Luxury Silversmith Maintains Tradition of French Savoir-Faire in the Northern Marais
The formerly workaday neighborhood of the northern Marais has been increasingly gentrified over the past 15 years, but something that hasn’t changed is the discreet presence of one of France’s few remaining creators of luxury silverware, tableware and decorative accessory: Lapparra.
Uruguayan artist Alba Aranda at Galérie Art Présent
Early autumn in Paris a travel writer and culture journalist can be lulled into thinking he’s working by the mere fact that he’s received a dozen invitations for art openings.
Three Reasons to Experience a Remarkable Chef: Part 2
Symbols, stars, numbers, and other restaurant rating systems can provide a culinary relief map of a city, but they’re inadequate in revealing the particular...
Paul Belmondo Museum Opens in Boulogne-Billancourt
Cultural offering in the Greater Paris region, such as the Paul Belmondo Museum in Boulogne-Billancourt. increasingly draw gazes beyond the capital's periphery.
European Heritage Days: “Paris Historique” decries destruction of historical buildings
The architectural heritage of France—local, regional, national, European—is part of what makes this the world’s number one tourist destination and what makes Paris such as magnificent walking city. But should that architectural heritage be maintained at all cost?
Va-nu-pieds: Returning to Parc de Sceaux
Va-nu-pieds, the Barefoot Photographer, feels the irrepressible pull of nature as he revisits the Parc de Sceaux south of Paris.
The Eiffel Tower: A Star Is Born
Protest and Progress
A letter protesting the construction of the Eiffel Tower was published in Paris on February 14, 1887, less than three weeks after...
Chef Talk: A Lunchtime Cooking Class at Atelier Guy Martin
A class at the cooking workshop of chef Guy Martin In the context of my investigations into the Parisian culinary world of the great French chef. Video.
Three Reasons to Experience a Remarkable Chef: Part I
Symbols, stars, numbers, and other restaurant rating systems can provide a culinary relief map of a city, but they’re inadequate in revealing the particular...