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Here's the pre-order link  https://lnk.to/tarotforcreativityAnd here it is as Shakespeare&Co: https://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/books/tarot-for-creativityHosting a launch event at Red Wheelbarrow on 29th October at 6pm. Interested parties should sign up to my newsletter: theshuffle.substack.com for more updatesSupport the show

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Instagram: @misschiaramaxiaInstagram: @theopiatebooksFacebook: facebook.com/theopiateTwitter: twitter.com/theopiatemagpickup the book here: https://pastforward.org/collections/poetry/products/the-fire-within-9782959327810Support the show

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Dufflyn Lammers, the American Love Coach in Paris, is the founder of www.dufflyn.com where she offers online courses, community, and one-to-one coaching for women who want to end the struggle to love and be loved.Dufflyn Lammers co-edited the spoken word anthology Chorus with Saul Williams, 2014 (Simon & Schuster). She is anthologized in Poetry Slam:[...]

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Helping expats move to parisI feel very Parisian, I've lived there for 25 years, I grew up in the countryside 50 km from Paris in the Ile de France but I was born in Honfleur in Normandy. After several years of professional experience in the corporate world (mainly in German or US companies )as I am[...]

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Christine Bar Noël, born in France, is an entrepreneur, World Champion ballroom dancer, podcast host and Performance Coach for High Achievers. She guides mission-driven entrepreneurs to break cycles of perfection, beat burnout and build sustainable habits & systems in order to scale their business & create a healthy work/life balance. She’s passionate about challenging society’s[...]

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Georgia Aussenac moved to Paris as a young classical singer, to be with the Frenchman she swore she wouldn't fall in love with on a high school exchange in the South of France, followed by a university exchange at the Sorbonne. Now a Voice Coach specialised in fostering confidence, joy and fun for adults looking[...]

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LinksGeneral website: www.renatevannijen.comParis art: https://www.renatevannijen.com/viewcollection/187736Books: https://www.renatevannijen.com/booksFacebook: Renate van NijenInstagram: Instagram (@renatevannijenart)Support the show

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Sunni T Connor Sunni T Connor is an author, speaker and mindset coach who lives in California. Her mission in life is to show people who may be lost that their gifts and desires reside within. www.sunnitconnor.comSupport the show

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Sarah Boss is a certified Astrology Coach and Holistic Healer. She combines Astrology with different Holistic Healing modalities to help people successfully navigate major life transitions, empower themselves and manifest the life of their dreams. Her passion for spirituality, combined with travel, has led her to study diverse types of energy modalities around the world.[...]

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At Upleveling Your Business, we empower business owners to build thriving, profitable businesses run with systems.  We use the 4 Pillars of Successful Business Management to educate business owners on what they need to be doing and give them the tools to build and use an infrastructure that works. We are on a mission to help[...]

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Julia Browne (she/her) pioneered Black heritage tourism in France in 1994. She was born in Britain, raised in Canada, and resided in France for fifteen years. In Paris, she founded the heritage education company Walking The Spirit Tours-Black Paris & Beyond while a student at the Sorbonne’s Center for African American Studies. Her Afrocentric tours[...]

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Meet Alexia, a creative soul with a versatile skill set that defies easy categorisation. At the core of her entrepreneurial life is Head Trash Clearance, a unique healing approach that serves as the foundation for her creative endeavors. Alexia's daily routine involves coaching, writing, teaching, training, mentoring, and engaging in public speaking—a practical expression of[...]

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Nathalie  is a mom of 3 grown ups and she helps heart-centered women turn their passion and expertise into recurring income by helping them create and grow online programs that impact millions and create unique experiences.. She and her husband do this through The Membership Lab.Born in France, Nathalie and Olivier, her boyfriend at the[...]

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Hi, I’m Antoinette!I’m a mom of 3 humans and 1 American Staffy who just turned 1 this 2024! I’m also a multi-passionate who loves working with creatives.I was born and raised in the Philippines and 2018, together with my husband and 3 kids, we immigrated to Paris, France and that’s when all the magic happened.I[...]

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Thanks for joining a Laughinmuseums experience.You can continue that experience with :3 free Louvre's Audio description NOWhttps://www.patreon.com/LaughinMuseums/collectionsMy BookLaugh Your Way through the Louvrehttps://www.amazon.com/Laugh-Your-Way-through-Louvre/dp/B08VWL1JR7/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1621581460&sr=8-1My channel : Laugh in MuseumsNapoleon's full story on televisionhttps://youtu.be/6FgC3XBH2VkGiotto's in Italyhttps://youtu.be/F41QjHcJwssA bit of philosophyhttps://youtu.be/8BhBKEVVeQwand my online art history talkhttps://www.airbnb.com/experiences/2194239Support the show

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On April 16, 2019  we woke up and realized the fire of Notre Dame wasn’t just a bad dream, it had happened. Although, in the days following little pieces of good news began to appear. With a stroke of luck, the statues lining the ribs to the spire were removed just days before. The 12[...]

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Many know the large painting hanging in the Salle Mollien of the Louvre by Théodore Géricault but did you know it was based on a true story? Le Radeau de la Méduse (The Raft of the Medusa) was painted in 1818 when Géricault was just 27. It depicts the story of the French ship Medusa,[...]

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My name is Carol and I am the founder of Bolle di Natura. I was born & grew up in Italy & now living in Paris after spending 13 years of my life in NYC working in the Corporate world.I have a master in Economics and Business and I worked for many years in Finance[...]

Since the fire of Notre Dame, the great bells have remained silent except for a few monumental occasions.  On April 15, 2019, as the fire spread from the roof and toward the facade there was a tiny window of time that almost led to the destruction of the cathedral. The bells hang in the wooden[...]

Dana McMahan is a storyteller, designer, and creator of magical experiences. An award winning freelance journalist, she writes about travel, food, design and other good things in life. She's also a serial renovator, redesigning living spaces from the ground up, and a seasoned hospitality entrepreneur who creates experiences ranging from one hour walking tours to[...]

Paris in Love go hand in hand. From the art on the walls, marble statues in the parks, or just lovers walking down the street everywhere you look there is love. Over the last centuries that love has been captured on film and in marble, from the iconic images of Robert Doiseau and Willy Ronis to[...]

Has been a world citizen and lived amongst various cultures since her childhood in West Africa. A traveler between many worlds, her paintings are portals into other realms and offers the viewer a detailed glimpse into her inner landscapes - imagery that has been inspired by various expanded states of consciousness such as dream state[...]

In this week's newest episode of Paris History Avec a Hemingway on La Vie Creative podcast, we go into Part 4 in the series of the Mona Lisa. The birth of one of the most recognized women in the world, the Mona Lisa began over five hundred years ago. In the five centuries since the painting began,[...]

Anna, Coach for expats in Paris. Originally from Manchester in the UK, I moved to France over 10 years ago and 8 years in Paris where I came to work at the British Embassy where I stayed for 4 years. It was a great experience for me where I grew personally and professionally but I[...]

In part 3 of our series on the Mona Lisa we explore a little deeper on who exactly the thief was and the woman portrayed in the portrait. Who is Lisa del Giocondo? It’s hard to even imagine that she was a real person outside the poplar panel she was painted on. Born on June 15,[...]

I was a born an natural intuitive and medium from a long list of intuitive women. I learned to use tarot as a tool for being able to process thought, and ideas in order to help humanity. When people ask me what I do, I usually tell them, I’m universally employed. So this is who[...]

She doesn’t need an introduction and her face is known in every corner of the globe, but do we really know the story of the Mona Lisa and why she is so famous? In part one of our series on the story of the Mona Lisa we shared her life on the run and the theft[...]

Jonathan is a French-Mauritian queer singer-songwriter/arranger/composer who writes alternative folk-pop music anchored by “smooth vocals and rich, warm instrumentations” (Buro 24/7 Singapore, July 2015) likened to Sufjan Stevens, Regina Spektor and Kings of Convenience.After a childhood and teenage years spent in Mauritius, he lived 15 years in Singapore where he released an album, an EP[...]

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There are many designers that have shaped fashion in France. However, before there were Dior and Chanel there was Jeanne Lanvin. Lanvin was a designer that paved the way for all the others to come after her. Jeanne was born on January 1, 1867 in Paris at 35 Rue Mazarine. She was the oldest of eleven[...]

Omer Majiauk (born 7 October 1992) is a British artist best known for his large silkscreen paintings. Majiauk's artistic endeavours include painting, photography and screen printing.Best known for his large scale silk screen paintings of wordly subjects, Majiauk paints society in which he sees it; idealised.Vivid imagery is created through the use of primary colours and[...]

Her love life after Boy was one horrible decision after another. In 1922 she met the Duke of Westminster Hugh Richard Grosenor or Bender. He was a huge anti-semite that gave her jewels and even a home in London. Their relationship lasted ten years. Then there was Paul Irbe, another anti-semite who started an ultra[...]

Born in Fairborn, Ohio and raised in California Josiah Woodson started his musical journey under the tutelage of his mentor Khalil Shaheed in Oakland Ca at the age of 14. Beginning in Shaheed’s own Oaktown Jazz Workshop among the now prominent musicians like Ambrose Akinmusire, Dayna Stevens, Jonathan Finlayson, and Geoffrey Countrymen, Josiah later went[...]

Johanna Bonger van-Gogh a name you may not know, but without her, we would never know her brother-in-law, Vincent. Married to Theo van Gogh, art dealer, and brother to Vincent van Gogh for less than two very short years. When Vincent and Theo died just six months apart, she was left with an infant and[...]

Liba WSFranco-Americanwww.artwork-liba.comhttps://www.facebook.com/Liba.arthttps://www.instagram.com/libawaringstambollion/www.dreamsanddivinities.comLiba, a multi-faceted artist, was born to American parents but grew up in Southeast Asia before making Paris her home in 1993. Her art spans painting, writing, design, and curatorial work, with a focus on Ecology, the Sacred Feminine, and mystic themes.She began her artistic journey with studies at Simons Rock of Bard College,[...]

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David SauzayBorn in 1972, David Sauzay began playing the saxophone at the age of 8 in Roger Michel Frederic's class.In 1988, it was during an exchange with the Doncaster music school in England led by John Ellis that he decided to become a jazz musician.He then studied at the Lyon Conservatory, at the EMN in[...]

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Annelies Danielle Schubert was born in Santiago, Chile to a Chilean father and a Bolivian mother, and with both cultures very accentuated throughout her upbringing. She arrived in Paris, where she is based to date, in order to pursue an education in the Arts and graduated with a BFA from Paris College of Art. Since[...]

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Every Wednesday at Chez Cocotte et Tire Bouchon, 8 to 10pm, 184 rue Marcadet, no coverBorn in 1990, Parisian based guitarist Lucas Montagnier starts music at the age of 6. After playing piano for a year and double bass for 3 years, he finally picked the guitar at the age of 14.After graduating from "Le[...]

