Frenchie Friday: The French vs. American Dream

I just returned from a spectacular 9 days in Paris for the Celebration retreat of the 2013 French Kiss the World Society.  One of the women said, “I came home a changed woman.” What is it about France, particularly, Paris, that does this to a woman?  Well, I think it’s because she is able to step outside […]

12 Ways to Travel Like a Jetsetter

Mention the word ‘jetsetter’and you probably think of someone who jumps on her private jet and takes off to exotic locations around the world on a whim in the pursuit of pleasure. Well, that’s not me exactly!  I don’t have a private jet.  I’m usually flying coach.  I have a budget.  And, I must plan […]

The Power of Lipstick

Mary Anne, a beautiful, vibrant 63 year old woman, was dying of breast cancer. I had the honor of being her nurse and by her side in the intensive care unit, where we’d spend hours talking about life, love, death and lipstick. Yes, lipstick. Mary Anne loved putting color on her lips. When I’d walk […]

The 2013 French Kiss the World Society Playlist

Without music, life would be a mistake. The Luxury of Music I live my life through music.  It’s one of my many secrets to French Kissing Life. Before I write, speak, coach, cook, shower, drive or (insert any verb here), I choose the music to create the ambiance I desire.  And, from that place, I […]

Learn the Art of Intellectual Foreplay

Words really flattering are not those which we propose but those which escape us unthinkably. Sitting at a dinner party in the South of France many years ago, I was captivated by the conversation.  All the topics that I was taught were off limits at any social function — sex, religion  an politics – were […]