Notre-Dame: An Interview with Witnesses to a Dazzling Restoration
During the restoration of Notre-Dame de Paris, few journalists were authorized to enter the cathedral more than Sophie Laurant, senior reporter at Le Pèlerin. Even fewer photographers were given access than Stéphane Compoint.
Interview : Notre-Dame, témoins clés d’une restauration éblouissante
Peu de journalistes ont été autorisés à pénétrer dans la cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris pendant la période de restauration aussi souvent que Sophie Laurant, grand reporter au Pèlerin. Et encore moins de photographes ont obtenu des autorisations aussi fréquemment et aussi largement que Stéphane Compoint, photojournaliste indépendant.
You know you live in Paris when… BHV Marais and the vocabulary of complaint
There’s no greater sign of your acculturation in Paris than seizing the right moment to râler (grouse, gripe, grumble) during an in-store complaint, while avoiding the emotional pitfalls and using the proper vocabulary.
Virtual Reality Tours of Notre-Dame and the Eiffel Tower
A test run of virtual reality tours now available within actual sight of two major monuments in Paris: Notre-Dame Cathedral and the Eiffel Tower.
Le Vaudésir, an Introduction to Neighborhood Bistro Life in Paris
At its heart, the French bistro is an unpretentious neighborhood gathering place for traditional, homemade food and inexpensive drink. Le Vaudésir, the archetype, is the jumping off point for a plunge into Paris neighborhood bistro life.
Culinary Utility of the Dollar in Paris: 6 Recommendations from a Gourmet Economist
Culinary sleuths Richard and Judy Fritz set out on a deliciously intriguing culinary adventure in Paris as they followed in the footsteps of a little-known restaurant guide written in the 1980s by renown economist Bela Balassa, leading to their discovery of six notable and enduring restaurants to consider for your own culinary adventures.
Paris Hotel & Restaurant Report: Le Grand Mazarin and Boubalé
Le Grand Mazarin, its Ashkenazic/Israeli restaurant Boubalé, and its kitsch-chic bar present a pastiche of major markers of the past 500 years of the Marais district of Paris.
How to Join the French Foreign Legion (in Music and Song)
The French Foreign Legion holds a unique place within France’s national and military heritage due to both the reality and the fantasy of the corps. The reality itself is always clouded in an air of mystery about these men, with their white kepis and their world full of accents.
Paris Exhibition: “You Will Always Remember Me,” Words and Drawings of the Children of...
Relatively well known in France but little beyond its borders, the history of the home for Jewish child refugees that operated in the village of Izieu, 45 miles east of Lyon, from May 1943 to April 1944 provides a remarkable glimpse of migration, childhood and caregiving under perilous conditions.