(Paris, Rome, Berlin)

Recently an acquaintance of mine who lives in Germany commented on my blog concerning the “Chic of French Women.”   To encapsulate his quite lengthy response which was sent to me through my private email, he basically stated his opinion on what he felt was the self -deprecating tendency of American women to use facelifts as beauty enhancements in order  to combat  the aging process.

What came to mind was how ironic his opinion was considering the fact that we both live among the antiquities of Europe. 

Image what living here would be like without the nips and tucks of European restoration efforts.  The way I see it is that we’d all be living as if we were in the bowels of the slums of Cairo.