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Articles
by Adrian Leeds
A List
of Articles Written by Adrian Leeds
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Parisians
do it and you can do it, too --
have a great three course meal with wine and coffee in Paris for between
$10 and $35 including tax and tip! Adrian Leeds has been scouting good-value
restaurants in Paris for more than nine years. The Leeds Good Value Guide
to Paris Restaurants is her on-going effort to bring you secrets to great
dining in all the districts of Paris. There are more than 200 good-value
restaurants in the guide -- and she samples each and every one and only
recommends the best. Get
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Airline
Mileage Credit Cards Penalize Expats - Airline
Mileage Credit Cards Penalize Expats - For years, Adrian Leeds
has taken advantage of her credit card to accrue airline miles and gain
free travel for herself and her daughter. She pays for the entire restaurant
bill, they give her cash, she gets the miles/points and the best exchange
rate possible for converting U.S. dollars into the French francs. It's
been a perfect system until now. Adrian investigated nine credit cards
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Castles
in France - An
Expatriate Living In Paris Gives Travel Tips - An expatriate living
in France gives us some travel tips. Adrian B. Leeds writes from Paris
giving us some 'insider' travel ideas regarding the various French châteaux's
- She is the author of Leeds Good Value Guide to Paris Restaurants. She
also hosts an excellent website from France ~
French
Fried Apple Pie - The
Tale of an American "Pig-Out" from a Parisian Point of View - By
Adrian Leeds - The Tale of an American "Pig-Out" from a Parisian Point
of View. Adrian Leeds, writing from Paris, tells us about a classic American
"Pig-Out" after years of living in France. How you going to keep them down
on the farm after they've seen Paree?
How To
Live And Work In Paris ~ One
American Shares The Secrets Of Navigating la vie Française ~
by Adrian Leeds - Thousands of Americans of all ages come here every year
in the hopes of a job, career, new friends -- in short, a new life. Paris
is very séduisant (seductive), so if you come here on vacation once
or twice, it's easy to get hooked. Beauty, culture, cuisine, language,
style, art, literature, history, romance, architecture...it's all here
for the asking, as long as you're willing to pay the price. Jan/05
Intricacies
Of Working And Living In Paris - Intricacies
Of Working And Living In Paris - I came here the first time and got
hooked. Once every few years quickly turned into coming year after year,
always staying in the same hotel in the same neighborhood, dreaming about
calling that neighborhood home. Then, with some planning, my family and
I sold our house, our cars, packed up our furniture, shipped our belongings
to Paris and moved into a furnished apartment less than half the size of
our California home with no closet space and just enough money to last
one year, or two with some luck.
 Parisian
Holiday Bliss ~ Advice
From Parler Paris ~ by Adrian Leeds - I am almost always home in Paris
for Christmas and New Year's Eve, too - mostly because so many friends
love to descend on Paris at this time of year. Obviously, it's a time when
people have vacation, but it's also such a romantic idea to celebrate the
holidays by strolling along the elegantly lit Champs-Elysées or
sipping on a spicy "vin chaud" in a corner café. Dec./04
Parlez-Vous
Français? – How to Work the Web for Learning French in France -
How
to Work the Web for Learning French in France - The moment you have
to interact with the Parisians in non-tourist situations (like a conference
with your kid's teacher or seeking an obscure little piece of hardware
in the "sous-sol" [basement] of the "BHV") you're in big trouble without
the language. So, if you want to do more than just
exist in Paris,
I suggest you think through the best, fastest and easiest ways to learn
the language. ~ Writing from Paris, Adrian Leeds gives us the word about
what it takes to learn Français |
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Adrian
Leeds grew up in New Orleans, attended the Fashion Institute of Technology
in New York City, spent a year on a kibbutz in Israel before settling into
a career and family life, first in Knoxville, then in Los Angeles. In 1994,
she brought with her to Paris more than 25 years experience in marketing
and
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public
relations, first with Levi Strauss & Co., then with television station
promotion, broadcast advertising sales, media purchasing, advertising agency
account management for her own firm as well as others, not to mention a
daughter. She is currently in the Marketing and Public Relations
division of Western Web Works representing WebFrance International.