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KnightressM1, brainchild of violinist, vocalist, pianist & composer Emily Palen fuses dark metal, crushing violin tones, intimately raw vocals and a relentless rhythm section, redefining metal as a genre inclusive of beauty. KM1, based in Paris, FR is completed by native French musicians Waldo Losada on bass, Leo Caviglioli on guitar and Paul Gaget on[...]

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Enchanté!  I’m Anne “Stuart” Folkes, sometimes known as ASF.  Based sometimes in Paris, most of the time in Provence, and every now and again in the USA and the United Kingdom.  I am an instructor, writer, chef, traveler, and avid learner. Lover of all things artistic and historic, I left my career in international business to[...]

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Bonjour ! I am Lucille Pialot, a French Fashion designer from the South of France. Aujourd’hui I am going to share with you my story and present my Provençal lifestyle brand Pastisse.I believe that our Love memories are treasurable and Pastisse is about sharing my passion.With Pastisse, Lucille Pialot shares her personal story and her[...]

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David Wallace was born January 5, 1988 in Weisbaden, Germany while his father, Chris, served in the US Army. In 1993, the family moved to Minneapolis, MN where David was raised and lived the next 25 years. During his youth, he enjoyed playing sports, particularly ice hockey and developed an interest in music trying both[...]

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Clara Lang-Ezekiel is a Franco-American visual artist born and raised in Toulouse, France. In 2019 she earned her MFA from Kingston School of Art in London, having previously completed an MFA at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design in Dundee, Scotland, and a BA in both Studio Art and History from Denison University[...]

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Solène Debiès is a french illustrator and designer who was born in Brest. After having studied graphic arts in Nantes, she chose the illustration domain in the early 2000s and developed alongside her taste for travelling. We can find her colourful characters in french and international news magazines, in publishing and in different creative projects[...]

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Atlanta, Ga — Dawn M. Belisle of  Delights by Dawn is an attorney turned baker. Dawn left her career as a fulltime local criminal attorney where she had been practicing for over 20 years in 2014, to pursue the dream of owning her own baking business. She began baking years ago selling her alcohol infused[...]

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Buy the book herehttps://www.amazon.fr/Dancing-Skies-Falling-Calvin-Shields/dp/1800160798Instagram: calvinshields01I was useless at English at school I trained to be an airline pilot at 18 years old and had to retire at 65 due age. I only ever flew long haul very large jets. Moved to South of France in 2000During my career I experienced 1. The golden age of[...]

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Whitney Cubbison is a dual American & French citizen living in Paris since 2009. She grew up in Texas and California and graduated from UCLA with a degree in French. She started her career in Communications working for high-tech PR agencies in San Francisco and eventually joined Microsoft where she worked for sixteen years, thirteen[...]

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     ♪ Instagram : lisarmony_ytb     ♪ Facebook : lisarmony.musique     ♪ Tik Tok : lisarmony     ♪ Mail : lisarmony.covers@gmail.comHi my name is Lisa, I’m 21 and I study speech therapy. I’m passionate about music. I took my first piano and singing lessons when I was 8, then learnt the guitar at 16.[...]

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Born in 1968, Marcus McAllister is an American artist. He lives and works in Paris.Marcus McAllister spent part of his childhood in Germany and in several other countries, with his family, since his father was a military. On his return to the United States, he studied visual arts at the University of Louisiana. He then[...]

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Véronique (Véro) is a  dual French-American national who grew up in France and has spent many years of her adult life navigating between two cultures, France and the United States. A lifelong learner (and quick study!) she's acquired valuable skills in the corporate world and as an entrepreneur, skills she uses every day while managing France[...]

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I am a creative and practice-based museum researcher exploring the intersection of museums, bodies and ethics. My background is as a historian of Egyptology and for a decade I explored academic and public engagement around the display of ancient Egyptian mummified bodies. What did that look like? Well I wrote a lot of dissertations on[...]

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Andrea Mongenie Born in 1989 in Paris, Andrea ventured to London in 2007, to pursue studies in fine art, and printed textiles at the University of the Arts. Over the course of 15 years in London, Andrea's creative path flourished as she excelled as an Art Director and set designer, leaving a lasting impact on diverse projects spanning cinema, design, and interiors. However, the birth[...]

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Calico is an emerging artist and entrepreneurial storyteller based in Paris, France with 12 years’ experience using digital and visual arts to create immersive and appealing content in collaboration with varying businesses, charities, and other artists.His passion for working with marginalized communities, like the Maasai of Kenya and the Hopi of Nevada, has given him[...]

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Marmalade Bleue is the innovative studio of Danielle Duncan (she/her), a multi-hyphenate American artist based in Paris making the future palatable.Danielle founded Food Typography, a sub-genre of design, in 2013 when she discovered food and objects speak their own languages within our everyday lives. She combined everyday items with thoughtful lettering to create photographic commentary[...]

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Born in Cali, Colombia, in 1991, artist and film director Valeria Jaramillo builds an eclectic and anachronistic universe through the exploration of different means of expression which study the Aristotelian dilemma of human passions. She graduated with honors in 2012 from Javeriana University, where she studied visual arts. Then, in 2016, she moved to Paris,[...]

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I grew up in French Alps and moved to Japan at 17yo with my family.After a childhood focused on outdoor activities and nature, living inTokyo opened my mind and my curiosity.After 2 years, I came back to France and continued studying Japanesewith a bachelor's degree, combined with a master's degree inInternational trade. During those years,[...]

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LINKTR.EEhttps://linktr.ee/retreatcomedyWEBSITEhttps://www.retreatcomedy.com/Blurb about Retreat PodcastKNOCKNAHAY, IRELAND— SEASON ONEShannon, an Irish-American textile artist of dubious talent, arrives in Ireland,  trapped in a fruitless mindset for self-improvement and positive thinking.  She arrives at an Irish arts residency to meet her cousin Brigit, a Druidic healer and unpublished poet for an artistic collaboration. Their poetry quilt project starts at[...]

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Gia de Cadenet is the author of Getting His Game Back and Not the Plan. A Maggie Award finalist, BCALA Literary Award nominee, and lifelong romance reader, she is also a business school professor and former translator and editor for UNESCO. A native Floridian, she currently lives in France with her children.Getting His Game Back:[...]

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Laura Leach is a California-born, Parisian-transplant working at the intersection of art and finance. She became a full-on Francophile while studying in Dijon and during a post-grad year teaching English in central France. After that, she knew she wanted to spend the foreseeable future exploring France’s cultural and artistic richness and Europe more broadly. Working in[...]

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Charlotte Pleasants is an Australian born, New Zealand raised director, producer and actor. She is one of the founding members of Alchemy Theatre, an international Paris based theatre company with whom she is co-directing and co-producing The Taming of the Shrew this July. Charlotte previously produced and performed with Cygnet Theatre, notably: Benvolio (Romeo and[...]

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My name is Michelle Bonfils. I'm a multi-passionate creative living in Paris who writes poetry and memoir. For work, I'm a professional organizer, personal support assistant, and thought partner who helps individuals expand their project ideas, streamline their processes, and attain their goals.My background over the last 15 years has been working in Hollywood supporting[...]

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Over 30 years ago, Jill was totally immersed into the real-deal French life and culture by following her heart to Paris from Scotland. Marrying a Frenchman, working for 10 years in Paris, then raising their 2 French/ girls just outside Paris, food has gradually become a central part of her family’s healthy French lifestyle. During this[...]

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Hello! I’m Eva—a traveler, designer, & author. I help people like you feel connected in your travels, discover hidden creative gems, & enjoy experiences you’ll never forget.Paris Top 20 download (it's free): https://www.evajorgensen.com/free-resources(Also Provence and Los Angeles)Paris by Design book: https://www.evajorgensen.com/paris-by-designInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/evajorgensentravel/?hl=enTrips & Retreats: https://www.evajorgensen.com/trips-retreatsCustom Travel Design: https://www.evajorgensen.com/travel-designWebsite: https://www.evajorgensen.com/Support the show

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Heidi is the founder of Women of Paris; the first Paris walking tour devoted entirely to women's history and influence. She is also a Londoner who loves the adventure of living in Paris. She is passionate about history, the arts, and women's empowerment and is inspired everyday living in such a culturally rich city. She[...]

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Tonje ThoresenPhotographer Tonje is a storyteller. She has always explored ways to present multiple sides of objects or people, and photography naturally became her vocation.'For me every moment has a value – and only a photo can immortalize that – it will tell you more about a person or a moment than a dozen words[...]

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Marta Hobbs is a storyteller, a truth seeker, a spiritual teacher, soul-led mentor and entrepreneur. Drawing on her life experiences of childhood trauma, immigration and assimilation, successful business venture as well as the healing and spiritual journey, her mission is to help others find their own freedom. She details finding her own way there in[...]

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Emily Cruz is a passionate writer + author, an avid coffee lover, a proud mother, and a tenth-level high-elf wizard in Dungeons & Dragons. Having fallen in love with the art of writing at a young age, she enjoys crafting funny and feel-good stories, full of relatable characters. She hopes that her writing will inspire[...]

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Growing up in California, I dreamed of one day living on the east coast near my mother’s extended family. I loved EVERYTHING about our family trips from the seasonally appropriate weather to the gorgeous scenery on the freeway! Wendy Harrop is an avid home entertainer and owner of The Phineas Wright House, a historic farm and[...]

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I studied English and cinema (specializing in editing) and I co-founded Lost in Frenchlation film club in 2015. Since then I worked as a programmer at Ciné Lumière at the French Institute in London, I started a documentary project which is currently in post-production and I now work for an independent production & distribution company.[...]

The reopening of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris is announced for the 8th December 2024. A Te Deum is planned for 15 April 2024, exactly 5 years after the fire. The supervision of the restoration is entrusted to the architect Philippe Villeneuve. Learn more on Claudinehemingway.comSupport the show

Katie is the founder of blog and Instagram page, French Wine Tutor. A lifelong American student of the French language, she started writing and posting about French wine three years ago to help debunk French wine pronunciation – and of course the wines themselves. With a knack for pronunciation and a native understanding of how[...]

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Hi! I’m Naïm, born and raised in Paris, the City of Love.After travelling the world living my dreams & experiences, I realized I was deeply in love with my hometown.I then decided to move back to Paris and help couples from all around the world to write a new chapter in their life, thanks to[...]

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After her first trip to Paris in 2010, Beeta fell in love with all things French and became a self-proclaimed Francophile.To share her love for France and French culture, she created the popular French lifestyle brand Mon Petit Four®, and launched a collection of her favorite French recipes and French lifestyle inspiration. Her ability to[...]

