Paris Update Art Notes THE MAKING OF BRASILIA Construction of the Ministries Esplanade in Brasilia, 1958. Photo by Marcel Gautherot. Collection de l’Institut Moreira Salles, Brésil The exhibition “Brasilia” at the Paris headquarters of the French Communist Party (PCF; 2, … Read More
Paris Update Art Notes THE PERFECT ESCAPE The Château de Chamarande and a London plane tree that is approaching its 150th birthday. The Domaine de Chamarande is a rare place: a handsome 17th-century château that is easily accessible from Paris, … Read More
Rebirth of Le Corbusier’s Salvation Army Building The Cité de Refuge. © FLC/ADAGP/Cyrille Weiner The residents of the Cité de Refuge in Paris count themselves lucky indeed. Not only do they live in a historic monument designed by one of … Read More
Paris Update Flash News CAKE THE WAY WE LIKE IT Goodies on display at Merce and the Muse. Nowadays, American expatriates in Paris can easily satisfy almost all their nostalgic food cravings, from hamburgers to Reese’s peanut-butter cups or Oreo … Read More
Paris Update Flash News MEAT-FREE HOME COOKING Long gone are the days when it was almost impossible to get a decent vegetarian meal in a Paris restaurant. Now almost all of them offer at least one non-fish veggie option, and … Read More
This shop is now closed. See comment below for more information. Violette & Léonie must be the trendiest and best-organized consignment shop (dépôt-vente) in Paris. You’ll notice the difference as soon as you walk through the door of this … Read More
Note: Un Artiste à la Table no longer exists. Guests getting to know each other before dinner at Un Artiste à la Table. After having lived in various places around the world, most recently Thailand, Ana Diaz-Cano, a native of … Read More
Charlotte Clamens as Miss Fozzard. Photo: Brigitte Enguerand I went to the Théâtre du Rond Point with low expectations the other evening to see a French production of Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads. How could it live up to the brilliant … Read More
Paris Update Flash News TRENDY TAPAS The bar at Mojita et Bob on Rue Oberkampf. The lower stretch of Rue Oberkampf might well get its mojo back from the Belleville end with the recent arrival of tapas bar/restaurant Mojita et … Read More
Régine Crespin in Die Walküre at the Palais Garnier, Paris, 1971. Photo: Roger Pic/BNF Régine Crespin and I go back a long way. At the age of 17, I listened obsessively to LPs of her incarnation of the Marschallin in … Read More
