It's not who you know, but Huguenot...
"Oh that bloody laundry basket!"
Read MoreMy Second French Lover...
Philippe taught me to speak French – things to this day I can't repeat in public...
Read MoreThe swimming pool: part 2. The argument.
Impossible! A word that I will become all too familiar with!
Read MoreMy first great love...
He called me his "petit lapin," his adorable "chou" (cabbage)...
Read MoreThe swimming pool – part one: my husband...
"Non, impossible!" said M. Menard from Bainluxe when asked if they could build an America pool....
Read MoreGrowing up in France
This is how I imagined I looked...
Read MoreLisztomania
Criticized as one of the "most embarrassing historical movie ever made...."
Read MoreFrench Flea Markets
The dealer assures me it's the real Louis Philippe...
Read MoreRoman Polanski teaches me How to Act...
He told me I wore too much make-up and he didn't like my clothes...
Read MoreRestoring the Ruin...
An iron bar that is literally- and rather alarmingly, I learn - holding the entire house together...
Read MoreDavid Hockney Paints Me
He grabbed a colored marker... Written by Fiona Lewis
Read MoreCocktails with Truman Capote
Love? "Oh, honey, " he said, taking my hand, "it's the impossible dream..." - Written by Fiona Lewis
Read MoreFlirting in France
Nothing so démodé here as a shrieking No, which really means Yes!
Read MoreFellini, Visconti, Silvana Mangano - then me.
"Now please walk back and forth - per favore va, va," he commanded. - Written by Fiona Lewis
Read MoreSt Tropez forever & Brigitte Bardot
"Can I be in the film?" I asked... - Written by Fiona Lewis
Read MoreFrench logic?
You will be electrocuted, Madame! Electrocute! he says, laughing... - Written by Fiona Lewis
Read MoreMy Lunch with Tony Richardson & Laurence Olivier
Listening carefully, the famous profile erect... - Written by Fiona Lewis
Read MoreAdventures with Jacqueline Bisset in the modeling trade...
I exuded an air of virginal saintliness... London, the transition from postwar timidness to full-blown hedonistic revolution - Written by Fiona Lewis
Read MoreFinding French workmen...
"Too late in the season," said Mr. Bruni... How was I going to restore a French Chateau? - Written by Fiona Lewis
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