In 1963, D’yan Forest made her first debut as a Parisian cabaret singer; her “Allouette” received a standing ovation. After her studies, D’yan returned to America as a chanteuse who performed in 9 languages. However,… View Post

Have you ever wondered what really goes into the beauty products you use everyday? Do you know why many French women avoid washing their faces with tap water? Keemia Kaboli is here to reveal these… View Post

Meet Peter Villani, a computer scientist from New York who is here in Paris to stay. He describes his expat experience in France as a “love affair”, with all of the challenges and rewards that come… View Post

Meet Polish-American travel writer and event producer, Pola Henderson. This expat is consumed by wanderlust and spends her time jetting around between her home city Krakow, Chicago (where she also spent many years), Paris, and… View Post

Recently, the Our Paris Stories team had the pleasure of laughing all night to “Becoming Maman“, the comedy show brilliantly written and performed by Amber Minogue and Sarah Donnelly. These stand-up comedians–Amber originally from the… View Post

While Paul Bioche is technically French, he grew up in an American household surfing the waves and wandering the woods of California. After university, a coding gig at a hot Parisian start-up called Paul to… View Post

Mayanne Wright first fell in love with Paris at age 10 when she watched Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron dance around a fountain in An American in Paris. She vowed that one day, she’d make… View Post

After a 20-year career in Human Resources in the United States, Gretchen Rose made the brave–and exciting!–decision to put work aside to pursue an adventure abroad. She is perhaps the only person we’ve met who… View Post

You may have spotted Charli James on TV–she works as an anchor and reporter at France 24 English. From falling in love with a Frenchman to enduring really rough immigration appointments, Charli shares the moments… View Post

From her breath-taking rooftop view of the Eiffel Tower, Grace Wong Folliet tells the story of her family’s move to Paris and how she’s had to reinvent herself in the city of light. Leveraging her… View Post