Published Articles by Adrian Leeds

Adrian Leeds frequently writes for various print and electronic publications. Her articles can be read by visiting these pages:

• Parler Paris Past Newsletters
  
  
• Under the Tuscan Sun and in the Shade of Umbria -- Without Rose-Colored Sunglasses
  Photos by Erica Simone
  July 31, 2006

• Apartment hunters…
  Finding a place to hang your hat in Paris
  May 1, 2005, Paris Voice
  
• Know Before You Go
  Tips every traveler to France needs to know to insure a fabulous visit!
  
• Getting the Royal Treatment
  A tour of enchanting castles in France which you can rent for a night or a week.
  
• The Secret Formula of the Frugal Gourmet in Paris
  How to dine in Paris when you have champagne tastes and a beer budget.
  
• French Fried Apple Pie
  The tale of an American "pig-out" from a Parisian point of view.
  
• Going Native in Paris
  Dine like the Parisians dine, in restaurants the Parisians dine in and more.
  
• A Global Microcosm in Paris
  Parler Parlor: the French/English conversation group in Paris.
  
• Intricacies of Working and Living in Paris
  If you are thinking of working and living in Paris, this is Adrian’s advice based on her own experiences.
  
• How to Work the Web for Learning French in France
  Adrian asks the questions, and with your answers you can begin your research on the Web
  
• Thanks to the Internet: Fourteen Glorious Days of August in Provence and Corsica On $50 a Day!
  A dream vacation on the beautiful island of Corsica.
  
• Raising an Expat
  She didn't set out to raise a teenage daughter in Paris all by herself. It just happened that way. Adrian tells the trials, tribulations and rewards of being an expat single parent with an expat teenage daughter.
  
• Airline Mileage (And Most All) Credit Cards Penalize Expats (and Travellers)
  Issuing banks impose additional Foreign Currency Transaction fees providing no additional service costing travellers much more than they bargained for. How do you know?
  
• A Florida Feast
  Months of cold, gray, rainy Parisian days prompted Adrian to head to Florida to regain her sunny American spirit and healthy appetite. This is a tale of her twelve days of feasting on fun in the sun and Florida seafood.
  
• Bon is "Pas Bon"
  

  Finally -- from the author of the Insider Paris Guide for Good Value Restaurants, a restaurant to avoid!

• How to Pig Out in Paris and Stay a Shrimp

  Or How to Eat without Guilt! By the author of the Insider Paris Guide for Good Value Restaurants.

• Dining Out in Paris in August
  Adrian Leeds tells us her secrets on how to have great meals in Paris when most of the restaurants are closed for August!
  
• Owing a Piece of Paris
  Adrian now has a little piece of Paris she can call her own and wouldn't trade it for all the square footage, king-size beds and walk-in closets she used to think life was all about . . . Stateside, that is.
  
• NOLA Eats
  Adrian eats her way through New Orleans (that party town "sho knows howta eat!") during the International Living Live Overseas Conference during November 2002 and "she sho' is glad."

• Qui Fait Quoi à Rungis
  Jean (I never learned a last name) at Butet Import/Export happily sold Adrian a 500 gram package of dried cêpes for what she thought was a ridiculously low price of 20 euro. Learn more about her adventures at Rungis International, France's central wholesale market.
  
• The Greening of Paris
  Bertrand Delanoë's Paris is teeming up for a greening up and Adrian tells you all about it.
  
• Multi-Ethnic Dining Adventures in La La Land
  Dining in "La La Land" is a trip...around the world. Adrian tells how she dined around the world in 10 days.
  
• Incredible India
  Follow Adrian and her daughter, Erica, through the Golden Triangle of India as they attend and photograph two traditional Hindu weddings and discover a world of chaos and dichotomy.
  
• "VIAGER" WITH A VIEW PART I
  The story gets more fascinating by the moment as it unfolds inch by inch. So fascinating, that the elements read like a screenplay filled with mystery, romance, drama, moral issues and legal questions...all set in the world's most exciting city -- Paris.
  
• "VIAGER" WITH A VIEW PART II
  You've waited a week for me to unfold the rest of this amazing story, now realizing that it may take more than just Parts I and II to tell it properly. This is the story of the "Viager" -- the studio apartment with a terrace that last week became mine, except that I don't hold the rights of usage!
  
• "VIAGER" WITH A VIEW PART III
  The story continues to unfold, but at least, today's issue will get you up to date and then it can be filled in along the way, weeks or months down the road. After taking Judith Merian's Scriptwriting Workshop last Saturday, it is clear that the story has all the elements of a great screenplay...filled with mystery, romance, drama, moral issues and legal questions...all set in the world's most exciting city -- Paris, and in particular, "Le Marais."
  
• "VIAGER" WITH A VIEW PART IV
  The last time you read about "Le Saint-Tropez" was just after having purchased the tiny apartment in September 2007.