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Music lover since I was a kid, but first trained as a dancer, then actor and singer, I now have been a stage artist for 30 years.My passion today is to perform Chanson Française to pass on this wonderful heritage of the French Songbook, in my own way ! For over 6 years, aka Silvano[...]

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Melinda has been a performer since elementary school, when she played Nancy in Oliver Twist and all the parents in the audience laughed during her tragic death scene.Since that time, her credits have expanded to include Libby Tucker, the leading role in Neil Simon’s I Ought to Be in Pictures (The Studio Players, Calgary); Connie[...]

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The Rev. Michelle Wahila was born and raised in Endicott, NY. She graduated with honors from Grove City College and received her Master's of Divinity from Pittsburgh Theological Seminary in May 2005, and was ordained as a Minister of Word and Sacrament at her home church, Union Presbyterian Church in Endicott, NY. Since then, she's[...]

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Jill Dowell is an international artist living and working in Paris, France. Working primarily with abstraction, her career has been heavily influenced by her involvement in and interest in music. This bridging of fine art modalities serves to help her create inspiring and uplifting artwork, deeply saturated with color, expression, and meaning. website:  www.jilldowellart.comInstagram:  @jilldowellartSupport the[...]

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Veronica Charnley is the Canadian singer/songwriter for Plumes, an avant pop project that blends classical and pop music styles, with instrumentation ranging from electric guitar and drums to full orchestra. Originally from Ottawa, she studied music and creative writing in Montreal and has been based in Paris since 2014. A new album in collaboration with[...]

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'I'm number 12 of 13 siblings in my family, and yes I know all their names.  I grew up on a small farm in Farmersville, Ohio....yes that is the real name of the town.  Food has been a focus in my life since I was very young, and I mean good, fresh homegrown and homemade[...]

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Sarala Terpstra is an American plant-based cookbook author, blogger, and avid Francophile. She dreamed of moving to France for over a decade before she finally made it happen in the fall of 2021. Sarala is consciously creating her dream life in France- one of the slow happy days, eating seasonally, and in classic style.  Sarala[...]

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BONNIE BROWN is a Franco-Australian concert pianist. As a soloist and collaborative musician she has performed across Europe, Asia, North America and Australia, in prominent music festivals and performance venues, including Wigmore Hall, London, the Sydney Opera House, Australia, on Broadway, New York, across France, as well as with Australia's leading orchestras and on the[...]

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Malik Ameer Crumpler is a poet, rapper, composer, curator, editor & professor involved in over 60 albums, several GlitchArt films, anthologies & 7 books of Poetry.  Originally from Oakland, Ca. Malik moved to Paris in 2016 after 12 years in NYC co-founding & editing online journals (Madmenscalling, Those That This & Visceral Brooklyn) then gaining[...]

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I’m an actress and writer originally from Sardinia, Italy, who has lived in different countries before moving to France to attend drama school, and my instagram is https://www.instagram.com/misschiaramaxia/Support the show

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Amanda Bestor-Siegal is the author of The Caretakers (William Morrow / Harper Collins & Little Brown UK). She received her MFA in fiction and screenwriting from the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas. Amanda lived in France for four years before relocating to Austin."How rare this is, a book—a first book—that has[...]

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Augusta Sagnelli is an American photographer living in France. She shot her first roll of film when she was hardly thirteen years old on her dad’s Nikon F2a, and knew from then she wanted to be a photographer. Augusta studied at Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara California. Augusta’s professional photography career developed during[...]

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Artist and Author Jamika  Ajalon is a self discribed INTERZONAL artist.  She has been published in many anthologies and journals including Speculative City and Lit Hub. Her novel Skye Papers came out in the summer of 2021,  to good review (including New York Times and Kirkus Review)  Her poetry and lyrics have manifested in more[...]

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​Matt Jones has penned poems and prose in Afghanistan, China, Nicaragua, France, Canada and on a warship. He was the winner of Arc Poetry Magazine’s Poem of the Year Reader’s Choice Award for his poem, “Wounded Village.” His story, “Drone,” was recently published in F(r)iction magazine. Today, Matt is writing books and enjoying the Parisian[...]

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Kristin Sanders is an American poet, freelance copywriter, and educator. She is the author of the hybrid poetry book Cuntry, a finalist for the 2015 National Poetry Series, and two poetry chapbooks: Orthorexia, and This is a map of their watching me, a finalist in the 2015 BOAAT Chapbook Competition. Her poetry has been recently[...]

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Carrie Chappell is the author of Loving Tallulah Bankhead (Paris Heretics 2022) and Quarantine Daybook (Bottlecap Press 2021). Her poems have been published in Iron Horse Literary Review, Nashville Review, Redivider, SWIMM, and Yemassee, and her essays have previously appeared in DIAGRAM, Fanzine, New Delta Review, The Iowa Review, The Rumpus, The Rupture, and Xavier[...]

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Fourth generation Chicagoan and critically lauded vocalist Kimberly Gordon is sought after by the elite jazz listener. Kimberly's grandfather was a dancer at the historic Chêz Pareé nightclub and her Nana was a camera girl there, a position aquired by childhood friend and mobster Sam Giancana. These stories and personal ties to Chicago nightclub history[...]

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Hi I'm Kaitlyn, I am an artist living in Paris. I moved here three & a half years ago with my partner & have been studying art & French in Montmartre, where I currently reside. I have a background in Arts & Human Services from Cornish College of the Arts in my hometown of Seattle,[...]

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Jason Stoneking is a poet, diarist, and performing artist from the United States, who now lives in Paris. He has published several collections of poetry and nonfiction, and has also written for songs and film. Recently, his art practice has concentrated on the creation of unique handwritten texts. For his Bespoke Books series, he writes[...]

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Leslie McAllister is a multidisciplinary artist originally from Pennsylvania in the United States, but now based in Paris. Her works explore a diverse array of process and media. Among her recent endeavors are a street art project, Lost Art, for which she harvests discarded objects from the street, paints on them, and returns them to[...]

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I grew up in North Carolina and first moved to Paris in 2008, where I’ve lived for the better part of fourteen years as a writer, musician in the indie-pop band Slim and The Beast, and prolific worker of part-time jobs. Currently, I’m a literary tour guide and lecturer for Context Travel, an adjunct creative[...]

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 Mackenzie Leighton is a musician and florist based in Paris since 2017. Originally from the United States, she grew up in a small seaside town in Maine where she studied classical piano at a young age. She moved to New York in 2014 and played in several folk, jazz, and indie-pop bands before moving to[...]

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Ai Shimizu, Designer-MakerAll lingerie is designed, drafted, graded, cut, dyed, sewn and packaged with love in Paris, France by Ai.A former Los Angeleno and graduate of Otis College of Art and Design (BFA Fashion Design), she has also completed courses in Paris at Formamod, La Chambre Syndicale and Lycée Professionnel Octave Feuillet.  Les Bonnes Vivantes[...]

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Food has always been a passion. MasterChef Australia in 2013 though helped me start a new chapter in my life, a fabulous one of course! Andrew Prior since 2016 has been living, travelling, breathing, cooking and eating all things French in France of course. After the experience of MasterChef he realised that his passion was food[...]

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Ryan Egan is an American artist and songwriter living in Paris, France. With the release of his EPs Fever & Bloom and Postures, along with a slew of self-produced singles, Ryan has gained critical acclaim from outlets like Billboard, Noisey, DIY, Clash and more as well as substantial support from Spotify and Apple Music editorial[...]

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Susan Boyle is a playwright and drinks researcher and consultant. She is currently pursuing a PhD at the Technological University, Dublin. Her research in Beverage Studies concerns performance, storytelling and the sensory in immersive drinks experiences with particular reference to beer, wine and Irish spirits such as whiskey. Her research is supported by a TU[...]

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Lisa Czarina Michaud is an American novelist. In 2009, she followed in the footsteps of her late jazz performing grandmother and moved to the City of Light. She has lived in many arrondissements in Paris before settling in a riverside village in the Seine-et-Marne region where she now lives with her husband, son, and cat[...]

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Inspired by nature, our shared stories and the mythology of the world, Alana Clohessy creates her imaginings using graphite, paint and thread. Her interpretation of everyday things catapults the viewer to a world of whimsy and desire.Alana was born in Ireland and to where her heart will always go back to. In 2012, she emigrated[...]

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Gabrielle is a 27 years old artist.  After a fashion design school, she decided to experiment withdrawings by using any support she could find. Her long trips as a model were filled with loneliness and discoveries that she lays on notebooks, windows, and napkins of hotel rooms were her notebooks.Cardboards, walls, and papers are covered[...]

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Janis Commentz is a Mojave Desert painter known for her color-intense palette and loose brush strokes. She is a third generation Los Angeles artist who began drawing and painting early in life. As the daughter and niece of artists, she was surrounded by art materials and enjoyed trips to galleries and museums, as well as[...]

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Lady Christina Consolé (Chrissy to her friends) is the creator and founder of Parisian Niche, your corner of the world for all things Parisian and French flaired.A native New Yorker, whose main residence is still on New York City’s famously picturesque Upper East Side, Chrissy has been fortunate enough to have lived, worked, and studied[...]

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Meredith Detko is a Californian native working as a marketing consultant and entrepreneur in Paris for the past 10 years. After graduating from UC Berkeley and HEC Paris and then spending years out of alignment in the business world, she embarked on a spiritual and wellness journey that led to deep physical and emotional healing.[...]

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Molly Maine is a fine art painter who moved to Paris to study painting and drawing at Studio Escalier, an art school in Montmartre. In her studio in Montmartre, she makes autobiographical paintings that use imagery of interior and exterior spaces, reflection, still life, and portraiture.A Californian by birth, she attended Sarah Lawrence College in[...]

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BORN IN 1995 IN NORMANDY AND NOW BASED IN PARIS, ETIENNE’S WORK CAN BE DEFINED BY TWO UNIVERSES. FROM ONE SIDE HIS FIGURATIVE UNIVERSE THAT HE ILLUSTRATES WITH FEMININE SCENES FULL OF POETRY AND ON THE OTHER SIDE, HIS ABSTRACT SIDE WHERE HE LET HIMSELF GO AND HIS SPONTANEITY REIGNS.AFTER HIS FIRST SOLO EXHIBITION IN[...]

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Khuyen Do is an American creative consultant based in Paris, specializing in luxury and contemporary fashion as well as lifestyle brands. With an international and bilingual background (French & English), working with French and European brands comes just as naturally as working with any American brand. Past and current projects have consisted of everything from[...]

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Christine Betts is an Australian writer who left her heart in Paris years ago! Her first two novels and a collection of short stories are all set in France. Current works in progress are set in California, England, and Australia.Christine trained in education and the visual arts. She spent many years creating Australian-made gift ware[...]

