Last year, my oldest daughter, Dahlia, dared me to take her to Paris, suggesting we leave her three younger sisters behind. After years of resisting, she’d developed an interest in learning French, ...

Before COVID-19 upended our lives I had a goal: learn French by the summer. The aim was to master the basics of a French 101 class—a gift to myself for my 33rd birthday—and then book a trip to Paris ...

There’s a lot to be said for simplicity. Just as cable companies overload you with way too many TV channels (I’ll bet a lot of you, like me, only watch a handful) some restaurants cram more categories ...

It’s 11:57 a.m., and I’m hurrying to class with my backpack on. A colleague stops me in front of the Chemistry-Physics Building and says, “You look like a student!” Actually, I am. At 46, I’m an ...

MONTREAL — For visitors who want to learn some of the local lingo, a pair of Montreal hotels have partnered with Berlitz Canada to offer French lessons to guests. MONTREAL — For visitors who want to ...

Last week, I was talking with reader Carol Dionne of St. John about her three years of French language lessons she had taken at St. Maria Goretti Catholic Church in Dyer. “I’d taken Spanish language ...