Author: Amy Thomas

Amy Thomas is a Brooklyn-based writer, mother and wife; transatlantic Sweet Freak; foodie and flaneur. In addition to writing Paris, My Sweet and Brooklyn In Love, and co-authoring the interior design book Convertible Houses, she writes about food, travel and lifestyle for various publications such as The New York Times, New York Post and National Geographic Traveler. She is slightly obsessed with sweets.

Little Miss Cupcake As a New Yorker, I find it equal parts utter insanity and totally logical that as soon as I moved to Paris last year—with visions of millefeuilles, pains au chocolat, artisan chocolates and good old Nutella street crepes dancing through my head—I wound up Velib’ing through the back streets of the eleventh… …read more

After enduring the heaploads of buzz generated by Mama Shelter — Philip Starck’s uber-hip hotel — HiP Paris Correspondent Amy Thomas decided to stop by its new Alain Senderens restaurant to fill us in on the eagerly awaited French fare. mamashelter.com I arrived at Mama Shelter well before any of my friends. Simply said, it’s… …read more