Paris Match: Falling in (love) with the French

How to become Parisian - a genuine, laugh-out-loud tale of French life.

John von Sothen is an American writer living in Paris, where he works for Vanity Fair, Esquire and other magazines, does voice-overs for French luxury brands, and occasionally performs stand-up comedy (in French and English!). He lives with his actress wife Anäis, their children Bibi and Otho, and their dog Bogart, who has recently become a rom-com film star.

In the clear-eyed and charming Paris Match, John von Sothen offers a guide to French love, slang, food, conversation, schools and much more. Hilarious and thoroughly entertaining.
'[Paris Match] records his continuing, bumbling attempts to carry off la vie Parisienne with something approaching grace-or, at least, skirting calamity.'
John von Sothen's memoir of Parisian expat life offers dozens of insights into a place that continues to mystify and enchant. . . . [with] delicious, uniquely French details.
A deft, shrewd, and entertaining take on [his] adoptive home, a place far different from how it is conveyed in winsome movies like Amelie . . . A witty, incisive portrait of contemporary France.