Paris & Surrounding
Virtual Reality Tours of Notre-Dame, the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre
A test run of virtual reality tours now available within actual sight of two major monuments in Paris: Notre-Dame Cathedral, the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre.
Food & Drink
Bistro Life: La Mère Lapipe by Pierrick Bourgault
Pierrick Bourgault has written a love letter of sorts to a bistro and a bistro-keeper dear to his heart: Le Café du Coin in Le Mans, operated for 37 years by pipe-smoking Jeannine Brunet, known affectionately as La Mère Lapipe.
France
Dunkirk 1940, Dunkirk Today: Advice for a Day Trip or an...
How to visit Dunkirk in Upper France to learn more about the evacuation of 1940 on a day trip or overnight from Paris or elsewhere.
Impressions
The Snow Goose Returns to Dunkirk
"Though I hadn’t reread The Snow Goose in many years, I realized that it had been a part of my life for more than 80 years. Yet I had never been to Dunkirk, even though it’s only about 180 miles northwest of Paris. I felt a sudden desire—no, a need—to go there."
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People
Bistro Life: La Mère Lapipe by Pierrick Bourgault
Pierrick Bourgault has written a love letter of sorts to a bistro and a bistro-keeper dear to his heart: Le Café du Coin in Le Mans, operated for 37 years by pipe-smoking Jeannine Brunet, known affectionately as La Mère Lapipe.
Made in France
Shopping: Maron Bouillie by Marie Bouillon
I keep confusing Marie Bouillon and Maron Bouillie. One is the designer with an infectious smile and the other is the brand with lilting humor.
Lodging
Paris Hotel & Restaurant Report: Le Grand Mazarin and Boubalé
Le Grand Mazarin, its Ashkenazic/Israeli restaurant Boubalé, and its kitsch-chic bar present a pastiche of major markers of the past 500 years of the Marais district of Paris.
