This month France celebrates La Fête Nationale (the French Revolution), so what better way to celebrate than to make July’s Old Hollywood Spotlight about French actress Catherine Deneuve? Considered one of France’s great actresses since the 1960s, Deneuve began acting at age 13. Since then she has worked with famous directors, including Roger Vadim, Jacques Demy, […]
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“Climb” is a featured 100-word story from the May Writing Challenge. I’ve come here. For this. And now I’m too scared. I don’t know why– I mean, she’s beautiful; all wiry and twisted and monumental… but she’s tall. Really tall. My legs turn to jellied lead as I ascend the first step of six […]
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Paris. Often known as the city of love, I discovered it was so much more in the two weeks that I spent there improving my French and enjoying the start of my summer with one of my best friends. No matter where we went — whether it was sitting by the Seine watching the boats […]
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“If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life, it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast.” ~ Ernest Hemingway Even though my meager allowance prevents me from living in Paris, I recently had the opportunity to visit […]
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Welcome back to another installment of Badass Ladies in History! Today, I am extremely excited and honored to introduce you to one of the most badass ladies I’ve come across in a long while. Born sometime in the early 1200s, our spotlight lady did some crazy damage in her day, becoming the Sultan of Egypt […]
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The Hundred Foot Journey follows the Kadam family’s arrival in France. After their family restaurant burns down in the lavishly and lively colored Mumbai, the family moves to a small village in France in hopes of starting anew. Unfortunately for them, while crossing the border between Switzerland and France, their car breaks down on a […]
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