La Vie Creative
France has been motivating people for decades to create and live a more inspired life. La Vie Creative is a weekly podcast all about creatives in Paris and beyond, hosted by American Expat Krystal Kenney. Designed to help you enrich your inner artist and tap into your innovative gifts.
- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 30 minutes
- Episodes
- 560
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
EP 79: Paris History Avec A Hemingway (Valtesse de La Bigne)
If there was one story I was excited to share when we began this podcast it was the life of Valtesse de La Bigne. Born in 1848 she learned from a very early age she had to take care of …
EP 78: Parisian native and historian Edith de Belleville teaches us why creatives are attracted to Paris
Edith de Belleville is a licensed tour guide in Paris and an attorney at law. She wrote a book about inspirational Parisian women from the past "Belles et Rebelles".She also teaches th…
EP 77: Paris History Avec a Hemingway (Marie Bracquemond)
When the Impressionist artists ruled Paris, there were a few women that made their way into the exclusive club. Known as Les Trois Grandes Dames, Berthe Morisot, Mary Cassatt, and Marie…
EP 76: Véronique Bawol teaches us about creativity in French cooking
Véronique Bawol, the company founder of Cuisine Elégante, was introduced to classic French cooking at an early age in her family’s kitchen. She was especially inspired by her grandmothe…
EP 75: Paris History Avec A Hemingway (Diane de Poitiers)
Diane de Poitiers, the true love of Henri II and the number one enemy of Catherine de Medicis was born on January 9, 1500. Educated by Anne, Duchess of Bourbon, daughter of Louis XI she…
EP 74: Anna Barr, an American in Paris, talks about fashion trend forecasting in Paris!
Having studied and worked in the UK, USA, Malta, Italy, Greece, and Japan; Anna gained extensive exposure to international markets and trends across a variety of multi-media fields befo…
EP 73: Paris History Avec a Hemingway (Jane Avril)
Jane Avril, the bell of the Moulin Rouge is mainly known for the many images that Toulouse-Lautrec painted of her. However, there is always more than that to her story. Her mother Leoti…
EP 72: Amanda VanOsdol shows us you don't have to choose one creative outlet
An American in Paris, my guest today arrived in Paris as a 29-year-old student who had dreamed of moving abroad since childhood.
She is the quintessential creative who dabbles in 1000 f…
EP 71: Paris History Avec A Hemingway (Madame de Maintenon)
Madame de Maintenon, the woman that would start as a secret babysitter and become the unofficial queen of France. Born in 1635, her father was in prison for gambling and counterfeiting …
EP 70: Paris Photographer, Meredith Mullins, takes us inside her photography world
Meredith Mullins came for a short visit to Paris 15 years ago … and decided to stay. Pourquoi pas? Dreams can come true.
She is devoted to two passions—photography and writing—and all th…
EP 69: Paris History Avec A Hemingway (Madame de Montespan)
Madame de Montespan, was born as Françoise de Rochechouart de Mortemart on October 5, 1641 in Lussac-les-Châteaux. Her family, the house of Rochechouart, was one of the oldest noble fa…
EP 68: French Comedian and Art Historian Cedrik Verdure, brings laughter to history tours in Paris!
Today I chat with French native and Stand up comedian Cedrik Verdure. He is also the author of Laugh your Way through the Louvre! Cedrik became famous for his hilarious tours, making h…
EP 67: Paris History Avec a Hemingway (Mary Cassatt)
American artist Mary Cassatt was considered one of “Les Trois Grandes Dames of Impressionism” alongside Berthe Morisot and Marie Bracquemond. Born in Pittsburgh on May 22, 1844, to a ve…
EP 66: Illustrator Jessie Kanelos Weiner chats about her French inspired illustrations and life in Paris
JESSIE KANELOS WEINER IS A FRANCO-AMERICAN ILLUSTRATOR, AUTHOR AND FOOD STYLIST BASED IN PARIS AND NEW YORK. BORN AND RAISED IN CHICAGO, SHE WAS A COSTUME DESIGNER IN A PREVIOUS LIFE WH…
EP 65: Paris History Avec a Hemingway (Josephine Baker)
There were many American expats filling the streets of Paris in the 1920’s but there was one that did it with an extra panash and made an immediate impression. Josephine Baker was a wo…
EP 64: Richard Nahem chats about his popular French inspired blog eyepreferparis.com and his life in the city of light!
Richard Nahem is a native New Yorker with a longstanding love for Paris. A trained chef, Richard ran a successful catering and event planning company for over twenty years in New York C…
EP 63: Paris History Avec a Hemingway (Juliette Récamier)
You will know this week's lovely lady from the beautiful painting hanging in the Musée du Louvre by Jacques-Louis David. Juliette Récamier was a fixture of the Paris Salon scene in the…
EP 62: Julia Willard of Falling Off Bicycles, shares her photographic eye with us!
Julia Willard moved to Paris where she found herself having to have a camera with herself at all times to capture the way the city had mastered beauty. Her bicycle added to the experien…
EP 61: Paris History Avec a Hemingway (Queen Berthe)
The statue of Reine Berthe in the Jardin du Luxembourg is one of my favorites of the twenty illustrious ladies in French history. She may not be as well known as Marie de Medicis but yo…
EP 60: Samantha Verant, bestselling author of Seven Letters from Paris and How to Make a French Family chats about her new book!
Samantha Vérant is a travel addict, a self-professed oenophile, and a determined, if occasionally unconventional, at home French chef. She is the bestselling author of Seven Letters fro…