{Un}Glamorous Paris: Visitors

If you don't like being a hostess, you shouldn't move to Paris. More than anywhere in the world, I'd venture to guess that Paris is the #1 place people will go out of the way to visit you (or even those people you don't really remember - but who are suddenly your new best friends - will find a way).I've stopped counting how many visitors I've had pass through Paris in my various stints here.

{Un}Glamorous Paris: La Piscine

If you want to see the French at their most unglamorous, all one needs to do is take a trip to the local piscine (swimming pool). Speedos and swim caps required - need I say more?The pool quickly becomes the most untraditional (and most affordable) fashion show in Paris showcasing unflattering speedos, some with tiger or plaid patterns, and other baggy ones that flow in the water like the plastic