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Lisa Anselmo is the author of My (Part-Time) Paris Life and has spent most of her professional career in magazine publishing, working on such iconic brands as Allure, Mademoiselle, InStyle, and People. She started to head over to Paris more and more and was following the fashion trends she saw there. She would write to her friends and created an early form…

Nicole Ress is Melbourne’s go-to Frenchie for language and travel! Nicole grew up in a French speaking household with her mother who had come to Australia from Paris in the 1950s, met Nicole’s dad and settled here. It was a wonderful and unusual childhood not just because of the French influence. Nicole’s father and grandfather…

Jennifer Greco has tasted over 460 French cheeses! I looooooved chatting to her so much as fromage is one of my favourite foods. She says there is a cheese for every mood and eats cheese every day.  After moving to France with her husband 20 years ago, Jennifer discovered a love for fromage and took…

Natalie Mueller always had a love for France which intensified during her early 20s when she worked in hospitality and had experience with a Michelin starred chef. He would only speak to her in French! So with that and the daily immersion in French food she was hooked! Since then she has built her own…

Joyeux Noel and Bonne année! Recently I was in France to visit Lyon for the Fete des Lumieres (discussed in the last LFF episode 87) and then continued on an amazing adventure! I travelled with my lovely friend Sarah Zwick from Be My Guest Immersions. I have a couple of tips for travelling in the…

If you’re planning on going to Lyon during its Fête des Lumières in any December, or to visit Lyon at any time, this Loulabelle’s chat with be most helpful and of great interest for you!    Recently I have been travelling on a wonderful French roadtrip with our LFF fave Frenchy correspondent ma belle amie…

Emma Morgan had such a different French story to chat about with me! It’s not often we consider the sport of Ultra Marathon Running as being particularly French, but Emma fascinated me with her story of the Ultra Trail Mont Blanc she ran in the French Alps around Chamonix, this past summer of 2022. The…

I adore Christmas! I love the decorations, the carols, the advent calendars, the gift-giving, the food! On every vacation I purchase a Chrissy decoration so when we decorate the Christmas tree we remember all our wonderful holidays, but this also keeps Christmas front of mind for me when travelling all year round too. Living in…

I wonder if chef and restaurant owner Matthew Carnell was always destined to be connected to France. After attending a French school trip as a 14 year old, Matt’s next Francophile adventure was after he had started his chef’s apprenticeship in Australia and he won an award that gave him a month working in a…

Janine Marsh is an author, the creator of The Good Life France website and editor of the associated magazine as well as an all-round fabulous fellow Francophile! I adored chatting to her, so much so that even through the editing process of my podcast chat with her, I found myself smiling and chuckling away to…