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

What’s a sky-pod? That’s what Luke Thompson calls his office, a rooftop terrace overlooking the Eiffel Tower where he records his award-winning podcast for listeners around the world. This expat from England has an impressive… View Post

Meet Manuela Nunez, a Project Manager from Colombia working at Ykone. By day, she manages international influencer campaigns for a variety of brands like Gucci and Marc Jacobs. In her free time, you can probably… 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

Her parents’ love story began on the French Riviera, when Rebecka Tollens’ father, a French waiter, fell in love with a Swedish jazz singer outside the restaurant. Something kept calling Rebecka to France so ten… 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