The model behind her flaps wings styled like a bird of paradise. Men sit rigid in their seats during this Parisian couture fashion [...]
Le Cafe de la Paix
Posted: 20th May 2009 by Carmen Jenner in Gorgeous Things, ParisTags: Paris, travel, Writing
Paintings and music, street noises, shops, flower markets, modes, fabrics, poems, ideas, everything seemed to lead toward a half-sensual, half-intellectual swoon. Inside the cafes, colour, perfume, taste and delirium could be poured together from one bottle or many bottles – from square, cylindrical, conical, tall, squat, brown, green or crimson bottles – but you drank [...]
French Beauty
Posted: 30th April 2009 by Carmen Jenner in Gorgeous Things, ParisTags: beauty, Fashion, French, Paris
AS Simone de Beauvoir put it: “One is not born a woman; rather one becomes a woman.” The French model wears a petticoat crafted from balloons. The model behind her flaps wings styled like a bird of paradise. Men sit rigid in their seats during this Parisian couture fashion parade, admiring these heavenly beauties. Cameras [...]
