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Send us Fan Mail There are always a few women in history that are remembered for shaking things up a bit. Olympe de Gouges is definitely one of them and she did it back in the 18th century.  Born May 7, 1748 in Montauban, Marie-Olympe Mouisset wasn’t sure who her father was. At 17 in 1765 she married Louis-Yves Aubrey de Gourges. The next year son Pierre was born and just two years after their mar...

Send us Fan Mail Grace is the co-founder of INSPIRELLE , a website, and association that inspires, connects, and empowers an international community of women who live in France or share a love for all things French. Formerly a communications and marketing executive for major multinationals in Asia, she is now an independent communications and events consultant based in Paris. Originally from Chica...

Send us Fan Mail In the second episode on the life of Sainte Genevieve we look at how she is remembered. When you visit the many churches of France you will find small marble plaques in many of the chapels. The Ex-votos are messages of appreciation to a certain saint or to Christ. These can also come in other forms as well.  There are many dedicated to Sainte Genevieve all over Paris in statues, a...

Send us Fan Mail Maureen O'Donoghue is a 24-year-old Franco-Irish singer and musician. Born in Paris in a musical family to an Irish father and French mother, she has been involved in various artistic projects including rock bands (Hobe, Silène and Black Alice), acting (music videos as well as a punk drummer in Microbe et Gasoil, Michel Gondry, 2014), and guest singing on a progressive jazz a...

Send us Fan Mail Today, January 3 on the 1,510th anniversary of the death of Sainte Genevieve we begin a special two part episode of the life of the Patron Saint of Paris.  She stands on the banks of the Seine guarding the edge of Paris. Geneviève, the patron saint of Paris, was born in the year 434 in Nanterre, west of Paris. At the age of 7 she was blessed by St Germain, bishop of Auxerre, and f...

Send us Fan Mail I came to France years ago after completing a B.A. in French to study at a 200-year-old French business school. My business career centered around corporate and private banking in Paris. I love many things in French culture: food, artisan-made products, and history. My interest in food was developed by observing French home cooks and taking weekend and evening classes at the Ritz...

Send us Fan Mail Paris itself is a living museum. Filled with over 150 museums and the streets that ooze with history and architecture spanning centuries. Before we had my beloved Musée du Louvre we had the churches that filled their walls with art from some of the biggest artists of the time. The Louvre opened in 1793 and over three hundred years before Notre Dame de Paris opened its doors.  Art...

Send us Fan Mail I’ve been cooking since I was a little girl, influenced by my Indian mother who was pretty much always in the kitchen. I was raised on a predominantly vegetarian diet which is normal in Indian culture. While we did eat meat and dairy, they didn’t play the starring roles in meals and my mother was very strict about eating an array of fresh vegetables. She was the queen of substitut...

Send us Fan Mail One hundred years ago today, on 20 December 1921, the newlywed Hemingway’s arrived in Paris. After almost two weeks on the  S.S. Leopoldina that left New York on December 8th the two finally arrived in the City of Light. Relying on Hadley and her eight years of French, the two found their way through day to day life. Friend and author Sherwood Anderson armed Hem with letters of in...

Send us Fan Mail I graduated from Yale University in 2018 as a double major in History and French and will soon be attending law school in the US. I have a deep personal connection to France and have spent a long time living in both Aix-en-Provence and Paris, studying abroad and later working at a Parisian law firm. I am in love with the French language and culture and also feel very attached to t...

Send us Fan Mail Many of the female artists we have shared on Paris History Avec a Hemingway on La Vie Creative Podcast have been hidden behind their male contemporaries. Sonia Delaunay is just as well known as her husband Robert, but there was a whole side to her art that I had never noticed before.  Sonia Stern born November 14, 1885 in the Ukraine. Her parents were working class and at 5 years...

Send us Fan Mail Rhonda Findling is the author of the bestselling and internationally acclaimed "Don’t Call That Man! A Survival Guide To Letting Go" which has been translated into eight languages.  She is also the author of "Don't Text That Man! A Guide To Self Protective Dating in the Age of Technology", "When He Can't Commit: What To Do When You Fall For An Am...

Send us Fan Mail 35 years ago this week the Musée d’Orsay opened to the impressionist, loving public for the first time. It’s hard to image a time when the museum wasn’t part of the landscape of central Paris with the lovely clocks standing over the Seine.  The first stone of the Palais d’Orsay was laid April 4, 1810 but the fall of Napoleon would delay the finish until 1838. The Council d’Etat de...

Send us Fan Mail Marie Laurencin is known for her lovely pastel dreamy paintings but she was also able to do something few female artists were able to do. Marie was accepted into the folds of the biggest artists of the time and held her own.  Born on October 31, 1883 she showed very early, against her mothers wishes, a talent for art. At 18 she enrolled in the porcelain painting school at Sévres,...

Send us Fan Mail Cygnet Theatre was founded in Paris by an international group of theatre artists looking to create, develop, and perform plays in the classical repertoire. The company is run by a board of administration, and all members of the team serve a creative function vital to Cygnet Theatre’s ability to thrive.   Following the success of A Midsummer Night’s Dream , the decision was made to...

Send us Fan Mail Sharon decided to celebrate her 60th birthday with a six-month hiatus from her life in NYC. She stayed in an apartment in Paris for two of those months, exploring the city on foot, via metro –and eventually on city bikes.  Fortuitously, she met other Americans living in Paris, who helped her tremendously.  Three years later, she co-founded AmericanConcierge.com to make it easier [...

Send us Fan Mail Paris is filled with museums and a few stand out over the rest. Of course, there is my love, the Musée du Louvre, and the Orsay and smaller ones like the Picasso and the Delacroix. However, one that might not be on the list for those heading to Paris for just a few days but should be is the Musée Rodin.  On today’s new episode of Paris History Avec a Hemingway on La Vie Creative P...

Send us Fan Mail Sarah Donnelly is an American stand-up comedian, writer and actress who performs in English and in French. Sarah is the co-creator and writer of the Audible Original series God Save My English with Paul Taylor, now in its second season and one of the best sellers on Audible France. Sarah is also the co-creator of Becoming Maman, a comedy show and podcast about raising French kids...

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Send us Fan Mail Harriet Welty Rochefort grew up and was educated in the Midwest (B.A. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and M.S.J. Northwestern Medill School of Journalism). A French-American dual citizen, she has lived in France since 1973 with her French husband Philippe. They have 3 sons, Nicolas, a neurologist in Marseilles, Benjamin, a computer specialist in Montreal, David, an editor and no...

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Send us Fan Mail La Cuisine Paris, founded in 2009, is the Capitols top rated leisure French cooking school specializing in French Culinary experiences in English.  Located in the heart of Paris, and welcoming visitors from all over the world, we share the passion of French cuisine and culture. A small international team, with different backgrounds and experiences, who all work with a common value...

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Send us Fan Mail Kyra is the founding Paris Artistic Director of Dance Theatre Surreality. A choreographer, teacher, and performer, she collaborates with artists from a wide range of disciplines on feminist and spiritual themes. Her works have been presented at various Parisian art galleries and theaters, as well as in Detroit, her city of origin. Kyra leads consent and bodily autonomy workshops i...