Heidi Ellison

Heidi Ellison, a long-time Paris resident, is a freelance journalist specializing in art, travel and literature. Her articles have been published in dozens of international publications, and she has contributed to a number of guidebooks on Paris and France.

Paris Update Events 23.06.2025

June 23, 2025 | By Heidi Ellison | Week events

Through June 23 Contemporary film festival The latest in French and American independent cinema will be on show at the Champs-Elysées Film Festival.  Various locations, Paris June 24 French movies with English subtitles Lost in Frenchlation presents Daguerréotypes, directed by Agnès Varda. … Read More

Paris Update Events 16.06.2025

June 16, 2025 | By Heidi Ellison | Week events

Through June 21 Drawing season Le Printemps du Dessin presents exhibitions and workshops highlighting this accessible art form across the country. Various venues, France June 19–21 Classical kids Fifteen orchestras of young people from all over France, trained by the … Read More

Paris Update Events 09.06.2025

June 8, 2025 | By Heidi Ellison | Week events

Through June 11 Local literature festival The libraries, bookshops, museums and universities of Paris’s literary fifth arrondissement open their doors for Quartier du Livre, a week-long celebration of the written word. Various locations, Paris June 12 French movies with English … Read More

Georgia Restaurant

Georgia on My Mind

June 4, 2025 | By Heidi Ellison | Restaurants

UPDATE, June 5, 2025: Georgia is still dispensing (mostly) American-style comfort food to locals on Rue Château d’Eau in the 10th arrondissement. ORIGINAL REVIEW, October 9, 2019: Last week, I sampled the cuisine of the county of Georgia in the … Read More

Paris Update Events 02.06.2025

June 1, 2025 | By Heidi Ellison | Week events

June 6 French movies with English subtitles Lost in Frenchlation presents Les Musiciens, directed by Gregory Magne. L’Entrepôt, Paris June 7 Midnight culture Art of all types will be on display in the streets of Paris late into the night during … Read More

Au Palais de l’Himalaya

Spicy Night on the Butte Montmartre

May 29, 2025 | By Heidi Ellison | Restaurants

The search for good Indian restaurants in Paris goes on. This week I tried Au Palais de l’Himalaya on the recommendation of a friend. A great advantage of this Montmartre restaurant during the hot Paris summer is its terrace on a quiet, narrow street only a block away from Rue Steinkerque, where endless torrents of tourists stream up and down the hill as they head to or leave the Sacré Cœur.