“You can have the finest pen, typewriter, or computer, but without a set of eyes that truly see the world, you might as well have none of it.” — Thurman P. Banks Jr.
How To Find Your Personal Style — I just did a fall purge of my already well-curated capsule wardrobe.
Legendary Paris Restaurants That Live Up to the Hype (Food + Wine) - Maybe I’ll visit one in March. Probably should reserve now.
The 18 Best Places for Shopping in Paris — How have I only been to four of these? So much to discovery!
Paris Métro Paper Ticket Reaches End of the Line After More than 120 Years — While I completely understand the cost and environmental ramifications of the paper tickets, this does make me sad. I still find canceled Métro tickets in pockets of my coats and used as bookmarks in several of my books. I even wrote my name and number on an old green ticket the night I met my husband.
What Hemingway Left in Sloppy Joe’s Bar 80 Years Ago — Four unpublished short stories, drafts of manuscripts and boxes of personal effects…I continue to be intrigued by this fascinating albeit problematic man.
19 Punctuation Marks You Never Knew You Needed — A great read for grammar geeks like me and perhaps an extension of my 2022 Word of the Year.