Frenchie Friday: How I Lost Weight and Finally Made Peace with My Body

The magnitude of pleasure reaches its limit in the removal of all pain. When such pleasure is present, so long as it is uninterrupted, there is no pain either of body or of mind or of both together. Fifteen years ago, my body was carrying around 75 extra pounds. Yes, you heard me right… 75. Underneath that […]

Frenchie Friday: The (Not So) Hopeless Romantic

Medicine, law, business, engineering: these are all noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life.  But poetry, romance, love: these are what we stay alive for. I love love.I am a romantic.I am an idealist and a dreamer.I am a lover of classics: chateaux, castles, and churches. I am a lover of art, poetry, music and […]

12 Ways To Have Je Ne Sais Quoi

She was free in her wildness. She was a wanderess, a drop of free water. She belonged to no man and to no city. Je ne sais quoi. Most likely, you have heard the phrase before, but what emotion does it evoke for you? For me, it’s two-fold: it’s that special French feminine essence, but it’s […]

Frenchie Friday: Wine + Weight Loss

A good wine is like a gentle kiss, its effect throughout the meal is scintillatingly sensual in an elegantly understated way.  I’ll admit that I use to be that girl who would pour herself a glass of wine (or four) to “relax” after a long day.  Then, there were the other occasions where it was used […]