ROOM WITH A VIEW No, a flying saucer has not landed on the roof of the Palais de Tokyo; that green capsule perched atop the contemporary art museum is the Everland, a temporary one-room futuristic hotel designed by Swiss artists … Read More
SUNDAY SONGS Alexandre (Castagnetti) and Clément (Marchand), two scruffy, good-natured thirty-something French musicians, have won the hearts of the French with their Chansons du Dimanche, bouncy, humorous songs composed and recorded on Saturday – often while the pair sits cross-legged … Read More
EGALITE? Some interesting statistics came out on the occasion of International Women’s Day on March 8, the most disturbing being that French women’s average gross annual salary is 18.9 percent lower than that of men in the private and semi-public … Read More
THE PRICE OF A CUP OF COFFEE Since value-added tax on restaurant bills will soon drop from 19.6% to 5.5%, the French Ministry of the Economy has sponsored a survey of current prices in 2,500 French restaurants and cafés to … Read More
“I hope you realize that your reviews are subjective?” queried a food-loving friend the other day. Duh. And you can also catch a place on a bad night. It’s one of the reasons why I don’t like reviewing poor meals. … Read More
Without wishing to minimize the very real plight of those immigrants to France who are denied papers and (all too often) living quarters, I did note a wonderful side to the French approach recently while passing a group of homeless … Read More
Without wishing to minimize the very real plight of those immigrants to France who are denied papers and (all too often) living quarters, I did note a wonderful side to the French approach recently while passing a group of homeless … Read More
Jean Marais (1913-1998) is justly famous for his cinematic career and for his creative and personal partnership with Jean Cocteau (the two remained together from 1937 until Cocteau’s death in 1963). Far less is known, however, about his… Favorite
Everybody starts their articles these days with a nod to the crisis, so here’s mine. One of the first victims of real-economy meltdown in Britain was Woolworths (affectionately known to Brits as “Woollies”). All 807 stores in … Favorite
Red Balloons and Barbarism If you have never been to Algeria and can’t afford the airfare, then drop in at the Théâtre Aire Falguière, where you will be whisked off to the North African nation and treated to a rich … Read More
