betharnold.com Análise do site para fevereiro 2026

i'm an american in paris-a writer/journalist/columnist/blogger at salon.com, vogue at style.com, huffpo, & more. i've written books, screenplays, and for magazines you have read. it was my dream to live in france my entire adult life until i finally made it happen 6+ years ago. how? doesn't hurt if you're a little nuts and raring to go. stuff happened, though not necessarily in this order: my younger daughter graduated from high school and left for college. my husband was writing a book. my mother dropped dead. i closed down and sold my family's two homes in the world, and i became a wandering nomad in france for more than a year before we ended up in paris. for the back-story, see www.chasingmatisse.com. that was then. here and now you're getting a combo of solid reporting, my point of view with its international edge, my life in paris and parisian culture--the vibe, etc. in france, in europe, wherever. whatever catches my interest and imagination are the subjects i choose to cover. i also weigh in on what's happening at home, politically and culturally. letter from paris is my vision/my world through expat eyes.