Heidi Ellison
Les Gendarmes Crèvent l’Écran
Arresting Images of French Gendarmes
Melun is not the most beautiful town in France, but having spent New Year’s Eve there once, I can testify that it is home to some of the nicest people in the country. It is also home to the Musée … Read More
La Démocratie Restaurant
En Plein Air, Winter and Summer
La Démocratie is a funny name for a restaurant. What does food have to do with a political system? Potentially a lot, but that’s another story. La Démocratie is so named because the building it is housed in was the … Read More
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Christian Louboutin: L’Exhibition[niste]
Worshipping at the Church of Louboutin
After seeing the spectacular exhibition “Christian Louboutin: L’Exhibition[niste]” at Paris’s Palais de la Porte Dorée, I am convinced that Louboutin is a shoe-in for best footwear designer ever, and that he himself (judging by this show, he is no shrinking … Read More
Frenchie Pigalle Restaurant
Frenchie Empire Marches North
It’s an event: the opening of a new Frenchie restaurant in Paris – especially one that is not located on the Rue de Nil along with chef/owner Gregory Marchand’s four other establishments (one of them a wine shop). Frenchie Pigalle … Read More
French Bistros and Cafés
Can the Traditional French Bistro Be Saved?
A move is afoot to stave off the demise of traditional French bistros and cafés by having them classified on Unesco’s list of Intangible Cultural Heritage. After a failed attempt in 2018 to do the same for Paris bistros and … Read More
La Force du Dessin: Chefs-d’Œuvre de la Collection Prat
On the Drawing Board
The new exhibition at the Petit Palais, “In the Drawing Room: Masterpieces from the Prat Collection,” takes us on a tour of drawings by French artists from the end of the 16th century to the beginning of the 20th, showing … Read More
Brasserie Rosie
Dining Out – At Last – Post-Lockdown
After reading a few rave reviews of the new restaurant Brasserie Rosie before France went into lockdown in March, I had to wait until last week (when restaurants were finally allowed to reopen) to go there. What a pleasure to … Read More
Francophiles’ Guide to Après-Quarantine, V. III
Live (Distanced) Art, Theater, Music & Film
The excitement is palpable! Paris restaurants, which until now only had permission to serve customers on their terraces or sell takeout food, were finally able to fully reopen on Monday. That momentous event, along with the reopening this week of … Read More
Francophiles’ Guide to Après-Quarantine, V. II
Real, Virtual and "Fake"
“Members of the public should be aware there has been a recent spate of Banksy exhibitions none of which are consensual. They‘ve been organized entirely without the artist’s knowledge or involvement. Please treat them accordingly” (quote from Banksy’s website). You … Read More
Francophiles’ Guide to Après-Quarantine
Aux Cafés, Citoyens!
Paris is on the move again. Yesterday, the terraces of restaurants and cafés reopened, to the collective joy of the Parisians. After all, what is Paris without café terraces, and what Parisian doesn’t rush to the first available table to … Read More