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Born in Rabat-Morocco Dino / Tarek moved at the age of18 to France for studying History of art, the studied Artand finally Japanese language and civilization.First Singing encounter-First came to Paris and lived right down the stairs ofSacré-Coeur, -Saw a singer with a guitar and decided todo the same.-Spent years busking on the stairs of[...]

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Whitney Marin is a paris-based digital producer and international distribution salesperson at ARTE France. She has previously worked as an Associate Producer with Brooklyn-based boutique production companies, Tru Films and Critical Findings. She additionally worked on American Documentary's Production and Programming team for America ReFramed. In 2021, she produced a bilingual web series featuring millennials[...]

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Nothing pre-destined Tanya to become a fashion disrupter.  For 15 years she had a classic career in management consulting, technology start-ups, and private equity, while teaching innovation at one of France’s leading engineering schools, and raising her 3 kids.Yet, even as a child growing up in Canada, she was mesmerized by the art and artifacts[...]

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JULIE SCOLNIK is a concert flutist and the founding artistic director of Mistral Music, a chamber music series which since 1997 has been known for its virtuosic artists, imaginative programming, and the personal rapport she establishes with her audiences. Since her treatment and recovery from breast cancer in 2005, Scolnik has found ways to play[...]

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My name is Mundey Young and I’m the proud owner of Mundey Young Coaching. As a life coach, I’ve spent years working with clients to ensure that they have the necessary skills, support, and compassion that they need to achieve their goals, become one with themselves, and live the life that they’ve always envisioned.My StoryMy[...]

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www.chensands.comWebsite bio; "Photographer and artist, Chen was born in Manila, educated in the UK and is currently based in Paris. Her love of travel and people greatly influences her work and she can be found working on portrait shoots, photographic editorials and art projects throughout Europe and Asia .  "Most recent project - aatei art[...]

Sharri Harmel has been in the business and coaching world for over 25 years.  Her love of design, writing, travel, cooking and creative ideas coupled with her passionate belief that we should always, always have a dream, has led her to share stories of women who are not celebrities, but real women who have chosen[...]

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My initial concept was to create a totem pole configuration with a vertical buildup of elements (all of which symbolize the town or the region). Then I got the creative inspiration to make some of the elements movable like a wind vane.; thus the 'Totem Girouette' came about. We've named it 'Autant en Emporte le[...]

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Joe Langley's story is the most remarkable of all the expatriates that I know - AfricanAmerican or otherwise! His love affair with the French language began when hefound his brother's copy of Saint Exupéry's Le Petit Prince at home. He liked the"look" of the French words and loved the illustrations. These inspired him to pursueart[...]

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I’m a Multi-disciplinary artist and designer based in Paris, exploring femininity through the study of historical psychology and mythology.Social Media: @kgs.french.worksSupport the show

After spending 22 years as a working and teaching professional in New York City, Michael decided to follow his instincts and try living and working in Paris. Michael is currently teaching several different disciplines in Europe.            Broadway Jazz            Ballet            Vocal Technique [...]

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AboutMy art goes beyond technique or material, it is the way of transmitting my stories through my hands.It is a way of aesthetically materializing what I feel so that someone else can identify with it.CONSTANT ROADmore than objectsWe realized that not only I (María) only made jewelry, there are also many collaborators around our stories[...]

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LAURA MORELLI holds a Ph.D. in art history from Yale University and is an award-winning, USA Today bestselling historical novelist. Laura has taught college students in the U.S. and in Italy. She has covered art and authentic travel for TED-Ed, National Geographic Traveler, Italy Magazine, CNN Radio, and other media. Laura is the author of[...]

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Brad explains children to adults and to clients ranging from the U.S. Justice Department to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. Experts have described Brad’s parenting book, The 5 Simple Truths of Raising Kids, as an “urgent ‘must-read.’” Rebecca Sugar, creator of Cartoon Network’s Stephen Universe, said about Brad, “I learned a lot from him[...]

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Liz Adams www.lizadamsart.com Liz is an American figurative painter based in Paris, France. She received her BFA in Drawing and Painting at Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia. She continued her studies in New York at the Art Students League and the National Academy School of Fine Arts, focusing on classical life drawing and painting. A winner[...]

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Mia Leahy hails from Ireland where she was passionate from an early age about dance; ballet, Irish dancing and American tap, singing, and music, reciting poetry, and making up plays. This led to an exodus to London after a year at Cork University studying the Greeks and dancing a lot. Formed a highly unsuccessful punk band[...]

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Taki Watanga was conceived on the Paris Metro. A simple conversation that rapidly turned into a dare. “Be brave and take hold of your obvious and quite frankly unique talents”.In 2019 Mark Hedges, the director of London’s West End production of Phantom of theOpera, presented a challenge to Chrissy: develop a drag queen persona for[...]

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I’m Julia of Bird in France, the little art business I started in 2017 when I first moved to France and realized it would be pretty much impossible to pursue my work with horses here as a foreigner. ( copious red tape etc)The name came about as a play on my surname, ‘Bird’ which has[...]

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I am originally from Scotland, I grew up in England, Spent a few years in Dubai and I have now been in France for 5 years where I have put down some roots and started a family.   I love to experiment with different mediums although have a keen preference for Acrylic on Canvas and[...]

In France children since the 19th century grew up with the stories of Comtesse de Ségur. The tales of Sophie the impish little girl always getting into trouble and trying to learn from her mistakes still shape generations.Living at the Chateau des Nouettes in Normandy, a gift from her father as her children grew up[...]

“Color is the defining element in my work and a common thread throughout my portfolio. I create abstract patterns using line and color, or dramatic portraits with extreme hues. Both drawing and painting are key in my work, and I aim to unite the two in my pieces.”Anna Gillis was born and raised in the[...]

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Lala Drona (b. 1988) is a Venezuelan-American painter and videaste, born in Denver, Colorado. After receiving a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Colorado, Lala Drona has since published and exhibited her work internationally.  Most recently, her videos and paintings exploring digital spaces and the female gaze, were shown at the Cite des Arts[...]

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I’m American, but I’ve lived in Paris for 25 years and the stories I write are far off the tourist track. I tell tales of the invisible people – a one-man band in the Tuileries, a pickpocket near the Opéra, a lonely bus driver, a despairing spice vendor and an evil child in postwar Paris.A[...]

To celebrate this lovely Valentine’s Day we are exploring more of the art of the Musée du Louvre and all the definitions of love that they convey. Last week we shared Psyché and Cupid, and today we uncovered a few more. From Catherine de Medici and her monument to her husband’s heart that inspired a beloved[...]

Alison Grace Koehler is a stained glass poet, originally from Chicago and currently living and working in Paris, France. Her windows and glass installations can be found in private and public spaces around the city, as permanent fixtures and in temporary exhibitions. She fuses stained glass with poetry in her windows, hangings, and glass portraits,[...]

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I was born in Peru but grew up in several countries throughout Europe and South America including Italy, Spain, Germany, Venezuela, Chile, Argentina, etc. Throughout my life I had 3 constant dreams/ passions: that of becoming an artist or working in the Art world, cooking and moving to Paris. in 2002 I moved to NYC and[...]

Vivian Maier stacks up next to many of the greatest photographers of our time, but she never planned on being seen. Born February 1, 1926 to a French mother and an Austrian-American father she would be remembered as never without her camera after the age of 10. Vivian’s parents separated when she was just three[...]

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There are always a few women in history that are remembered for shaking things up a bit. Olympe de Gouges is definitely one of them and she did it back in the 18th century. Born May 7, 1748 in Montauban, Marie-Olympe Mouisset wasn’t sure who her father was. At 17 in 1765 she married Louis-Yves Aubrey[...]

Grace is the co-founder of INSPIRELLE, a website, and association that inspires, connects, and empowers an international community of women who live in France or share a love for all things French. Formerly a communications and marketing executive for major multinationals in Asia, she is now an independent communications and events consultant based in Paris.[...]

In the second episode on the life of Sainte Genevieve we look at how she is remembered. When you visit the many churches of France you will find small marble plaques in many of the chapels. The Ex-votos are messages of appreciation to a certain saint or to Christ. These can also come in other[...]

Maureen O'Donoghue is a 24-year-old Franco-Irish singer and musician. Born in Paris in a musical family to an Irish father and French mother, she has been involved in various artistic projects including rock bands (Hobe, Silène and Black Alice), acting (music videos as well as a punk drummer in Microbe et Gasoil, Michel Gondry, 2014),[...]

Today, January 3 on the 1,510th anniversary of the death of Sainte Genevieve we begin a special two part episode of the life of the Patron Saint of Paris. She stands on the banks of the Seine guarding the edge of Paris. Geneviève, the patron saint of Paris, was born in the year 434 in Nanterre,[...]

I came to France years ago after completing a B.A. in French to study at a 200-year-old French business school. My business career centered around corporate and private banking in Paris.I love many things in French culture: food, artisan-made products, and history.My interest in food was developed by observing French home cooks and taking weekend[...]

Paris itself is a living museum. Filled with over 150 museums and the streets that ooze with history and architecture spanning centuries. Before we had my beloved Musée du Louvre we had the churches that filled their walls with art from some of the biggest artists of the time. The Louvre opened in 1793 and[...]

I’ve been cooking since I was a little girl, influenced by my Indian mother who was pretty much always in the kitchen. I was raised on a predominantly vegetarian diet which is normal in Indian culture. While we did eat meat and dairy, they didn’t play the starring roles in meals and my mother was[...]

One hundred years ago today, on 20 December 1921, the newlywed Hemingway’s arrived in Paris. After almost two weeks on the  S.S. Leopoldina that left New York on December 8th the two finally arrived in the City of Light. Relying on Hadley and her eight years of French, the two found their way through day[...]

I graduated from Yale University in 2018 as a double major in History and French and will soon be attending law school in the US. I have a deep personal connection to France and have spent a long time living in both Aix-en-Provence and Paris, studying abroad and later working at a Parisian law firm.[...]

Many of the female artists we have shared on Paris History Avec a Hemingway on La Vie Creative Podcast have been hidden behind their male contemporaries. Sonia Delaunay is just as well known as her husband Robert, but there was a whole side to her art that I had never noticed before. Sonia Stern born November[...]

Rhonda Findling is the author of the bestselling and internationally acclaimed "Don’t Call That Man! A Survival Guide To Letting Go" which has been translated into eight languages. She is also the author of "Don't Text That Man! A Guide To Self Protective Dating in the Age of Technology", "When He Can't Commit: What To Do[...]

35 years ago this week the Musée d’Orsay opened to the impressionist, loving public for the first time. It’s hard to image a time when the museum wasn’t part of the landscape of central Paris with the lovely clocks standing over the Seine. The first stone of the Palais d’Orsay was laid April 4, 1810 but[...]

