Heather's Current Projects

Naughty Paris on the Playboy Channel

2008-01-27T11:52:34Z

Today I did my first media appearence for Playboy Channel's new series beginning in March called "69 Sexy Things to Do Before You Die". Here I am on the banks of the Seine trying not to look cold, talking about my guidebook and all of the naughty things you can get yourself into in Paris.

Strategically hiding the rubbish bin, I'm now ready for my close up...

The Naughty Paris Guide is now in editorial production! The cover is done -- pretty, non?

Coming May 2008!

Naughty Paris Guide Photographer Begins Shooting Today

2007-07-18T18:02:43Z

After many months of trying to find the right team to produce the Naughty Paris Guide, I have finally found an excellent photographer, Kirsten Loop, who agreed to come to Paris all the way from Toronto to shoot over 25 locations in a ten-day period. Stay tuned on the progress at the Naughty Paris Blog.

Urgence Humanitaire Asie (Humanitarian Emergency in Asia)

2007-05-07T15:28:33Z

Not all of my work is for fluffy travel guides and magazines.

I've been helping Rémi Fritsch, president of UHA (Urgence Humanitaire Asie), translate the newsletters of his non-profit organization, created a year ago to help the thousands of predominantly Hmong refugees being exterminated in Laos. Their crime? They're the children and grandchildren of those who fought on the side of the Americans (and before that, the French) during the Vietnam War.

It doesn't seem to be up on the UHA site yet, so in the meantime you can read the rough draft here.

Michelin Green Guide to the French Riviera

2007-05-07T14:54:47Z

This spring has been spent updating Michelin's Green Guide to the French Riviera (the English version, of course). It feels like I just updated the last edition (in fall 2005; published in 2006), but it's amazing how fast things can change in just two years!

Naughty Paris Website

2007-05-07T14:48:42Z

For all of you following the progress of the Naughty Paris guide check out the new website: www.naughtyparisguide.com. At the moment the text is in its final stages, printer quotes are coming in, and the photographer has been taking some preliminary shots. I'll be touring around the US for a month, so it's not likely that the guide will go to pressuntil the fall. But in the mean time stay tuned for the upcoming Naughty Paris events!

It's Hotel Time!

2006-11-08T21:42:52Z

As soon as the weather turns chilly, I know I'll be testing the "cozy" factor of the city's countless hotels. The "quiet" time at the end of the year always seems to be when I get the most assignments for hotel reviews and updating. This year, luckily, I got to start a little early, so I'm still in my fall coat. Nothing worse for the sinuses than going in and out of the cold streets and into overheated lobbies! This year I'm updating for Fodor's again, as well as one of my favorite hotel websites, Eurocheapo.com. I'll also be updating and adding to the hotel reviews for the Secrets of Paris Resource Guide later this winter...something to keep me busy those long nights in January!

Shopping tours in JetAway Magazine

2006-11-08T21:36:03Z

Usually I'm the one writing the articles, but this time I actually got to be in the October-December 2006 issue of JetAway in-flight magazine: check out the "Big Shop" article featuring yours truly as a personal shopper in Paris (download here).

Summer in Paris

2006-08-03T09:52:42Z

In July, my restaurant and spa reviews came out in the Jetaway inflight magazine (for Jet 2 airways, a budget airline based in the UK), and my Loire Valley articles on the Prince "Jardinier" de Broglie and the Comte de Vogüé (PDF 5.1M) appeared in France Magazine's summer issue. I'm currently working on the latest edition of Michelin's Green Guide to Paris (the English version, of course).

Cooking Classes on the Côte d'Azur

2006-06-14T08:14:02Z

My article on three cooking classes in and around Nice appears in the summer edition of Redhot, the inflight magazine for Virgin Express Airlines. Read "Cooking on the Côte d'Azur" online here or see the pretty print layout here.

Robb Report's 18th annual "Best of the Best"

2006-05-29T23:03:14Z

Look for my article on Senderens restaurant in Robb Report's 18th Annual "Best of the Best" issue, on page 290, "Less is More". The rest of the guide isn't online, so you'll have to cough up the $9.99 at the newsstand if you want to know what the luxury lifestyle is like these days. ;)