Heidi Ellison
The Dude Restaurant
The Dude Abides
THIS RESTAURANT IS NOW CLOSED. Any question about why this restaurant is called The Dude (not to be confused with a bar called Le Dude, located on the Rue Saint Maur) is answered as soon as you enter and see … Read More
Paris Update Events 23.05.18
May 24 Proustiana Autograph letters and some manuscripts of Marcel Proust, from the collection of his great-niece, go on the auction block. Preview: May 18, 21, 22 and 23. Sotheby’s, Paris Through June 3 Directors’ Fortnight The features and short subjects … Read More
Théâtre du Pouvoir
Art in the Service of Power
Say what you will about megalomaniac dictators and authoritarian states, but without them much of the great art we revere would not exist. An exhibition at the Louvre, “Théâtre du Pouvoir” (“Power Plays”) amply demonstrates with works from French collections … Read More
Mumi Restaurant
The Art of Cooking
THIS RESTAURANT IS NOW CLOSED Mumi is a strange name for a Paris restaurant, especially when you learn that it stands for “Museum Mile,” as in New York City’s string of neighboring art institutions. What’s that got to do with a … Read More
Paris Update Events 16.05.18
May 24 Proustiana Autograph letters and some manuscripts of Marcel Proust, from the collection of his great-niece, on the auction block. Preview: May 18, 21, 22 and 23. Sotheby’s, Paris May 19 Late-night art Museums stay open into the night for … Read More
La Pêche, Local Currency
Spending without Guilt
“Paris a la pêche!” says the headlines in all the French newspapers. That means both “Paris is feeling great” (from the expression “avoir la pêche,” meaning “to feel peachy”) and “Paris has the pêche,” referring to the introduction of a new … Read More
Paris Update Events 09.05.18
May 13 Designer flea market Sixty-five stands will be selling designer furniture by the likes of Pierre Paulin and Arne Jacobsen at the Brocante Design. Rue des Fossés Saint Bernard, Paris May 13 Pink Bra Toss Event in support of breast … Read More
Gilles Caron: May 1968
The Dramas of a Symbolic Revolution
It’s May 2018, 50 years after the “events” of May 1968, and commemorative exhibitions are popping up all over Paris. The Hôtel de Ville alone has two exhibitions: outside on the fence is “Quand 68 Prend la Parole,” a show featuring reproductions … Read More
Pirouette Restaurant
The Terrace Advantage
THIS RESTAURANT IS NOW PERMANENTLY CLOSED I’ve been wanting to get back to Pirouette for a while now since I am a fan of its sister restaurant Zébulon and hadn’t yet tried out its latest chef, François-Xavier Ferrol. I was … Read More
Vélib’ Métropole
The Vélib' Métropole Debacle
I am no fan of the company JCDecaux, which has littered Paris with advertising panels, but the city of Paris seems to have made a bad decision when it replaced Decaux’s subsidiary Cyclocity as the concessionaire for the Vélib’ bike-sharing … Read More