Heidi Ellison
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
Nous
Take the B Train
Good intentions do not a good movie make, as demonstrated by French director Alice Diop’s latest film, the documentary Nous (We). Diop is strongly committed to showing onscreen the lives of the “little people,” perhaps better described as ordinary humans, … Read More
Graciela Iturbide: Heliotropo 37
Pieces of Stars
If you didn’t know better, you might think that the Fondation Cartier was exhibiting the work of two different photographers, one in the ground-floor exhibition spaces and another downstairs in the basement, but, in fact, all the photos are the … Read More
Café Compagnon Restaurant
Big and Bistronomic
Young(ish) restaurateur par excellence Charles Compagnon, who also owns the delightful bistros 52 Faubourg Saint Denis and Richer, has opened a new place, the Café Compagnon, no small bistro this time but a large restaurant with three dining rooms of … Read More