Making choices that are meaningful to you is the essence of the French woman's secret.

I can never leave a bookstore without buying a book. I read four or five at a time.

Once you have to start counting calories, it takes away from the joy of eating.

Being and working in America, it's very important to work hard, work smart and work in a certain way. France and Europe has, with the tradition and culture, it's slow-moving and it's not always good.

Once a day, take some 'Beach Time.'

French women love to shop and prepare food. They love to talk about what they have bought and made. It's a deeply natural love, but one that is erased in many other cultures. Most French women learn it from their mothers, some from their fathers. But if your parents aren't French, you can still learn it yourself.

Nothing but beauty and douceur