Diana Scalia
Very End of December, in Paris
The last of my French Christmas stories is about the very end of my December 2022, in Paris. Renata’s mama Nani had been in Indonesia...
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Diana Scalia
Jun 13, 20233 min read
Flunch
Before the Flunch story lands here, the foto above (j’adore! - with Antoine, Renata, Pierre, Marinette, and me) is the day after...
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Diana Scalia
Jun 13, 20232 min read
French Christmas Day
French Christmas morning, day, and night – did not disappoint! Renata burst into my room first thing in the morning, which made my heart...
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Diana Scalia
Jun 13, 20233 min read
French Christmas Eve
Having said my prayers, packed my bags to absolutely include my fresh-baked lemon-lavender madeleines, watched the Christmas episodes of...
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Diana Scalia
Jun 12, 20233 min read
44 Nights in Paris: Camille, Bastille
Bastille is one of my favorite arrondissements in Paris. I spent time there with Antoine on a very sunny Saturday in April 2007, and I’ve...
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Diana Scalia
Jun 12, 20232 min read
44 Nights in Paris: Sonia, Monica, James
The Friday morning before I left on my Christmas trip, I had my usual appointment at my window table at Pilo’s, after which I had my hair...
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Diana Scalia
Jun 12, 20232 min read
44 Nights in Paris: BlaBlaCar
Something that apparently happens each Christmas, is that the trains go on strike in France. I had just bought a first-class seat to...
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Diana Scalia
Jun 12, 20232 min read
44 Nights in Paris: Karim, Prune, Vilma
These three loves were the team that own and cared for my Paris apartment. This foto is the view from my living room window and my...
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Diana Scalia
Jun 12, 20233 min read
44 Nights in Paris: Field Trips
To be a writer in Paris felt like a call from the divine to me – thanks in part to the personal anecdotes of Sarah Ban Breathnach, one of...
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Diana Scalia
Jun 12, 20232 min read
44 Nights in Paris: Pilo's
Those who know me well are familiar with my passion for cafés that serve really good coffee and croissants. There has to be some trace of...
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Diana Scalia
Jun 12, 20232 min read
44 Nights in Paris: Harry and Tessa
A couple of months before I landed in Paris, I spent a long weekend in Seattle where my nephew Harry and his girlfriend Tessa live. When...
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Diana Scalia
Jun 12, 20233 min read
44 Nights in Paris: Claire
Shortly after I arrived in Paris, Antoine called and invited me to spend Christmas with his – and whom I call my – family, in the...
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Diana Scalia
Jun 12, 20232 min read
44 Nights in Paris: Jimmy
Eventually it’s going to come out in my stories that I am very fussy about my hair. I am very humbly blessed with thick, healthy, wavy...
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Diana Scalia
Jun 12, 20233 min read
44 Nights in Paris: Lydie
My introduction to Lydie, who is now my dearest Parisian angel, was through our mutual friend and Holistic Life Coaching instructor, Alan...
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Diana Scalia
Jun 12, 20232 min read
44 Nights in Paris: Steve
Years ago during my very first visit to Paris, Antoine took me to an extraordinary marche’ in Bastille. I was staying in a hotel at that...
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Diana Scalia
Jun 12, 20232 min read
Meet My Peeps
Oui, yes. You’re going to need some intel on some of the people in my stories, since I mention them very casually as if you already know...
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Diana Scalia
Jun 12, 20231 min read
44 Nights in Paris
When I found what felt like my apartment in Paris, I booked the reservation. I was smitten when I saw the confirmation ~ 44 nights in...
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Diana Scalia
May 16, 20231 min read
Seeing Life thru Deep Pink Rose-Colored Glasses
La Vie en Magenta was originally divined when I landed in Paris, December 2022, to cook and write. On my way to France, I spent November...
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