Newsletter
Undercover reporter seeks bedbugs in Paris
Until the latest news flash, newspapers and television had been creeping along with the usual suspects: Donald, Kevin, Nancy, and yet another billion-dollar Powerball jackpot. But now come les punaises de lit. Bedbugs. In Paris. Bedbugs. In Paris. Could it be? But of...
Stuck at Home? Brush Up Your French
By Patricia Tennison So, here we are, not in Paris. Not walking along the Seine. Not sitting thisclose to the next table in a little cafe. Not flicking away the crumbs from a morning croissant. Not speaking French. I miss it all. This coronavirus era keeps me grounded...
Noir is the New Black. Kinda.
By Patricia Tennison It started this July when Joe came back from one of his wanderings here in Paris with a black baguette under his arm. Black. A black baguette. A black baguette, and a smile It wasn't a mistake. It was a perfectly fine baguette, perhaps made more...
The Red Wheelbarrow Bookstore Shines in New Location
The Red Wheelbarrow Bookstore Shines in New Location February 6, 2019 By Patricia Tennison www.ParisCafeWriting.com If there’s anything better than an independent bookstore, it’s watching such a store sadly disappear—then spring back into life. That’s what has...
Paris Is the Next Inspiration for This Young Writer
Paris Is the Next Inspiration for This Young Writer December 4, 2018 By Patricia Tennison www.ParisCafeWriting.com This is my favorite newsletter of the year, the one where I introduce this year’s scholarship winner, the student who next summer will join us to write...
Mark your calendar for Paris in 2019
Mark your calendar for Paris in 2019 October 14, 2018 By Patricia Tennison www.ParisCafeWriting.com It’s been a while since I’ve used a paper calendar—remember those?—but when I did I favored the back-to-school variety, the ones that started in September and October....
In: Stunning museum. Out: Metro tickets. In: Mashed potatoes.
In: Stunning museum. Out: Metro tickets. In: Mashed potatoes. August 31, 2018 By Patricia Tennison www.ParisCafeWriting.com It’s not really a museum, in the classic sense. The hot-new Atelier des Lumières in Paris is more an experience, a 360-degree submersion into...
Marijuana “light” rolls onto a Paris restaurant menu
Marijuana "light" rolls onto a Paris restaurant menu By Patricia Tennison www.ParisCafeWriting.com “And how would you like your cheeseburger, madame? Medium, rare—with or without the ... supplement?” C’est vrai. Just when you think you’ve conquered the oddities of a...
Sketches of Pickpockets in Spain, Part II: The Comments
Sketches of Pickpockets in Spain, Part II: The Comments By Patricia Tennison www.ParisCafeWriting.com Well, we seemed to have hit a nerve with the previous Paris Cafe Writing newsletter on pickpockets. We were warned about the skill level of pickpockets in Barcelona,...
The pickpocket? We never saw it coming
The pickpocket? We never saw it coming By Patricia Tennison www.ParisCafeWriting.com They are soooo good. When I told friends that I was leaving Paris for a few days to visit Barcelona, everyone had a pickpocket tale: “They make Paris thieves look like...
Paris – Memories and Cafe Writing
Paris – Memories and Cafe Writing Editor’s note: We lead this newsletter with a post from Kathy Thomas, author of the Purposeful Travel blog, who attended Paris Cafe Writing in June. It was a clear, sunny June day in Paris. A soft breeze from the east ruffled tree...
Paris Is the Next Event for This Scholarship Winner
Candace Smith of Chicago is the 2017 Paris Café Writing scholarship winner. Paris Is the Next Event for This Scholarship Winner By Patricia Tennison www.ParisCafeWriting.com Once again we have a new scholarship winner! Candace Nzingha Smith, a student at...