by KelleyPom | Apr 14, 2017 | Lifestyle, Travel
My husband and I were married in a chateau just outside of Paris which was the former home of Anne Boleyn’s aunt, now home to dear friends whom we toast every 11th of April. It was a symbolic (not legal) ceremony, which we later formalized complete with license, name...
by KelleyPom | Apr 11, 2017 | Lifestyle
I have my friends and family fooled. They think that all my parties and dinners are done effortlessly. The truth is, I’m a neurotic over-planner. Everything is planned days or weeks in advance – the menu and the to-do list worked down to an hour-by-hour strategy. I am...
by KelleyPom | Apr 1, 2017 | Lifestyle
I believe the answer to the French paradox – the phenomenon of eating bread, butter, wine and other bits of heaven and not getting fat – lies largely in their relationship with food. Eating is more about experience than intake. You will NOT find...
by KelleyPom | Mar 25, 2017 | Lifestyle, Travel
Let me tell you about my first trip to Paris. It was April of 2011 – April in Paris. Finding myself unexpectedly single, I went on a date with a charming and handsome man. On that first date, he told me he had to go to Paris on business in a few weeks, and...
by KelleyPom | Mar 25, 2017 | Fashion, Lifestyle
What is it about French fashion that makes it so appealing and, well, French? I would sum it up in two words – confidence and class. The French woman wears the clothes – the clothes don’t wear her. There is a classic simplicity that never goes out of style and looks...
by KelleyPom | Mar 25, 2017 | Fashion
Do you have your own style, or does your closet look like Sybil (you know, the girl who was famous for supposedly having 13 distinctly different personalities)? You should be able to describe your style in a few words – edgy, vintage, casual, sporty, chic, classic,...
by KelleyPom | Mar 25, 2017 | Fashion, Lifestyle
The French woman is not known for her massive wardrobe – in fact the opposite is true. Because she knows what looks right on her, she doesn’t need to buy the 80% of items that we have in our closets and never wear. (Plus their closets are really freakin’ small!) It’s...
by KelleyPom | Mar 25, 2017 | Lifestyle
Think you can save a little money and cut corners on the dainties? Oh no, country mouse, oh no. The right underpinnings are essential to your physical and mental attitude. A French woman will spend as much for underwear as for outerwear. Wearing beautiful, sexy...
by KelleyPom | Jan 1, 2017 | Recipes
There’s nothing like a healthy breakfast. And this, my friends, is nothing like a healthy breakfast. This decadent breakfast is my family’s favorite. It’s Croissant. It’s French toast. What could be more French? The simple custard mixture...
by KelleyPom | Dec 30, 2016 | Recipes
I had always shunned eating anything that could be found crawling in my garden, until one day walking back from a visit to the Louvre, my husband and I stopped for a little lunch. I ordered French onion soup and he ordered escargot. I think I made him trade with me....
