Heidi Ellison
Jujube Restaurant
Fabulous Fusion
THIS RESTAURANT IS NOW CLOSED Jujube is a new restaurant in Montmartre where you won’t find any of the usual bistronomic dishes on the menu. Named after an exotic fruit and billing itself as a “restaurant d’auteur,” it serves wonderfully … Read More
Paris Update Press Review
This Week's Good Reads about Paris and France
Current and upcoming art shows A preview of 10 art exhibitions being shown in Paris this spring. (France 24) Quieter (not car-free) city center Paris will soon ban through-traffic from the center of town. (Fast Company) France welcoming refugees France … Read More
Alicia Paz: Juntas
A Circle of Friends
The exhibition “Juntas” is part of an evolving three-exhibition project undertaken by the artist Alicia Paz, with each show adapted to its location, first in two locations in Britain and now at the Maison de l’Amérique Latine in Paris. For … Read More
Simone Restaurant
Simone Says: Try Natural Wine
When I arrived at the restaurant a friend had chosen for our lunch date in the 13th arrondissement the other day, I realized that I had already been there, way back in 2014. Simone was wonderful then, but things can … Read More
Paris Update Press Review
This Week's Good Reads about Paris and France
Talking to Putin French President Emmanuel Macron is one of the few world leaders keeping the lines of communication with Russian President Vladimir Putin open in hopes of giving Putin a diplomatic way out, so far with no results. (France … Read More
Edmund de Waal: Letters to Camondo
Let the House Be
The Musée Nissim de Camondo is a house full of treasures from the past: 18th-century French antiques carefully collected by its former owners. The museum’s current exhibition, “Letters to Camondo,” is a treasure hunt for a very different type of … Read More
A.Lea Restaurant
On the Street Where You Live
When I read a good review of a new restaurant with a female chef on the Rue Lamarck in Paris’s 18th arrondissement, I immediately alerted a friend who lives there and made a reservation. It is called A.lea, as in … Read More
Paris Update Press Review
This Week's Good Reads about Paris and France
French sanctions against invasion of Ukraine A number of moves are underway in France to implement sanctions against Russian assets in the country. (The Local) Invasion of Ukraine a boost for candidate Macron French President Emmanuel Macron has seen his … Read More
Charles Ray at the Centre Pompidou & Bourse de Commerce–Pinault Collection
Thought Given Form
A major event of the current Paris art season is the double exhibition of the work of American sculptor and erstwhile photographer Charles Ray at the Centre Pompidou and the Bourse de Commerce–Fondation François Pinault. One wonderful thing about his … Read More
Mova Restaurant
Mothers' (and Others') Delight
Mova is one of those restaurants that might easily have fallen through the cracks of the Covid epidemic, having opened just a few months before the March 2020 lockdown in France. Luckily for us, it survived and, luckily for me, … Read More