Paris Update
Expression
“C’est la fin des haricots” means “It’s a catastrophe, a disaster.” When supplies started to run low in 19th-century boarding schools, the kids had to eat the only thing left: beans. When there were no more beans, starvation loomed, hence … Read More
Scene canal de l’ourcq 300
{youtubejw width=”300″ height=”220″}U5OCx7_N4Lg{/youtubejw} The Canal de l’Ourcq is a great place to be on a sunny Sunday in spring, except maybe for the homeless people living on the other side of the water from the restaurant 25° Est. Favorite
Irish Cultural Center
ENGLISH-LANGUAGE PLAYS The Irish Cultural Centre in Paris is putting on an ambitious theater program in the coming months, with four plays in English being performed for free in the lovely setting of a former convent in the fifth arrondissement. … Read More
Berges de Seine
TAKE BACK THE SEINE Sketch of a proposed floating cinema on the Left Bank of the Seine, where the mayor wants to close a stretch of the highway to traffic. One of the biggest urban-planning disasters in Paris’s history – … Read More
Irish Cultural Center
ENGLISH-LANGUAGE PLAYS The Irish Cultural Centre in Paris is putting on an ambitious theater program in the coming months, with four plays in English being performed for free in the lovely setting of a former convent in the fifth arrondissement. … Read More
Scene green champs elysees 300
{youtube width=”300″ height=”220″}hS8SSYPTs0o{/youtube} One-minute Paris: The mob scene on the Champs-Elysées on Sunday, May 23, when the avenue was covered with plants rather than auto traffic. Favorite
Sewing Cafe
Diy Couture and Coffe In Paris we’ve had our share of theme cafés – philosophy cafés, psychology cafés, singles cafés and so on – but this is a new one: a sewing café. After discovering that few Parisians owned a … Read More
Téoz Eco
CHEAP SLEEP ON THE RAILS French train service is among the best and fastest in the world, but a ride on a high-speed TGV train will cost you a pretty centîme. Now, there is a slower alternative for impecunious people … Read More
Adam’s Apple
ADAM’S APPLE Theater troupe Compagnie du Poney will stage the tragicomedy La Pomme d’Adam, written and directed by Victor Dekyvere, at the Théâtre La Reine Blanche (2 bis, Passage Ruelle, 75018 Paris; tel.: 01 40 05 06 96) on April … Read More
Scene from pompidou
{youtube width=”300″ height=”220″}MIAzE5MiSWE{/youtube} One-minute Paris: Seen from the Centre Pompidou. Favorite