Through July 31 Summer arts festival Dance, music, theater and many other art forms come together for the Festival Paris l’Été 2020. Various locations, Paris Through August 28 Rosa Happiness Castle The Festival Rosa Bonheur offers a summer program of … Read More
August approaches, and anyone who hasn’t left Paris may be looking for a way to get out of town to greener pastures, even if just for a day. While there are many options, there’s one place that has it all: … Read More
I had a vision for the restaurant that would be the subject of Paris Update’s last review of the summer season. It might be more expensive than the places we normally cover here, but we would be seated in a … Read More
In our world of conflict, plague, dictatorships and the rise of the far right, it is hard to escape the feeling that things are regressing rather than progressing. However, one discernible area of positive advancement can be found in the … Read More
After seeing the François Boisrond retrospective at the Musée Paul Valéry in Sète, one has the impression that this French painter, little-known outside (or even in) his country, is like a sponge, soaking up everything he sees and urgently transposing … Read More
July 24 Tour de France The iconic cycling race finishes on the Champs-Elysées in Paris. Photo: Sophie Robichon/Mairie de Paris. Champs-Elysées, Paris Through July 31 Summer arts festival Dance, music, theater and many other art forms come together for the … Read More
It’s summer. It’s hot (31 degrees Celsius). Tourists are crowding the dockside and beaches of Cassis, a Provençal fishing village in the South of France. What better escape than a splurge on local fish and produce at La Villa Madie, … Read More
As crazy as it might seem to be going to the movies in the middle of a heatwave in Paris, over two hours spent in an air-conditioned cinema afforded a much-needed respite from temperatures that have been edging above 40 … Read More
Once you get past the vendors of contraband cigarettes surrounding the exit from the Métro station Saint Denis-Porte de Paris and the string of fast food shops on Rue Gabriel Péri, the scene changes dramatically when you suddenly spy a large … Read More
The new owner of L’Envie du Jour (for the last year and a half) confessed to us that they now change the menu every week instead of every day, as the restaurant’s name would seem to imply, because it had … Read More
