meet the writers

Renée Kuo

After nearly a decade of working in fixed income sales and trading, Renée was lured away from Wall Street and to wine through a series of fortunate encounters—from meeting famed Bordelais Christian Moueix in New York City to fêting the 2010 vintage with 750 singing Burgundian bon vivants at Château de Meursault. Since her departure [...]

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Cynthia Rose

Cynthia first lived in Paris at the age of 16, where she worked at a marionette theatre and helped create a phonetic guide to help Anglophone students order pâtisserie. After university at Newnham College, Cambridge, she found the shortest path back to high heels [...]

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Kelly Page

Kelly Page has worked in marketing for the entertainment industry for the past 15 years, and recently traded the bright lights of Hollywood for the softer City of Light, Paris. She’s taken her food and wine passion to the place that inspires it all. Follow her next chapter of food, wine and wanderings at Tasting [...]

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Emily Dilling Poulain

At a formative age, Emily Dilling Poulain heard the European lifestyle described as one in which afternoon naps were widely encouraged and the eating of fresh and local foods was a regular practice. Inspired by this description, Emily moved to Paris five years ago and has been living, studying, napping and writing her blog, Paris [...]

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Doni Belau

Doni owned an apartment in the 6th Arrondissement for years until just recently. A true Francophile at heart, she combs through every guidebook written about Paris, scours every blog and travel magazine [...]

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Jenna-Marie Warnecke

After living in New York for seven-plus years as a video editor, Jenna-Marie Warnecke escaped to Paris to become a writer. She spends her days eating just the right amount of Camembert (a lot) and running Paris Cheapskate, a blog about enjoying Paris for less. She spends her nights drinking just the right amount of [...]

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Sylvia Sabes

Sylvia writes copy and provides creative direction for international ad agencies that really, really, really want you to buy brand X. She also shops vicariously through others, offering private shopping tours of Paris for collectors of art, antiques, modern design and chocolate.

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