When Meg and I first met, about fifteen years ago, we zoomed past 6-degrees of separation in to the 2-degree zone, quickly discovering similar upbringings in Europe and shared expat experiences -- like a distinct memory of the curly butter served on the Statendam Ocean Liner or the same appreciation for JFK airport, that always signaled a summer of home-leave in the good old … [Read more...]
Paris Restaurants
It seems that we get requests almost daily from friends and family looking for Paris restaurant recommendations. Judging by the number of blogs we’ve written about the subject, it’s fair to say that this is a favorite topic of ours … and one that we continue to expand upon (in more ways than one!) every year. We certainly can’t offer the exhaustive list, nor do we pretend to … [Read more...]
Yum! Good eats in France
Hot on the heels of our super fun buying trip with clients (read all about it here and here), Ann and I are just back from another quickie to France to shop for the store and the gallery. We had five fairs in five days to shop so we were on a mission. That added up to about 500kilometers to drive and four hotels to hit. But one thing is sure: we had plenty of good eats while … [Read more...]
Emily Followill in Paris
You may not recognize the name, but if you are a regular reader of Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles, Traditional Home, Veranda, Atlanta Magazine Home and a myriad other fabulous "shelter" magazines, you've seen her work. Emily Followill is a highly talented photographer, known for the gorgeously lit, beautifully composed and lusciously rich interiors that have graced so many … [Read more...]
Paris Renovation
“If you're in Paris," read the text from one of our favorite international clients, who happened to be scanning her Instagram, "Could you please look at an apartment for me that just came on the market this morning?” I.e. Drop everything, run don’t walk and make an offer asap! Of course we can, and we did, and within 20 minutes of walking in to a beautiful, spacious (by … [Read more...]
Board Meeting in Paris
This is what we sound like to others: “Did you get the thing from what’s his name?” “Yes, and I left it on your desk next to the folder about the …” “Oh right? Did she sign that or are we …” “… no we’re supposed to do the …” “Oh! So then we don’t need to finish the …” “No! It’s been done but if you could find the …” “I’ve got it! It’s right here next to … [Read more...]
Building a Dream House in Provence
We probably should have just looked the other way, but we are Huffingtons, and “we” like a project! So when a choice piece of buildable land came up for sale in the highly coveted and very restricted area of Gordes, Provence, one of us couldn’t resist a chance to build a dream house – and bought it. Buildable land is very scarce in this part of Provence, where the locals … [Read more...]
An Enchanted Evening in Paris
An Enchanted Evening in Paris We were wrapping up a glorious buying trip to France that took us to nine cities in eleven days, from points south to north, with a foray into Belgium, and a few regrets that we couldn’t make it to England too. To celebrate, we booked an early dinner at La Bourse et la Vie, the tiny restaurant opened by celebrity chef Daniel Rose several … [Read more...]
Wedding Belle
Once upon a time, a lovely young woman stood on a cliff overlooking a gorgeous beach in Cabo San Lucas thinking about the man of her dreams whom she had been dating for several years, and imagined, "This is the place I want to be married!" Last July, following a seven mile, five hour trek to Cathedral Lake above Aspen, Colorado, with the same man of her dreams, this … [Read more...]
A Shopping (Frenchie) Frenzy
Pardon our absence as we shop for antiques! Back many years ago, during an unfortunate period in my high school years when I was swept up in a family frenzy of accompanying every birthday present with a limerick or rhyme, I ran out of creative juices at one point and gently revolted by coming up with my own version of a birthday card, which read: Mother, mother, I … [Read more...]
