Heidi Ellison
A Flâneur’s Guide: Paris, the Right Bank
A Wandering Raconteur's Paris
A Flâneur’s Guide: Paris, the Right Bank, by “richardb,” is the follow-up to the author’s similarly titled guide to the Left Bank. It crosses the Seine to offer another witty, offbeat, entertaining and frequently off-the-beaten-track view of Paris. Once again … Read More
Paris Update Events 07.12.2022
December 9 French movies with English subtitles Lost in Frenchlation presents Pétaouchnok, directed by Edouard Deluc. Club de l’Étoile, Paris December 10 Open-air art Ateliers du Père Lachaise Associés presents Galerie Ouverte: artists from Paris’s 2oth arrondissement will exhibit their work on … Read More
From Garamont to Garamond(s): A Typographic Adventure
Calling All Type Nerds
An exhibition called “From Garamont to Garamond(s): A Typographic Adventure” may inspire deep yawns in most people, but I was excited to discover that there was such a show at Paris’s beautiful Bibliothèque Mazarine. One of my “déformations professionelles,” as … Read More
Les Marches Restaurant
Where Have All the Truckers Gone?
Continuing in the genre of workers’ restaurants – see our recent review of Bouillon Chartier Gare de l’Est – we ate the other night at a “routier” (truck stop) called Les Marches. Popular with both Parisians and tourists, this restaurant … Read More
Panorama: The Other Side
Mysterious Worlds Revealed
Every year, Le Fresnoy–Studio National des Arts Contemporains, an art school and production center for multimedia and digital arts in Tourcoing (near Lille), invites an outside curator to put together a new edition of the exhibition “Panorama,” this year titled … Read More
Paris Update Events 30.11.2022
December 2 French movies with English subtitles Lost in Frenchlation presents Trois Nuits par Semaine, directed by Florent Gouëlou. L’Entrepot, Paris December 3 Rosa & Bill Natacha Henry will discuss her historical novel The French Painter and the American Showman: The … Read More
Christian Marclay
Bang! Visible Sound
Like many people, I first discovered Christian Marclay through his spellbinding 24-hour video installation “The Clock” (2010), consisting of film clips showing the actual time, which was being shown at the Centre Pompidou in Paris. After having seen a section … Read More
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