Marie Laurencin is known for her lovely pastel dreamy paintings but she was also able to do something few female artists were able to do. Marie was accepted into the folds of the biggest artists of the time and held her own. Born on October 31, 1883 she showed very early, against her mothers wishes, a[...]

Cygnet Theatre was founded in Paris by an international group of theatre artists looking to create, develop, and perform plays in the classical repertoire. The company is run by a board of administration, and all members of the team serve a creative function vital to Cygnet Theatre’s ability to thrive.  Following the success of A[...]

Sharon decided to celebrate her 60th birthday with a six-month hiatus from her life in NYC. She stayed in an apartment in Paris for two of those months, exploring the city on foot, via metro –and eventually on city bikes.  Fortuitously, she met other Americans living in Paris, who helped her tremendously.  Three years later,[...]

Paris is filled with museums and a few stand out over the rest. Of course, there is my love, the Musée du Louvre, and the Orsay and smaller ones like the Picasso and the Delacroix. However, one that might not be on the list for those heading to Paris for just a few days but[...]

Sarah Donnelly is an American stand-up comedian, writer and actress who performs in English and in French.Sarah is the co-creator and writer of the Audible Original series God Save My English with Paul Taylor, now in its second season and one of the best sellers on Audible France.Sarah is also the co-creator of Becoming Maman,[...]

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Harriet Welty Rochefort grew up and was educated in the Midwest (B.A. Universityof Michigan, Ann Arbor and M.S.J. Northwestern Medill School of Journalism). AFrench-American dual citizen, she has lived in France since 1973 with her Frenchhusband Philippe. They have 3 sons, Nicolas, a neurologist in Marseilles, Benjamin,a computer specialist in Montreal, David, an editor and[...]

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La Cuisine Paris, founded in 2009, is the Capitols top rated leisure French cooking school specializing in French Culinary experiences in English.  Located in the heart of Paris, and welcoming visitors from all over the world, we share the passion of French cuisine and culture. A small international team, with different backgrounds and experiences, who[...]

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Kyra is the founding Paris Artistic Director of Dance Theatre Surreality. A choreographer, teacher, and performer, she collaborates with artists from a wide range of disciplines on feminist and spiritual themes. Her works have been presented at various Parisian art galleries and theaters, as well as in Detroit, her city of origin. Kyra leads consent[...]

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Cléophée is an interior designer and mother, born and raised in Paris. She has been living overseas with her Australian partner for almost a decade and working in the commercial interior design industry in Australia and in London. She came back to Paris to welcome their first child in 2019. In this new stage of life[...]

Take a walk through history as we talk about the famous cafes of Paris including Café de Flore, Les Deux Magots, Brasserie Lipp, L’Avant Comptoir de la Terre.Support the show

Valerio Lysander is a chamber pop singer/songwriter. Based in London but originally from Italy, Valerio has built his career in the UK and abroad, performing in England, Scotland, Italy, France, Germany, Norway, the Netherlands and Hungary.In 2016 he was among the 10 nominees for Best Male in the Best of British Unsigned Awards and Ryan,[...]

In the spring of 1972, my grandparents ventured off for a trip to Paris for the very first time. My grandfather being the ever-curious traveler, he loved spending his days exploring the cobbled streets that he could walk on for hour after endless hour, and his daily one-man gratinee de l’ogninon hunt looking for the[...]

Born into a Francophile winemaking family, Pirrie has always had a passion for fashion and old-world glamour. Under the amazing tutelage of Est Ovest Style’s co-owners, and coupled with her innate work drive, she found her passion for trends and for styling and fit for every unique body. From Portland Oregon, she moved to New[...]

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Alecia McKenzie is a Jamaican writer based in France.Her first collection of short stories, Satellite City, and her novel Sweetheart have both won Commonwealth literary prizes. Sweetheart has been translated into French (Trésor) and was awarded the Prix Carbet des lycéens in 2017.Other books include Stories From Yard (first published in Italian translation as Racconti[...]

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A little about me…I first moved to Paris in Fall 2012 for a semester abroad program. At the time, I had absolutely no idea how I would fall completely head-over-heels in love with the city. I returned the following summer for another study abroad program. It was during that time that I first imagined myself[...]

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FRANCES BIO:Frances is a Latina powerhouse creative with over 30 years of experience in the arts and entertainment industry spanning theater, cinema, and video games. She has a passion for creating rich and dynamic story worlds that conjure curiosity and inspire play. She is co-founder and CEO of Eat the Cake Studio, a women-run immersive[...]

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Rosa Jackson never looked back after tasting her first coffee éclair at the age of four, when her family came to live in Paris for a year.  After working as a food writer for a daily newspaper in Canada, she moved to France in 1995 and founded Paris Market Tours (now Edible Paris), which was[...]

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CC Aoustin is a native New Yorker, growing up in a melting pot of cultures in and out of her home. She has a BA from Queens College, in psychology and Fine Arts. She attended New York University’s Masters in Art Therapy Program, where she practiced for 13 years until moving to France. She reconnected[...]

The Chateau Versailles, just the name evokes glamour, golden splendor and the regal days of France.  We cover it all today on the newest episode of Paris History Avec a Hemingway.  Versailles began in 1604 when Louis XIII would come out to the woods to hunt and decided to build a hunting lodge. In 1623[...]

Joanne Kimes was a television writer in Los Angeles when she became pregnant and soon realized the road to procreation was plagued with miserable potholes. So she wrote a book called, “Pregnancy Sucks” that became a best-seller and led to a dozen other titles in her “Sucks” books series. She’s appeared on the Today show,[...]

In our final episode about the ladies of Marie Antoinette there wasn’t anyone closer in those final months than her sister in law Madame Elisabeth. The youngest child of Louis and Marie-Joseph, her older brothers would become king over the next 70 years. Born on May 3, 1764 a year later her father died and she[...]

Rosemary Flannery has lived in France since 1989 and enjoys dual French-American nationality. She graduated with honors from Columbia University in 1985 with a degree in French language and literature. On the show today we talk about her love of Paris and the Angel statues that surround the beautiful streets of the city. She has[...]

Madame Campan was one of the only women to work for Marie Antoinette, survive the Revolution, work for Napoleon and end with another Bourbon king when most didn’t survive past Marie Antoinette. Jeanne-Louise Henriette Campa was born October 2, 1752 in Paris. Her father was a foreign affairs clerk sent to London to work on[...]

I'm a musician. Learned to play guitar in high school after I watched the movie The School of Rock with Jack Black which inspired me so much that I became a rocker and wanted to have a band! Since then I realized that music is the language in which I can express my feelings, myself,[...]

In this week's episode of Paris History Avec a Hemingway, we continue on with another lady of Marie Antoinette. Gabrielle de Polignac was a constant source of gossip from Versaille to Paris. The fun-loving Polignac was born September 8, 1749, in Paris into the French noble family of the Nouilles. Married in 1767 to Jules[...]

Victoria Bourgin, born in Ukraine, strongly believes in the power of dreams and in bright colors! After her studies in Sweden, she came to Paris where she worked for 10 years at the most prestigious French fashion houses in Paris including St Laurent and Balmain, and just a month ago she finally realized her childhood[...]

One of the most faithful and trusted ladies of Marie Antoinette served by her side until the bitter end. Madame de Lamballe was born in Turin and raised under the iron thumb of her father Prince Louis Victor of Savoy. The duke of Penthievre was keen to marry his son Louis-Alexandre, Prince of Lamballe and[...]

Erin Colston is a Texan who followed her dreams to New York to attend American Musical and Dramatic Academy and pursue a career in theater and singing at the young age of 18. After 9 years in the Big Apple and some small successes, she then followed a second dream to Paris. There, she started a[...]

Marie Antoinette is known for her style, love of fashion and jewelry and in the end what led to her demise. One woman is behind her look more than anyone else including those amazing hair styles. Rose Bertin had a knack for style that drew the attention of a very devoted following that went back[...]

Sunny Buick was born in British Columbia, Canada, and grew up all over Northern California, finally ending up in the Bay Area in her teenage years. In 1986 while attending a high school especially for artists, she started to hang out in the milieu of San Francisco tattooing; and began to tattoo professionally in 1992.[...]

One of the newest sensations in Paris this summer has been the very long awaited reopening of Samaritaine. It started as a tiny store on the corner of Rue du Pont Neuf by a couple that spent their entire life in retail. Marie Louise Ja Ja, born on July 1, 1838 came from a large family[...]

Flytographer connects travelers with local photographers in over 350 cities around the globe for fun, hassle-free photo shoots.Inspired by a 2011 trip to Paris, from the desire to capture vacation memories that weren’t awkward selfies or blurry photos from strangers, Nicole Smith set out to solve the gap in the market for vacation photography. Two[...]

Manet, like most painters, had many models they worked with. Manet found women that not only sat for him but also inspired him. Berthe Morisot was a young art student that had the looks of the dark haired Spanish beauties he was obsessed with. Morisot became an accomplished artist herself and married Manet’s brother, creating[...]

When I first set foot in Paris as a teenager, les pyramides in front of the Louvre didn’t exist, the Musée d’Orsay was a defunct train station with broken windows, and the cathedral of Notre Dame would continue to display a sooty black façade for another twenty plus years. Still, Paris had that certain je[...]

Dora Maar from the end of her life until today is widely labeled the “Muse of Picasso”. As with most women in history they are relegated to being a postscript in a man's story, Dora was much more than that. Born on November 22, 1907 Henriette Markovitch in Paris at the Tarnier Maternity Clinic at 89[...]

Born and raised in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Karen grew up with the aspiration to be a comedian, a musician, or both… She groomed these crafts from a young age by making everyone around her laugh and beginning a lifetime romance with the flute at the age of 9. She went on to study drama at Temple[...]

Louise Joesphine Weber is remembered more for her adoptive name La Goulue and how she got the name. Born on June 12, 1866, in Clichy the love of dancing was instilled in her at a very early age by her mother. By 1882 she had moved to Montreuil and started dancing at the Moulin de[...]

Rebecca Devaney is a textile artist, researcher, and facilitator. She has recently established Textile Tours of Paris.Rebecca Devaney first landed in Paris in 2017 to follow her dreams and study haute couture embroidery at the prestigious École Lesage. With a BA in Art and Design Education and an MFA in Textile Art and Artefact from[...]

Liane de Pougy at the end of her life was labeled “from whore to nun” but I am getting ahead of myself.  Anne Marie Chassaigne was born June 2, 1869 in La Flèche in the Loire and raised in Brittany. On July 15, 1886, at 17 she married Joseph Armand Henri Pourpee who was a[...]

Melissa grew up between Australia and the Philippines, singing in choirs and writing her own songs from a young age. She studied Musicology at the Conservatorium of Sydney and went on to work as an opera critic and co-editor of the classical music magazine Limelight.In 2013, she moved to Paris and freelanced as a travel[...]

