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
- 564
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
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…
EP 59: Paris History Avec a Hemingway (Jeanne Lanvin)
There are many designers that have shaped fashion in France. However, before there were Dior and Chanel there was Jeanne Lanvin. Lanvin was a designer that paved the way for all the oth…
EP 58: Lily Heise chats about being a writer in Paris for 20 years!
A native of Canada, Lily Heise fell in love with Paris on a study abroad program and never looked back. This year she'll be celebrating her 20th anniversary in the City of Light, or is …
EP 57: Paris History Avec a Hemingway (Ninon de Lenclos)
Ninon de Lenclos was a woman way ahead of her time. Born in 1620, she decided at a very early age that she was not going to live the life of the rest of the 17th century women. She didn…
EP 56: Susan Hutchinson is the founder and curator of @thefrancophiles, a community that promotes French culture around the globe
Susan Hutchinson is the founder and curator of @thefrancophiles, a community that promotes French culture around the globe. She is also the creative director for her French-inspired lif…
EP 55: Paris History Avec a Hemingway (Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun)
The life of Marie Antoinette has been well documented. However the loveliest of ways and the most enduring image of the fated queen was in the paintings of Elisabeth Vigee Le Brun.
Vig…
EP 54: Le Cordon Bleu graduate, Molly Wilkinson, chats about creativity in pastries!
Molly Wilkinson is a pastry chef living in Versailles. Originally from Dallas, Texas, in 2013 she changed careers to follow her passion by moving to Paris and studying pastry at Le Cord…
EP 53: Paris History Avec a Hemingway (Sarah Bernhardt)
Sarah Bernhardt the darling of the stage marched to her own beat. From an early age she heard the calling but at first she thought it was for a religious life. After a full mass funeral…
EP 52: American born Painter, James Pouliot, talks about how Paris and learning to paint changed his life
James Pouliot di Lombardia is an American artist living in Paris, France. His photography work has been featured in international fashion publications such as a Vogue and L’Officiel. Hi…
EP 51: Paris History Avec a Hemingway (Camille Claudel)
The story of Camille Claudel is one of heartbreak and sadness. A genius of an artist she never got her due and ended her life alone.
At just 12 years old she began to play with clay and…
EP 50: Parisian installation artist, Tara Vatanpour, chats about how there are no mistakes in creativity
About Tara Vatanpour : Tara Vatanpour is an artist and a luxury fashion designer, founder of Tara Vatanpour. Persian, Azari, French, American, and influenced by the Brazilian culture, …
EP 49: Paris History Avec a Hemingway (Edith Piaf)
Edith Giovanna Gassion Piaf, born on her doorstep as the story she stuck with on December 19, 1915. A very tough childhood after her mother abandoned her, a grandmother that gave her w…
EP 48: Emily in Paris Chat with the real Emily in Paris working in marketing in the city of Light!
I sat down with Emily Jackson, who is an American in Paris working in marketing to talk about the new Netflix hit "Emily in Paris".
I wanted her take on the show compared to what it's r…
EP 47: Music and Paris Life with Singer and Songwriter Rykarda Parasol
Rykarda Parasol is an artist, writer and musician best known for her solo musical work depicting noir-lit melodies reminiscent of folk, Americana, and early pyche 60s pop. Ms. Parasol i…
EP 46: Paris History Avec a Hemingway (Johanna van Gogh-Bonger)
Johanna Bonger van-Gogh a name you may not know, but without her, we would never know her brother-in-law, Vincent.
Married to Theo van Gogh, art dealer, and brother to Vincent van Gogh …
EP 45: Lilianne Milgrom chats about her new book "L’Origine" and the world of Gustave Courbet
Paris-born, internationally acclaimed artist and author LILIANNE MILGROM grew up in Australia, lived in Israel and currently resides in Washington, DC. She exhibits her artwork around t…
EP 44: Paris History Avec a Hemingway (Sylvia Beach)
Sylvia Beach, the sweet woman that had a love of books and sharing them with others in her legendary store Shakespeare and Company holds the spotlight in this week's episode.
Arriving i…