Heidi Ellison
Paris Update Events 23.06.2025
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
Noisiel
Émile and the Chocolate Factory
Most visitors to France have heard of the Marne Valley, east of Paris, only because Disneyland is located there, but the verdant river valley is home to many wonderful attractions, not the least of which is the town of Noisiel, … Read More
Paris Update Events 16.06.2025
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
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
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
Les Arlots
Lunchtime War Games in Rollicking Modern Bistro
I happened to go to Les Arlots with two Paris Update readers, Jenny and Jonathan, on Armistice Day, when the restaurant was in full celebration of the end of World War I, complete with facsimiles of menus from the war years and toy soldiers on the tables.
Les Résistants
Pièce de Résistance: The Restaurant Itself
UPDATE, JUNE 3, 2025: Les Résistants has survived and flourished for nearly 10 years now. It is not only a fixture in the neighborhood but has also expanded to include a more casual small-plates bar next door, Le Comptoir; a … Read More
Paris Update Events 02.06.2025
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
L’Accolade Restaurant
Warm Welcome in the 15th
In an effort to review more restaurants in Paris neighborhoods far from my own, which I tend to neglect, I recently took advantage of the visit of some American visitors who were staying in the 15th arrondissement to seek out … Read More
Au Palais de l’Himalaya
Spicy Night on the Butte Montmartre
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.