Madame de Sévigné, one of the greatest authors of the 17th century, never wrote a single book. Instead, she is known to us today as a “lady of letters”. Marie de Rabutin Chantal was born February 5, 1626, in the Palais Royal home of her grandparents. By the time she turned seven both of her parents[...]

Mrids is a former film/TV producer who left the BBC, Hollywood, her jeans - sneakers outfit, to buy a sharp striped suit for a Masters at Columbia University in New York diving into business strategy.   An ambitious entrepreneur with a first profitable business at age 9, she truly loves solving problems and brainstorming solutions. In her[...]

Jeanne DuVal was the beautiful muse of Charles Baudelaire and would inspire his glowing devotion. The Black Venus and Mistress of Mistresses as he called her is mostly unknown still to this day. Much of the details of her life are murky due to a fire that would destroy her vital documents. Jeanne was tall and beautiful[...]

Hello. I’m French and American, born in the mid-seventies, in April. I was raised in the forest, and spent my childhood either running wild in the woods of Picardie or taking planes to JFK to visit my grandmother. I also played a lot of piano. At that time, I  wanted to be in a musical,[...]

Nélie Jacquemart was an artist and art collector whose love of art remains today and shared with everyone that visits the museums tAs a child, her family worked and lived with the wealthy Alphée & Rose de Vatry. Rose formed a special relationship with the young Nélie who had a talent for drawing. Armed with[...]

Tanisha Townsend has cultivated a community of wine enthusiasts through an unyielding passion for Oenology. As Chief Wine Officer of lifestyle agency Girl Meets Glass, Tanisha leads wine classes and tours in Paris (and virtually). Her goal is to empower individuals with advanced knowledge of wine & spirits in order to build confidence in their[...]

The Musée du Louvre and it’s list of amazing art is endless and hard to know where to even start. We will help share a few pieces that you don’t want to miss on your next trip to Paris. In 1848 Louis Philippe commissioned 20 statues for the Jardin du Luxembourg. He picked each one that[...]

Anna Kloots is a Paris-based American writer and storyteller. But also a photographer, and there is a story behind every shot she takes. She is a true nomad, in the last twelve years she has gone through two passports; living and traveling in over 83 countries across 6 continents. She takes followers inside her life[...]

Gabrielle d’Estrées, a woman known more for her risque painting than of her life itself. Gabrielle was born around 1573, and daughter of Antoine d’Estrées, Baron de Boulonnois and Françoise de la Bourdaisieres. She was one of eleven children, seven of which were girls and gave them the moniker “seven deadly sins” by the Marquis[...]

Yanique Francis is a Paris-based businesswoman. An expert event planner, travel writer, and industry consultant. Francis was born in Jamaica and lived in the USA. She earned her Master's Degree in International Communications and Marketing at Emerson College. Francis founded MyParisianLife, a French Food and lifestyle blog in 2008, which went on to be named[...]

The life of Juliette Drouet is closely tied to Victor Hugo, but she wasn’t always his mistress. Juliette’s beautiful head turning looks was garnering the attention of Paris, especially the men. In a way to help fund her shopping sprees, a life as a courtesan and on the stage fit the bill. Not exactly a natural[...]

Heather Stimmler is an American-born journalist and author living in France since 1995. She started the Secrets of Paris newsletter in 1999 as a hobby while working as an editor at ELLE.com in Paris. Over the next 20 years, Secrets of Paris grew into a private tour company and a guidebook publisher. In 2016 Heather[...]

Marie- Caroline de Bourbon-Siciles, aka the Duchesse de Berry was born in Naples the daughter of the Crown Prince Francis Duke of Calabria and Marie Clementine of Austria, niece of Marie Antoinette. At the time of her birth in 1798 Napoleon was charging his way through Italy forcing the family to flee to Palermo and[...]

Jay Swanson is an author and vlogger over on YouTube where he shares his daily life as an American in Paris, including tips and tricks on visiting and living in the City of Light. His latest book, Sea of the Unknown: Monsters and Mishaps on my Journey to Paris tells the story of how he[...]

It’s a big day today for Paris History Avec A Hemingway podcast! It’s the 50th episode! It also happens to be my birthday and the same number. When trying to decide who we would talk about for this epic episode it was almost impossible. Then it came to me, it had to be about something[...]

Brandi Sea is an award-winning Creative Director, Design & Brand Strategist, and passionate observer with a Bachelor's Degree in Graphic Design. In addition to her design talents, she uses her 20 years of experience to help fellow creatives map out a plan to "discover uncommon inspiration" and produce more meaningful work. Brandi believes that every[...]

Heloise, the name that may ring more of a bell as Heloise and Abelard. A couple is known as the French Romeo & Juliette long before Shakespeare would write the story. Heloise was born around 1092, it is unsure of her actual birthday and can swing into the 1070s depending on what you read. Heloise would[...]

My name is Camille Roux dit Buisson, I was born and I live in Paris. I grew up surrounded by art, with my parents who were passionate, and especially because my father is an art dealer who started collecting Jacqueline Marval (1866 – 1932)’s work from the 1980s. He took me to Drouot and the[...]

Last week we shared the story of Djuna Barnes and you can’t have Djuna without the story of Natalie Barney,  Natalie was born in October 1876 in Dayton Ohio to a very wealthy family. Raised with an appreciation of art, music, and culture from a very young age they spent weekends in museums and author[...]

Franco-American artist and photographer Kali Vermès started making terrariums to satisfy both her green thumb and creative impulses with one activity. The microcosms she creates, under the moniker, Grow Little, are carefully conceived tiny, verdant worlds. Born in Paris, Kali grew up in an apartment filled with hanging plants. Her Russian photographer grandfather grew pear[...]

Djuna Barnes, the woman who mingled with the Lost Generation was born in 1892 in New York and would leave her mark in Paris. Born into a rather different family, her father had two wives and would later marry Djuna off to his second wife's brother. Shortly after her mother had too much she took her[...]

BIOGRAPHYInternational award-winning Artist Stephanie MacKenzie is a vibrant talent. Multiple layers,  brilliant colors, and intricate designs unite through storytelling and blended archetypes bringing lush dimensions to her work.   ABSTRACT ARTImmerse yourself into a high saturated universe with Artist Stephanie Mackenzie. Intense color and vivid brushstrokes are created through movement while listening to a range of[...]

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Amy Kupec Larue has been living, working and traveling in Europe for 30 years. Her passion for flowers, plants and the French Art de Vivre led her to a career that beautifully combines her wide knowledge, keen interests and vast experience with gardens. Since 2005 she has been guiding individuals and groups including the Pacific[...]

Berthe Weill was a French art dealer who played a vital role in the creation of the market for twentieth-century art with the manifestation of the Parisian Avant-Garde.Support the show

Sonja Bajic is an illustrator and artist well known for her geographical maps, visual identity, and the search for the best in every day and every process. And illustrating that. Living and working in Paris, Sonja believes in sustainability and a better tomorrow and shows this in her work and through her educational activities.She is[...]

The list of mistresses of the kings of France is long. For Louis XV, sandwiched between two of the most famous kings might be best known for his many lovers than for the man himself. After Madame de Pompadour who we have also talked about, Madame du Barry definitely left her mark on Versailles and a[...]

Beowulf Sheehan is a New-York based photographer of figures in the arts and humanities. AUTHOR: The Portraits of Beowulf Sheehan, a collection of portraits of 200 writers from 35 countries with a foreword by Salman Rushdie, was published in 2018. THE AUTHOR PHOTO: Portrait Photographer Beowulf Sheehan on a Life Capturing Writers, a short film[...]

Born on March 16, 1822 in Bordeaux into a large family of artists.Her mother Sophie Marquis married Raymond Bonheur who was also her drawing teacher. Raymond painted landscapes of Bordeaux and portraits and instilled a love of art in all his children.As a child when Rosa was struggling at school her mother used her love[...]

Who is Doni Belau? Who is Doni Belau? An inveterate traveler, I’ve been to nearly 70 countries (and counting). I come alive when I travel, when I’m exploring, and when I’m seeing, tasting, and feeling something new. I love to help other women experience this sensation as I truly feel it helps us see a[...]

Artist Eva Gonzalez may not be as well known as her fellow female impressionist artists but she should be. Born on April 19, 1849, in Paris, her father Emmanuell Gonzalez was a Spanish novelist and playwright and her mother was a trained musician. With their creativity handed down to her at a very early age, she[...]

Marina Khorosh is a writer and copywriter living in New York City. Originally from Russia, she spent her twenties living in New York, after which she moved to Paris to study at Institut Français de la Mode. While in Paris, she launched a blog called Dbag Dating to share her Parisian dating exploits, which soon[...]

Jeanne Antoinette Poisson was destined to be the mistress of the king. As a child, her mother took her to a fortune-teller who told the young girl that she would one day hold the heart of the king. From then on she was called Reinette, little queen.Her mother set out from that moment to raise[...]

As a fifth-generation Texan, Sumner Hargrove began riding horses bareback at her family’sranch at the age of three! She went on to do her undergraduate degree magna cum laude atMary Baldwin College in Virginia in English Literature and Philosophy, followed by a master’sin Public Policy and Public Finance from New York University. She then worked[...]

Martha Gelhorn, born in St Louis in 1908 to two parents that wanted much more for their daughter than the role women were to play at the time. Her father George was a doctor and her mother Edna was politically active in the suffrage movement and also served as a president of Bryn Mawr. Her[...]

Janet Skeslien Charles grew up on the plains of Montana. She spent two years in Odessa, Ukraine, as a Soros Teaching Fellow. She has taught English, French, and Creative writing in Ukraine, Montana, and France. She enjoys reading, spending time with family, and researching her new novel. The backdrop of her debut novel MOONLIGHT IN ODESSA[...]

Anne de Rochechouart de Montemart may not jump to your mind but her great grandmother does. While you would think the great-granddaughter of Veuve Clicquot would sit back sipping her family champagne and counting all her money, that wasn’t the life that Anne wanted. The apple of her great grandmother's eye, they would remain close her[...]

At Adrienne’s 10th birthday, every guest went home with a ruby ball cactus as their party favor. Although Adrienne preferred otherwise, it was inevitable. Every year party guests left her birthday with plants in their arms. It was because both of her parents worked in the horticulture industry in San Diego, California. Born on Valentine’s Day,[...]

George Sand, the woman that marched to her own beat, broke with tradition, and carved out her own life is this week's featured lady on La Vie Creative - Paris History Avec a Hemingway. Born in Paris on July 1, 1804, Amantine Lucille Aurore Dupin as she was known long before she went by George. As[...]

