Paris Getaways
In Brooklyn a rabbi is both a Jewish religious figure and a fixer-the guy you go to when you need to get something done and don’t have the right connections-he does! In Paris my rabbi is Albert Nahmias who is probably the most well-connected guy (not in the Mafia sense of the world) in Parisian [...]
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The sun poured through the glass roof of the Gare de l’Est as I waited for the early morning non-stop to Reims. One hour later my fellow journalists and I were met by Philippe Manfredini, the international sales director for Maison GOSSET, who delivered a fascinating running commentary as our luxurious bus motored to Epernay [...]
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Beautiful Burgundy
I’d been waiting for an opportunity to visit Beaune and especially the Hostellerie de Levernois, so when a room became available on July 4th I grabbed it. I knew we were getting close when the beautiful white Charolais cows could be seen sitting under shady trees.
After years of marketing Relais & Chateaux [...]
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Thirty-four years had elapsed since my last visit to the Chateaux of the Kings in the Loire Valley. An email from Pascale inviting me to visit La Tourainière, her chambre d’hote near Tours was all it took to send me on the road.
To create a full two-day excursion I bookended the visit with [...]
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During a recent trip to Honfleur I discovered two wonderful but vastly different hotels and fabulous dinners…
Deauville with its Casino and American Film Festival each September is a weekend destination of choice for Parisians.
A mere two hours by train from Paris’ Gare Saint Lazare it as an arrival [...]
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M had lubed the car, filled the tank and we were off on a gentle two-hour drive to Joigny, along the banks of the Yonne in Northern Burgundy (a 1 hour and 15 minute train ride from Paris (Bercy) was another option.)
We pulled up in front of the entrance to La Cote Saint Jacques [...]
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Weekend in Vichy
Forget Claude Rains contemptuously trashing a bottle of Vichy water at the end of Casablanca and forget Maréchal Petain’s collaborationist government. Vichy (Ville de l’eau chaude) is fabulous.
With major support from Emperor Louis Napoleon III who came for the waters Vichy is an architectural delight combining the masonry and iron terraces [...]
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It had been a sweltering week, with an equally unbearable weekend on tap. Fortunately, M, the Berlin connection, had booked us into the Manoir de la Maison Blanche, a charming 17th chambre d’hote in Amboise.
Just an a hour by TGV to Tours and a quick 25km by rental car in the heart of [...]
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I packed my bag and headed for the Gare Montparnasse and a 10:45 TGV to Libourne with local connection to Bergerac. Four hours later Anne, the lovely Belgian owner, picked me [...]
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