Stephanie Newton Books

Where I was this time last year. Also where I’d really like to be right this minute, sipping a cafe au lait, eating my pain du chocolat.

This year, my husband and I cashed in all our frequent flyer miles and spent a week in Paris. It was like going home for me. I studied there in college. All the things I remembered that I loved, I still loved. The café au lait, the chocolate, the museums, the…well, not everything I loved [...]

I was putting mascara on this morning, thinking wouldn’t it be nice if my eyes didn’t look like two holes burned in a blanket without this stuff? When we were in Paris last April, my husband and I strolled through Galleries Lafayette, gawking. It’s an unbelievable store.

I didn’t buy anything. I was too overwhelmed. But [...]