Daughter of renowned Swiss abstract painter Gérard Schneider, she has continued the family tradition of painting. She paints from a country setting near Fontainebleau. She has become highly acclaimed for her acrylic floral work. Her work portrays the soft illusion of forms blowing in a gentle breeze. http://laurence-amelie.com/WP/Support the show

If there was one story I was excited to share when we began this podcast it was the life of Valtesse de La Bigne. Born in 1848 she learned from a very early age she had to take care of herself. Her father was an alcoholic who wouldn’t have a role in her life and[...]

Edith de Belleville is a licensed tour guide in Paris and an attorney at law. She wrote a book about inspirational Parisian women from the past "Belles et  Rebelles".She also teaches the Jewish heritage in Paris at university  Gustave Eiffel for the future licensed tour guides.Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/groups/694562301015164/?ref=shareWebsite:www.edithdebelleville.comSupport the show

When the Impressionist artists ruled Paris, there were a few women that made their way into the exclusive club. Known as Les Trois Grandes Dames, Berthe Morisot, Mary Cassatt, and Marie Bracquemond mixed and mingled with the likes of Manet, Degas, and Renoir. Marie Bracquemond however had a very different life than Morisot or Cassatt. Raised[...]

Véronique Bawol, the company founder of Cuisine Elégante, was introduced to classic French cooking at an early age in her family’s kitchen. She was especially inspired by her grandmother who worked as the personal cook for Jacques Tréfouël, head of the Pasteur Institute.  She started taking classes at Le Cordon Bleu in London, where she[...]

Diane de Poitiers, the true love of Henri II and the number one enemy of Catherine de Medicis was born on January 9, 1500. Educated by Anne, Duchess of Bourbon, daughter of Louis XI she was close to court life from a very early age. Married at fifteen to Louis de Bréze Seigneur d’Anet, he[...]

Having studied and worked in the UK, USA, Malta, Italy, Greece, and Japan; Anna gained extensive exposure to international markets and trends across a variety of multi-media fields before settling in Paris in 2010 where she consults in fashion trend forecasting and is also an Editor at menswear magazine Fucking Young along with finding her[...]

Jane Avril, the bell of the Moulin Rouge is mainly known for the many images that Toulouse-Lautrec painted of her. However, there is always more than that to her story. Her mother Leotine Beaudon was a prostitute and her father an Italian nobleman that would never recognise her as his own. She was raised by[...]

An American in Paris, my guest today arrived in Paris as a 29-year-old student who had dreamed of moving abroad since childhood. She is the quintessential creative who dabbles in 1000 forms of art from writing on her blog Presque Perfection, to painting, to language, to cooking. I admire her motivation to try many forms[...]

Madame de Maintenon, the woman that would start as a secret babysitter and become the unofficial queen of France. Born in 1635, her father was in prison for gambling and counterfeiting and her mother was the daughter of the prison director, straight out of a Lifetime movie. Later she was looked after by her godmother[...]

Meredith Mullins came for a short visit to Paris 15 years ago … and decided to stay. Pourquoi pas? Dreams can come true.She is devoted to two passions—photography and writing—and all the adventures that these two ways of seeing offered. She is an internationally exhibited photographer, winner of several major photography competitions, and author of[...]

Madame de Montespan,  was born as Françoise de Rochechouart de Mortemart on October 5, 1641 in Lussac-les-Châteaux. Her family, the house of Rochechouart, was one of the oldest noble families and served the king and queen of France. As a child she was sent to the Convent of Saint Mary in Saintes alongside other noble children[...]

Today I chat with French native and Stand up comedian Cedrik Verdure. He is also the author of Laugh your Way through the Louvre!  Cedrik became famous for his hilarious tours, making history fun again! His Airbnb tours are sold out for months and he tells us how he came up with the concept for[...]

American artist Mary Cassatt was considered one of “Les Trois Grandes Dames of Impressionism” alongside Berthe Morisot and Marie Bracquemond. Born in Pittsburgh on May 22, 1844, to a very wealthy family. Her father Robert Simpson Cassatt made a fortune in the stock market and with land sales. Her mother Katherine came from a banking[...]

JESSIE KANELOS WEINER IS A FRANCO-AMERICAN ILLUSTRATOR, AUTHOR AND FOOD STYLIST BASED IN PARIS AND NEW YORK. BORN AND RAISED IN CHICAGO, SHE WAS A COSTUME DESIGNER IN A PREVIOUS LIFE WHEN PICKING UP WATERCOLOR FOR THE FIRST TIME, DEVELOPING HER HIGHLY DETAILED, WHIMSICAL AND INSTANTLY RECOGNIZABLE STYLE. SHE IS THE COAUTHOR OF “PARIS IN[...]

There were many American expats filling the streets of Paris in the 1920’s but there was one that did it with an extra panash and made an immediate impression.  Josephine Baker was a woman ahead of her time and blazed her own path from the streets of St Louis to the stages of Paris.Josephine Baker[...]

Richard Nahem is a native New Yorker with a longstanding love for Paris. A trained chef, Richard ran a successful catering and event planning company for over twenty years in New York City, working with celebrities including Sarah Jessica Parker, Whitney Houston, and Joan Rivers. After a teenage trip to Paris made him an instant[...]

You will know this week's lovely lady from the beautiful painting hanging in the Musée du Louvre by Jacques-Louis David.  Juliette Récamier was a fixture of the Paris Salon scene in the 19th century and lived a very interesting life. It all started with a rather strange story. Her mother Marie-Julie Matton came from a wealthy[...]

Julia Willard moved to Paris where she found herself having to have a camera with herself at all times to capture the way the city had mastered beauty. Her bicycle added to the experience, as it increased her reach outside her little quarter.  She found herself with an immense desire to share this beauty through[...]

The statue of Reine Berthe in the Jardin du Luxembourg is one of my favorites of the twenty illustrious ladies in French history. She may not be as well known as Marie de Medicis but you will know the name of her son and her story is pretty amazing. Born in 720 to Count Caribert de[...]

Samantha Vérant is a travel addict, a self-professed oenophile, and a determined, if occasionally unconventional, at home French chef. She is the bestselling author of Seven Letters from Paris and How to Make a French Family and today she chats with us about her new book: The Secret French Recipes of Sophie ValrouxShe lives in[...]

There are many designers that have shaped fashion in France. However, before there were Dior and Chanel there was Jeanne Lanvin. Lanvin was a designer that paved the way for all the others to come after her. Jeanne was born on January 1, 1867 in Paris at 35 Rue Mazarine. She was the oldest of eleven[...]

A native of Canada, Lily Heise fell in love with Paris on a study abroad program and never looked back. This year she'll be celebrating her 20th anniversary in the City of Light, or is it the City of Love? Lily has written two humorous books on looking for romance in Paris, Je T'Aime, Me[...]

Ninon de Lenclos was a woman way ahead of her time. Born in 1620, she decided at a very early age that she was not going to live the life of the rest of the 17th century women. She didn’t want to be a nun or a wife and there were few other choices left.[...]

Susan Hutchinson is the founder and curator of @thefrancophiles, a community that promotes French culture around the globe. She is also the creative director for her French-inspired lifestyle blog of ten years, Fleurishing. After 18 years in the field of interior design and many years running her own firm, Susan decided to switch gears and[...]

The life of Marie Antoinette has been well documented. However the loveliest of  ways and the most enduring image of the fated queen was in the paintings of Elisabeth Vigee Le Brun. Vigee Le Brun began to paint as a child and by the age of 15 she already finished her first major painting. Her portraits[...]

Molly Wilkinson is a pastry chef living in Versailles. Originally from Dallas, Texas, in 2013 she changed careers to follow her passion by moving to Paris and studying pastry at Le Cordon Bleu. After working at several bakeries in both France and the US, she now teaches pastry out of her 18th century apartment just[...]

Sarah Bernhardt the darling of the stage marched to her own beat. From an early age she heard the calling but at first she thought it was for a religious life. After a full mass funeral for her pet lizard she was told her talents were better used elsewhere.  Performing on just about every stage[...]

James Pouliot di Lombardia is an American artist living in Paris, France. His photography work has been featured in international fashion publications such as a Vogue and L’Officiel. His paintings explore nature and consumer culture. His still life studies are described as “academic pop-art” and exploit traditional methods of atelier painting with contemporary and often[...]

The story of Camille Claudel is one of heartbreak and sadness. A genius of an artist she never got her due and ended her life alone. At just 12 years old she began to play with clay and her talent got the attention of artist Alfred Boucher. Her father supported her pursuit and agreed to move[...]

About Tara Vatanpour : Tara Vatanpour is an artist and a luxury fashion designer, founder of Tara Vatanpour. Persian, Azari,  French, American, and influenced by the Brazilian culture, she focuses her artistic research around immigration trauma, loss and separation, chaos of emotions as a result, and the search for healing. From a solid educational background[...]

Edith Giovanna Gassion Piaf, born on her doorstep as the story she stuck with on December 19, 1915.  A very tough childhood after her mother abandoned her, a grandmother that gave her wine instead of water and another that raised her in a brothel.Through all of this, she became one of the most beloved French[...]

I sat down with Emily Jackson, who is an American in Paris working in marketing to talk about the new Netflix hit "Emily in Paris". I wanted her take on the show compared to what it's really like to work in social media for French firms in the city of light. Enjoy this bonus episode and[...]

Rykarda Parasol is an artist, writer and musician best known for her solo musical work depicting noir-lit melodies reminiscent of folk, Americana, and early pyche 60s pop. Ms. Parasol is from San Francisco and has made Paris her part-time home and muse. Ms. Parasol is also a writer and designer and in addition to working[...]

Johanna Bonger van-Gogh a name you may not know, but without her, we would never know her brother-in-law, Vincent. Married to Theo van Gogh, art dealer, and brother to Vincent van Gogh for less than two very short years. When Vincent and Theo died just six months apart, she was left with an infant and an[...]

Paris-born, internationally acclaimed artist and author LILIANNE MILGROM grew up in Australia, lived in Israel and currently resides in Washington, DC. She exhibits her artwork around the world and is the recipient of multiple awards and residencies. Her work can be found in both private and institutional collections; her articles and essays have appeared in[...]

Sylvia Beach, the sweet woman that had a love of books and sharing them with others in her legendary store Shakespeare and Company holds the spotlight in this week's episode. Arriving in Paris during WWI to study French Literature, a flier would lead her to a book shop on Rue de l'Odeon and into the door[...]

Anne Stark Ditmeyer is an American creative coach and consultant based in Paris, France. Anne is a creative connector who has never been one to take the traditional path. Her work draws from anthropology, graphic design, design thinking, UX design, storytelling, and global communications, traversing in person and online worlds. She founded Prêt à Voyager[...]

