Pirouette in the Time of the Coronavirus
Last night I dined with a friend at Pirouette, a contemporary, bistronomic restaurant with a sizable wine list in the Les Halles quarter of Paris. Today I received a text message from the restaurant asking if I’d recommend Pirouette to others, on a scale of 1 to 10.
Paris Crowns Best Baguette Baker of 2020
The winner of Paris’s Best Baguette in the French Tradition for 2020 has just been announced, and the prize goes to… Taieb Sahal, an artisan baker at Les Saveurs de Pierre Demours, 13 rue Pierre Demours in the 17th arrondissement.
Lecture: A Jewish Tour of Paris
During his February 2020 U.S. lecture tour, Gary Lee Kraut, the Paris-based writer and editor of France Revisited, will present a lecture entitled A Jewish Tour of Paris: Exploring Historical and Contemporary Paris through the Lives of Jews.
Cute, Kitsch and Tacky Gifts from France’s National Museums
You can’t take the art from the Louvre, the Orsay or Versailles home with you, but you can take home a Venus de Milo tchotchke, a Marie-Antoinette manicure set, a Mona Lisa serving tray, and an I Louvre You teddy bear.
La Fontaine de Mars, Mainsail of Culinary Explorations in Paris’s 7th arr.
The mainsail for culinary explorations in Paris's 7th arrondissement is La Fontaine de Mars, the ultra-traditional, southwest-leading Parisian bistro, red-and-white checkered tablecloths, watchful matron, harried but attentive service and all.
A Night at Hotel Thoumieux, Rue Saint-Dominique, Paris
I like sleeping around in Paris. So when a public relations agent invited me get to know the Hotel Thoumieux by spending the night “with the person of your choice” I immediately accepted. But who would accept to be the person of my choice?
The Museum of the Liberation of Paris
A new, free, highly informative museum in Paris, partially located in an air raid shelter used by the Resistance during the city's liberation, provides insights into the history of Paris and Parisians during the Second World War.
Autumn 2019 Museum and Exhibition News
October is an especially artful month in Paris and elsewhere, a time to consider new exhibitions and to take stock of ongoing or completed restorations, including news about the Louvre, the Orsay, the Army Museum, the Maritime Museum, the Game of Throne, and more.
Koons Bouquet of Tulips Inaugurated in Paris
Parisians love a good debate about placing a new work of art or architecture in a public space, but honoring victims of terrorism with a Jeff Koons bouquet minus one tulip is too much like honoring victims of famine with a statue of Ronald McDonald with one French fry missing.