Brunch in Montmartre
Brunch, now a common offering in cafés and eateries throughout Paris, has made a nice home for itself in three distinct establishments on the western side of the hill of Montmartre: the café Le Cafe Qui Parle, the bakery Coquelicot and the restaurant Le Petit Parisien.
An Interview with Ellen Sussman, Author of the Novel “French Lessons”
Ellen Sussman’s new novel French Lessons is a sexy, sensual, café-filled story about three Americans who explore Paris while receiving walking French lessons. An entertaining France Revisited interview with the author by Gary Lee Kraut.
Seduction, Wealth and the Skirt-Chasers of the Marais
Thirza Vallois recounts tales of seduction and wealth and the skirt-chasers of the Marais, including Victor Hugo, DSK, a duke, a king and a playwright.
Paris Photos – Paris Walks: An American Photographer as Flaneur
Armed with a Leica M6 rangefinder, Peter O’Toole first visited Paris in 1996 and quickly discovered the double pleasure of meandering through the city...
Sarah’s Key, an interview with film director Gilles Paquet Brenner
Young French director Gilles Paquet-Brenner reflects on his latest film, Sarah’s Key, in an interview by Daniele Thomas Easton on the occasion of the...
Statues of Liberty in Paris, and to the Republics for Which They Stand
July 4. France Revisited celebrates the Fourth of July with a photo reportage of the major Statues of Liberty in Paris, along with the author's homegrown version.
Street Talk: Boys Will Be Boys, the Pissoirs of Paris
Pissoirs and vespassiennes, the scantily hidden public urinals that so defined the streets, squares and parks of Paris from the late 1830s to the early...
Floating Metro to Arrive in Paris in 2013
Parisians will soon be able to take a boat to work, while visitors can navigate their way through the city by cruising along the...
Van Gogh and Zadkine in Auvers-sur-Oise: Is There Anything to See?
“There’s nothing to see here,” he says before we enter room #5 at the Auberge Ravoux, the inn where Vincent Van Gogh lived and...