Being French on the inside, where it really counts, I’ve written a lot about romance. Paris is, after all, the City of Love, and romance is everywhere. It’s all about creating spark, mystery and excitement.

Doesn’t it feel like the weekdays are when you do the work, and the weekends are when you do the other work? Will someone please explain to me how – in this modern world with every possible convenience, where products come to you almost before you think of them and...

True confession – I started out writing this about men, the care and feeding of. And then I thought, in all fairness, that women are no picnic either. So, for the sake of parity, I’m addressing a few eccentricities of both sides.

We’re all familiar with the idea of workflow, whether we know it or not. Workflow is simply the idea of doing repeatable actions in an established way, to produce a specific outcome.

So there I was, in Paris, at the Ritz – home to Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Dior, and Cartier, in the front row, waiting to attend my first designer runway fashion show – and my first book signing at the Paris Fashion Week launch of my book, “Creating the French Metabolism: Eat, Drink, and Be Beautiful.”

Holy cow it’s almost here! I love the holidays … it’s a time for friends, family, fireplaces, Père Noël, cookies, extra cooking, extra cleaning, shopping for groceries, shopping for presents – wow, I just made myself tired.