Pizza Envy: A Tale of Two Hoods
It’s too much to expect Paris to have great pizza, too, yet decent single-serving, thin-crust pizza can be found in many residential neighborhoods in...
Following in Annabel Simms’ footsteps (I saw a magpie there)
Annabel Simms’ “An Hour from Paris” is an eye-opening guide to lesser known towns and villages within an easy train ride for daytrips from Paris....
Royal Chapel of Vincennes Reopens After 9 years
Far less known than the Sainte Chapelle in Paris is France's other great Sainte Chapelle of France, the royal chapel at the Chateau de Vincennes, which reopened on May 13, 2009, after nine years of restoration.
Mother and Son, Together and Apart, at the Pinacotheque de Paris
"It makes no sense to compare," Marc Restellini, director of the Pinacothèque de Paris in Paris told me when I asked him why Maurice...
Elephants and Paradise: 10 Hours in Amiens
Amiens is unlikely to appear in the top 10 of any objective lists of daytrips from Paris, but who ever said that a traveler...
Doctor Rabbit and Monsieur Lapin
This restaurant, which I quite liked and often recommended, closed in 2011, but you can still enjoy this review from 2008.
Like any good doctor, veterinarian Dr. Jean-Francois...
An Ode to Guy Martin, Chef of Le Grand Véfour
From his youth as a rugged boy in the mountains to his position at the heights and forefront of French cuisine in Paris, Guy...
Train Stop: Paris Gare de l’Est
Whether you've got a ticket or not, the old (and renovated) train stations of Paris are worth a stop, such as here at Gare...
The Spirits of Deco Past: Searching for Life in the Museum of Decorative Arts
The more I bone up on the names of great French cabinetmakers, ponder the decorative needs of French nobility, and peruse catalogues and press kits, the more I appreciate the precious objects of the Museum of Decorative Arts. But my attention is waning, quickly.