Adrian says that she was compelled to write this article after spending
hours upon hours researching the credit card situation online and "onphone!"
Adrian wants to ask, "Do the credit card companies want to discourage inquiries?"
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Paris Meeting
Places ~ Enjoying
Paris ~ by Adrian Leeds - Many who make the move to Paris promise themselves
NOT to meet only people of their own nationality. I was one of those who
thought that becoming Parisian meant having Parisian friends, immersing
myself in the French community, speaking French more often than English
and all in all, avoiding the American community. Quickly I discovered this
wasn't necessarily the best approach to acclimate quickly to my new home.
The support I gained from having new found friends who understood the issues
and concerns I faced entering this new culture was invaluable to a successful
transition. French friends weren't able to provide that kind of support.
Oct./05
Provence
And Corsica ~ Inexpensive
And Beautiful ~ By Adrian Leeds - Great article about how to travel
through Provence and Corsica on little money. Summertime is coming to Europe
and now is the time to plan your trip to Corsica and Provence. The mountain
towns and beautiful beaches and the food and the people. Only two months
to July so start planning. May/03
| Real Estate in Paris
- Rent OR Purchase? Or Rent THEN Purchase? - Real
Estate in Paris - Rent OR Purchase? Or Rent THEN Purchase? ~ For
stays in Paris of five days or more, a furnished apartment turns a "tourist
into a "visitor." The moment you press the keys on the "digicode," enter
the stairwell, turn the funny looking French key in the lock and step into
your private little world fully furnished, comfortable and lived-in, you
are no longer a tourist, nor even a visitor at all -- but a real Parisian,
even if only for a few days or few weeks. By Adrian Leeds |
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Rent, Buy, Rent - Apartment
In Paris ~ by Adrian Leeds - In Paris, it's not unusual for a tenant
to quickly transform into a landlord. Such is the case for thousands
of foreigners, particularly entrepreneurial investment-seeking North Americans
who have fallen in love with the City of Light and "La France Profonde"
after a few trips and a short stay in a "pied-à-terre"(furnished
apartment). The first time you landed at Charles
de Gaulle, it's likely you taxied to a quaint little hotel on the Left
Bank, spent the week visiting museums, shopping at the "grands magasins,"
dining at the most written-about restaurants and getting to know the lay
of the River Seine. May/05
Ten Days
Under the Tuscan Sun and in the Shade of Umbria - Ten
Days Under the Tuscan Sun and in the Shade of Umbria - It was
simple enough to get there from Paris -- EasyJet was easy and cheap...a
little more than a one hour flight to Pisa from Orly Airport at 6 a.m.
without much ado or hassle for about 100€ round trip. The little Pisa
airport was a simple, too. A two-minute shuttle took my daughter and I
to our rental car at the Hertz lot -- a bright blue Fiat Panda that seemed
to have "we're in Italy" written all over it. The luggage fit perfectly
in the trunk and off we went. Sept./06
The Secret
Formula of the Frugal Gourmet in Paris - Between
Meals - Adrian Leeds has found the way to live in Paris and to eat
her meals too. An enviable position. In addition she knows
where all the best restaurants are. She is willing to share
some of her secrets and does so in this enticing article. Bon appétit!
Thanks
to the Internet: Fourteen
Glorious Days of August in Provence and Corsica – On $50 a Day! - Paris
based expat Adrian Leeds takes a working holiday, has a perfect vacation,
and tells us all about it. "Ménerbes was made famous by Peter Mayle
in his tale titled "A Year in Provence," the trials and tribulations of
an Englishman and his wife who have set out to retire to an old stone Provençal
home in "peace." Tourists flock here now, but the charm remains and we
lunched on big beautiful salads in an open terraced restaurant with a view
of the surrounding hills and farms. - - Corsica is a perfect blend of France
and Italy. The architecture is simpler in style as in Italy, but isn't
quite as "laisser faire." The cuisine is a blend of traditional French
and pastas and we found the restaurants to serve a good quality for very
reasonable prices, about 25% less expensive than dining in Paris."
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