in this installment: moulin rouge, jean cocteau’s la belle et la bête, chistophe gans’ beauty and the beast, and gigi! i plan on one more blog on titles before i go, so let me know what essentials i’m missing in the comments! :D

indulging in things (books, movies, tv) set in paris in anticipation of next month’s art & writing trip!

all five episodes of my weekly reading book review for the month of january 2023!

in which i continue to watch as many “french” movies as I can before i go to paris in march. part two… covered in this post: forget paris (1995), the red balloon (1956), sabrina (1954), eloise in paris (1957), hugo (book 2007; movie 2011), funny face (1957)

join me as i travel through french books and cinema (american-made and french-made) in media preparation for my author-research-writing-illustrating trip in march!

a booksigning event with michael kostroff & a for-the-kids all-female romeo & juliet!

in which i attend four theatre events in three days & it’s still not nearly enough.

i got to go to the highlights foundation summer camp in fiction on a scholarship, and i’m not sure i’ll ever recover from just how spectacular it was.

where crayons provide shelter for those standing guard; where church, the royal family, & the arts are in perfect alignment; and where "danishes" are called "vienna bread" because the danes are just that humble.