Heidi Ellison
Piment Thaï Restaurant
Thai-ing One On
My friend Carmela’s daughter Kailani, a young foodie who loves to cook and knows exactly what she likes, wanted to celebrate her 18th birthday by dining in a good Thai restaurant. The hunt was on. We all know a few … Read More
Paris Update Events 23.11.2022
November 25 French movies with English subtitles Lost in Frenchlation presents L’Origine du Mal, directed by Sébastien Marnier. L’Arlequin, Paris November 25-26 Wine fair The Grand Tasting features both big-name wineries and up-and-coming ones, along with master classes and food-and-wine pairing workshops. Carrousel … Read More
Walter Sickert: Peindre et Transgresser
The Painter as Chameleon
Walter Richard Sickert (1860-1942), the subject of a retrospective at Paris’s Petit Palais, “Walter Sickert: Peindre et Transgresser,” was described by Delphine Lévy, the late French Sickert expert, as “provocative and enigmatic,” haughty and defensive even with long-time friends like … Read More
God Bless Broccoli Restaurant
Everything's Better with Broccoli
A restaurant with the unlikely name of God Bless Broccoli could not help but attract my attention. It turned out to be a hole-in-the-wall pizzeria in the Belleville neighborhood. In spite of the mention of the green vegetable of the … Read More
Paris Update Press Review
This Week's Good Reads about Paris and France
NEW PARIS HOME FOR GIACOMETTI The Fondation Giacometti has announced that in 2026 Paris’s Gare des Invalides will become the new home for its permanent collection of the sculptor’s work, temporary exhibitions and an art school open to all. (ARTnews) … Read More
Paris Update Events 16.11.2022
November 17 Calling all naked art lovers Special visits to the exhibition “Hyperréalisme: Ceci n’Est Pas un Corps” are scheduled for nudists only by the Fédération Française de Naturisme and the Association des Naturistes de Paris. Musée Maillol, Paris November … Read More
Fernande Olivier and Pablo Picasso: In the Intimacy of the Bateau Lavoir
Happy Times in Montmartre
Fernande Olivier (1881-1966), one of the many serial women in Pablo Picasso’s long life, started her career as an artists’ model in Paris after running away from an abusive husband, whom she had been forced to marry after he raped … Read More
Bouillon Chartier Gare de l’Est
Eating on the Cheap
Every tourist and hard-up student in Paris has surely passed through the doors of the first Bouillon Chartier on Rue Faubourg Montmartre. Opened in 1896 in a former arms factory, the bouillon (a 19th-century workers’ restaurant specializing in soup and … Read More
Pacifiction–Tourment sur les Îles
Entranced in Tahiti
Take a very thin script, set your film on a gorgeous tropical island, hire some good actors but let the main character do most of the talking, then stretch the movie out to two hours and 45 minutes. The result … Read More
Paris Update Events 09.11.2022
Through November 12 Calder Unfolding The Almine Rech gallery presents a major exhibition of the work of Alexander Calder, including the mobile pictured above: “Untitled” (1963). Almine Rech, Paris November 13 French film with English subtitles Lost in Frenchlation presents … Read More