Our friend Laila is so rafinée, with such discriminating taste. We’ve become closer friends since she and her family moved to Paris from San Francisco. As she is a French local, she has found for us several places in the neighborhood which are definitely great finds. One is a terrific gathering place for families on… Continue reading A Local Find
Paris is lovely for children…. We had three families (twelve people) at Sunday brunch at Le Pain Quotidien where we sat at a grand communal table and enjoyed the all natural menu in a lovely, even joyful ambiance, if you can believe it. It’s decorated like a grand épicerie à l’ancienne with an incredibly organic… Continue reading Paris is a Feast for Families
What a delight to come upon a whimsical wall of handmade finger puppets? Little Red Riding Hood, Three Little Bears, Pinocchio… one wall of the shop was covered with these little handmade toys which absolutely delighted my two kids. They had dreams of a MAJOR puppet theatre. As we entered the shop, we saw the… Continue reading Handmade Puppets Weaving Stories
Located in a two-storey loft, Bon Ton on Rue de Grenelle is a real charm. … The place also houses an art gallery with rotating exhibitions, not forgetting the top floor with its display of funky furniture, bed + bath, and objets.
PARIS (Reuters) – France returned to its rightful owners on Thursday a painting by French master Henri Matisse which was seized by the Nazis in 1941 after its Jewish owner fled anti-Semitic persecutions in Germany. … In a story right out of the 2007 film, ” The Rape of Europa ,” the heirs and the painting were only paired after a German art historian made the connection using an internet database set up for this purpose. Anyone interested in the great art of Europe must see “The Rape of Europa” The film tells the story of the Nazi theft of thousands and thousands of artworks from private and museum collection before and during World War II, and details a lot of the destruction of priceless treasures due to the war.
Here I’m sitting in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, leafing through a local magazine and I see a dispatch from Paris. … And really, I had to go all the way to Cambodia to discover a few things in my own neighborhood.
Whether with the economy, it’s a “good” time for a trip to Europe, I can’t say, but it’s suddenly gotten cheaper by about 20% than it has been in a while: 
Of course, if you asked me, I’d probably be doing as aggressive a sales job as I could on Paris, but then I was never much of a London fan after living there in the 80’s. … Still, to each his or her own, and I can understand the UK Capitol’s charm to real Anglophiles, or even to those preferring an English-speaking holiday. There is really no objective standard to compare the two to each other, but still, on museums, food, subway, weather, and just about anything else, I’ll take Paris.
When the Pyramid was new, it took literally hours in line to get into the Louvre through the main entrance. … Line ups can be long at the Louvre but there are multiple entrances. … [From Daily Photos & Frugal Travel Tips » Blog Archive » Entrances To The Louvre, Paris, France ]
Seeing a place through a singular lense of a person, especially the infamous and original designer Jean-Paul Gaultier, is to uncover a wholly different city. The New York Time article ‘Fashionista Paris‘ was fascinating and it conjured up for me, another Paris, than the one I know. It reminded me how a place, a memory,… Continue reading Extraordinary, Phasntasmatic and Fetishistic