Handmade Puppets Weaving Stories
Bon Ton, Kids Clothes and Art Gallery
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.
Even in Cambodia, We’ll Always have Paris
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.
Extraordinary, Phasntasmatic and Fetishistic
Paris for kids in the 6th arrondissement and close to our rental apartment – 39 Vaugirard.
This is just a big playground with a few extra slides and a tie-line, but, warning: there is a 2 Euro entry charge (more if you want to go in and supervise). ... Bon Marché toy store (basement level) Montparnasse Cemetery – This nearby cemetery is a fun walk for kids with the final resting places of Charles Baudelaire, Eugene Ionesco, Samuel Beckett, Jean-Paul Sartre, Man Ray, Simone de Beauvoir, and Tristan Tzara, among many others. ... Jardin des Plantes – Especially, la Grande Gallerie de l’Evolution with it’s stuffed huge animals on display walking almost among us, is fascinating for little kids.
A deux pas du Bon Marché dans le sixiéme arr, le restaurant L´Épi Dupin vous accueille
Velib rental bikes update
They are grey, ugly, and heavy, but there is nothing like like a ride down an empty Paris street in August to invigorate the soul and make you feel like you're in another age or time. ... The stations are only some 300 yards apart, and there are four times as many as there are subway stations, even in a city so well served by its metro system.
...Cost of the bikes, which are made in Hungary, is $3460 3 People have died in Velib accidents, a 7% increase over a year ago, but bike ridership is up 24% .
Eating Out with Kids
What to Look for in Renting an Apartment in Paris
There are now more rentals for less than a week but you're likely to pay a premium which will make it not as economical to staying at hotel.... I've never needed it in our place but my husband insists on it , and you may want it for ventilation and to drown out any street noise if the rentals are located on grand boulevards, such as Blvd St.