Black Friday à la Française
At first I thought it was the ad campaign for a new American horror film opening in Paris. I then realized that the signs...
Café Bouillu: Eggs-istentialism and Carpaccio-Diem in the Odeon Quarter
In an area where philosophers, revolutionaries and writers once roamed, this chic new bistro off boulevard Saint-Germain offers diners tasty lessons in eggs-istentialism and the pleasures of carpaccio-diem.
On the Champs-Elysées: Dining à la car(te)
Corinne LaBalme test drives the Fall 2014 menu at Renault’s newly re-conditioned showroom/restaurant on the Champs-Elysées. * * * When car-conscious journalists showed up at Renault’s Paris showroom for a press conference about the 3rd Generation Twingo last month, the F-word (femme) was on everybody’s lips.
Yiddish, a Language of France, 70 Years Out of Hiding at Paris Cultural Center...
Yiddish is a live and well in Paris at the Medem Library, the largest Yiddish cultural center in Europe.
Near Paris: The Giverny – La Roche-Guyon Daytrip Combo
How and why to combine a visit to Monet's House and Gardens at Giverny with a visit to the chateau of La Roche Guyon, whether on a daytrip from Paris or a longer excursion to Normandy.
A Seat in Paris: 100 French Chairs 1951-1961
Imagine sitting in avant-garde style in Paris between 1951 and 1961. Pascal Cuisiner invites visitors to take a seat, or at least a view of a seat, in the lap of those years through an exceptional collection of 100 chairs from what he calls “the first modern French designers," presented at two locations in Paris.
A Return to Beauty: The Beginning of the End of Love Locks in Paris?
The City of Paris has begun investing in the fight against love locks on its famous bridges by placing glass panels that bring back the stunning views that attracted people to place locks there in the first place.
25 Paris Restaurants: A List Beyond The List, Part 2
France Revisited invites 6 Paris-based French and American foodies, gastronomies and food writers to create a Paris restaurant list that goes beyond your usual buzz list. Alexander Lobrano, Michel Tanguy, Corinne LaBalme, Allison Zinder, Alain Neyman and Randy Diaz join Gary Lee Kraut in suggesting 25 restaurants that you may not have heard of.
25 Paris Restaurants: A List Beyond The List, Part 1
If you were to gather into a single list all of the Paris restaurants that Americans are considering before visiting this year there would be so much overlap it would likely contain no more than 20 different addresses. This article seeks to broaden travelers' sense of the possibilities.