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 […]
Frenchie Friday: Dress for Romance
Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn. Since injuring my back a few weeks ago during my epic wake boarding attempt, I found myself living in yoga pants. Now, don’t get me wrong. I love my yoga pants (when I’m doing yoga) but day after day? Ugh […]
Frenchie Friday: Move Like a French Woman
Walk like you have three men walking behind you. Without fail, every time I go to France, I lose weight . . . all while sipping wine and eating decadent food. What’s the magic? There is no magic. It’s rather simple. I move . . . a lot! And, it feels like heaven, not a […]
Frenchie Friday: Master the Art of Seduction
I am here to seduce you into a love of life; to help you to become a little more poetic; to help you die to the mundane and to the ordinary so that the extraordinary explodes in your life. Wouldn’t it be fun if we could wave a magic wand and instantly transform into a sensual mistress […]
Frenchie Friday: Simple Ways to Create Everyday Luxury
Her whole being dilated in an atmosphere of luxury. It was the background she required, the only climate she could breathe in. My business manager informed me a few weeks ago that a search for “luxurious living” came up with “Tonya Leigh and the School of Self-image.”Who? Moi? What a way to be known, especially when […]
Frenchie Friday: Do You Have a Red Velvet Rope Policy?
Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born. Love it or hate it, the French are very careful in choosing who they let in. Here’s an idea: You’ll move to Paris and become BFFs with […]
Frenchie Friday: 50 Ways to Be Elegant
Elegance is not a word we often hear. Worse yet, it’s not one we often aspire to embody. We’re just trying to get the kids to school, run businesses, get to the office on time, clean the house, pay the bills, and put dinner on the table. Living elegantly? Refinement? Luxuriously? Who has time for that? Darling, I […]