Barb-Nicol Ponsardin, shaped by Champagne, would become the woman and label we know as Veuve Clicquot.Born before the French Revolution to wealthy parents, she would marry the son of her father's business partner, Francois Clicquot in 1798. It would be the start of the Clicqout house, that would grow from very small and humble beginnings[...]

A New Yorker who fell hard  for an Italian in Paris. She would later launch her handbags made locally in France. The hand-printed canvas bags were inspired by her world travels. She also provides fashion tours in the city of light introducing travelers to local designers. My guest today is Kasia Dietz https://www.kasiadietz.com/Support the show

Gertrude Stein was the woman behind many of the greatest writers and artists in Paris of the 1920’s and the famous catch phrase, the “Lost Generation”. Growing up in a wealthy family, the incredible intelligent woman was well educated, appreciated art and amassed a collection that any museum would envy. While her time in Paris is engraved[...]

New York Times bestselling author Craig Carlson first came to France as an exchange student in 1985 and instantly fell in love with the country. He never could have imagined that some thirty-five years later he’d be the owner of two American diners in Paris and be nicknamed “Le Pancake Kid” by the French. With[...]

Catherine de’ Medicis was the other Florentine queen that would also leave her mark on France. Catherine and Marie de’ Medicis are often mixed up and we hope we can help you tell the two apart like a pro in no time.The mother of three kings and two kings and the wife of Henri II[...]

Lindsey Tramuta, an American who has lived in Paris for a decade, writes the award-winning blog Lost in Cheeseland, and contributes to the New York Times, Afar Magazine, Condé Nast Traveler, and Bon Appétit, where she writes extensively on Paris and French culture. Today we chat about her creative process in writing and about her[...]

Berthe Morisot, one of the few women of the Impressionist Movement, with her dark locks and stunning gaze, was the perfect model for Édouard Manet.  However, she would become an artist in her own right stepping behind the canvas to create paintings that showed everyday family life, forging her own path among  the male dominated[...]

Sharon Santoni has gained millions of readers through her blog where she shares with people what it means to live a French country life. Her blog has grown into tours, a podcast, books, magazine, delivered gifts and much more! We chat about how France brought so much creativity into her life and inspired her to create[...]

Once upon a time there were two Florentine queens that left their mark on Paris. In the newest La Vie Creative - Paris History Avec A Hemingway episode we talk all about one of them, Marie de Medicis from her childhood in Florence to her life in exile. She was born on April 26, 1575 to[...]

Suzuki Violin with Camilla started playing the violin at age three with Elizabeth Mills, one of the very first Suzuki teachers in the United States, and was chosen to help demonstrate the Suzuki method to other interested teachers, with the help of Dr. Suzuki and his assistants.Later, about the age of 9, she went on[...]

Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald, the woman that is known by only her first name and her reputation as the life of the party.  Like many of the ladies we talk about each week on La Vie Creative - Paris History Avec A Hemingway there was much more to her than just the image that remains. Zelda was[...]

Cynthia is the owner of the company Delectabulles, which specializes in supporting women in the male-dominated wine industry by:only using champagnes made by women telling the stories about the women behind the bottles giving more women the tools and confidence they need to buy sparkling wines from around the worldCanadian born, Cynthia has called Paris home for[...]

Julia McWIlliams Child, the woman who brought French cooking to America, fell in love with France as generations have fallen in love with her. Born on August 15, 1912 in Pasadena into a wealthy family that had very very tall children. Julia would attend Smith College and due to her 6” 2 ‘ frame she[...]

Elaine Biss is a professional fashion event illustrator. She specializes in live fashion illustrations, sketching for the fashion, beauty and accessories industry in the New York, Washington D.C. and New Jersey. Elaine has been commissioned to create book illustrations, social media content, expressive calligraphy and live accessory customization that cater to the female buyer. She[...]

New podcast out today! French author Colette has been a household name in France for more than a hundred years.  Her father's old friend Henri Gauther-Villars “Willy” would stop by their home in Burgundy and return many times to visit the young Colette. Fourteen years older, he would take her to visit Paris showing her[...]

Dreama is a self-taught artist and writer who started an online art business (a little to her own surprise!) a decade ago. With a collective following of over 60,000 painters, thousands of students have taken her online courses and participate in her groups. She is the creator of 4 online courses and is working to[...]

Long before she was a Hemingway, Hadley Richardson was a smart, quiet and talented young lady. The youngest of five children, her mother had been a singer and musician and would pass the gift onto Hadley as a pianist. Due to financial difficulties her father killed himself when she was just twelve years old leaving[...]

Janice MacLeod is best known as a Paris artist and writer. She is the artist behind the Paris Letters subscription service and author of a memoir, also called Paris Letters. Before her life in Paris, she was a copywriter and creative director for top advertising agencies in Toronto and Los Angeles. When she saw burn[...]

If there is one woman that deserves a monument, parade and her face on a euro it is Rose Valland. She isn’t a name that is widely known and if I can do just one little thing in this life it is for others to know her story.  Rose Valland was born in 1898 in[...]

Audrey Chapuis is a Harvard graduate and has worked in libraries for close to twenty years. As a Texas native she had an obsession with books and all things French from a very early age. She is now the Director of the American Library in Paris and also enjoys many creative passions including painting. We[...]

Her love life after Boy was one horrible decision after another. In 1922 she met the Duke of Westminster Hugh Richard Grosenor or Bender. He was a huge anti-semite that gave her jewels and even a home in London. Their relationship lasted ten years. Then there was Paul Irbe, another anti-semite who started an ultra[...]

Sculptor and painter Véronique Anne Chabrolle, a.k.a VeroDalla, was born in Burgundy, France. Her life centered around success in the world of gastronomy until an encounter with a poppy flower changed her existence forever. The poppy called VeroDalla to pursue art. Her experience returning from the brink of death, during childhood, heavily influenced her artistic[...]

Out today, another story of one of the amazing women in French history. Victorine Meurent was born in Paris on February 18. 1844 and from an early age she was drawn to art. In 1862 Edouard Manet walked into Thomas Couture’s studio and met a young girl. On this one day, Victorine-Louis Meurent was in[...]

Formally living in London, Janine Marsh decided to take a weekend trip to France to buy some wine, which turned into her buying a farm instead. She started a website to share her adventures called, The Good Life France which has now grown to be one of the biggest travel websites in the world. She[...]

Welcome back to this week's episode of Paris History Avec a Hemingway. I chat once more with Claudine Hemingway about a Female French Creative from history. Today we learn all about Dalida. I like to compare Dalida to Cher in America.Lolanda “Dalida”  Gigliotti was born in Egypt to Italian parents in 1933.  The young beauty[...]

Today I spoke with famed professional cook and author David Lebovitz on how he uses creativity in his cooking and writing. He has written 9 books to date and most recently he has been going LIVE on social media to connect with others and share his passion for creating including his French cocktails in his[...]

In episode four in our series of Marie Antoinette we are in the final moments of her life. Convicted and sentenced to death they didn’t give her much time. In the early hours of the morning she wrote a long letter to her sister in law Madame Elisabeth asking her to look after her children.[...]

Born in Nigeria and raised in Texas, Ajiri, spent 10 years working in New York City in the fashion industry for companies including W Magazine. In 2015 she became a New York Times Bestselling author with a book revolving around the fashion world and Karl Lagerfeld titled “Where’s Karl?: A fashion forward parody”. She now runs a[...]

On June 4th upon the death of their son, they were not able to be with him when he died or attend his funeral at the Basilique Saint Denis due to the optics of spending more of the state's money. On October 1 and 3, two large parties were held for the king's guards and the[...]

In 2012 Laura Bradbury was diagnosed with a rare disease that almost took her life. Feeling that she had little time left on the planet to get her words out she sprung into action and finished her first book “My Grape Escape” which would become the first of a 5 part best selling series all[...]

The marriage bed to a necklace that brought down a queen  When we left off in last week's podcast episode, part une of Marie Antoinette she had just married Louis XVI and became the Dauphine of France. Just 14 years old, embarking on a life and the future queen of France with a tragic end[...]

Joleen Emory is a Franco-American make-up artist who splits her time between Paris and LA. Certified through L’Institut Technique du Maquillage (or ITM) in Paris and having worked in television, theatre, and fashion for over 10 years, she is passionate about what she does. Her fashion and bridal editorials have been published in various magazines[...]

New Podcast Episode Out Today! It’s hard to put Marie Antoinette into just one episode, for the 1st episode of @Laviecreative Paris History Avec A Hemingway, we focus on her life from Archiduchesse to Dauphine. Born in Vienna in 1755, she was the 15th of 16 children to Empress Marie-Theresa and Francis I, Emperor of the[...]

American Expat in Paris, Emily Jackson, has found success as a writer and Instagram influencer by picking up a camera on her arrival to the city of light. Discover how Instagram can influence your life in positive ways.Support the show

Suzanne Valadon at a very young age would work as a model for some of the biggest French painters of the 19th C. Meeting them on the streets of Montmartre she would sit for Henner, Steinlen and Toulouse-Lautrec. Although her most famous collaboration may have been with Renoir. In Danse a la Ville and Danse[...]

From an early age, Mary Joska started using art as a form of therapy and soon found painting to be her true medium. Go inside her world as she takes us inside her creative journey including her time spent married to Johnny Cash and June Carter's son.Support the show

Swiss-born Nicolas Vaucher, moved to Paris at the age of 19 where his dancing career soon took off, even making it all the way to the famed stage of the Paris Opera. Go inside the life of a Parisian dancer, composer, and actor.Support the show

Voted one of America’s top wedding planners by Martha Stewart weddings, her client list includes Oprah, Bentley, and Cartier! Debi Lilly chats with me about how France inspires her famous designs.Support the show

Travel photographer and Instagram star, Mary Quincy, chats with me about what it's like to be paid to travel the world and take photos for big corporations like Conde Nast Traveling, Marriott, and Viking Cruises. Born in Normandy, she now calls Paris home and is my neighbor!Support the show

From costume designer in Dublin to jazz singer in Paris - meet singer-songwriter Liv Monaghan on my podcast. She speaks to me about her journey as a jazz singer in Paris and how she comes up with material for her beautiful musicSupport the show

Hemingway descendent, writer, tour guide, Francophile, and self-proclaimed bleu blonde and rouge. Claudine takes us inside her writing process which is greatly inspired by her family history.Support the show

Lisa Anselmo, author, coach, and branding guru spent most of her professional career in magazine publishing, working on such iconic brands as Allure, InStyle, and People. She’s been everything from a creative director to an opera singer, but ultimately, she has followed her passion for storytelling and inspiring people. Lisa tells creativity and authenticity with[...]

Born out of the Corona Virus, this podcast consists of interviews with artists in Paris, France. This podcast was built to help and bring attention to all the wonderful artists in Paris as well as inspire others to discover their creative gifts.Support the show