March 30, 2009 | By Paris Update | Archive
RESTONS CHEZ NOUS According to study conducted at the end of March by Ipsos/France Bleu, 51 percent of the French will not go away on vacation this summer because of economic worries. Of those who will leave home, 25 percent … Read More
March 24, 2009 | By Richard Hesse | Archive
Pros: Well-sourced ingredients, pleasant staff.Cons: Tables too close together; bluefin tuna on the menu (tsk, tsk). It might be a conceit, but Miroir’s name is nowhere to be seen on the facade; it’s scrawled on the glass door in what … Read More
March 24, 2009 | By Heidi Ellison | Archive
The city of Lille inaugurated a major cultural festival called “Europe XXL” on March 14 with a massive parade, the burning of giants papier-mâché falla sculptures (a heritage of the time when … Favorite
March 17, 2009 | By Paris Update | Archive
ARTPARIS The artparis modern and contemporary art fair opens tomorrow, March 19 and runs through March 23, with 115 French and foreign galleries under the gorgeous glass dome of the Grand Palais. Some of the best work this year is … Read More
March 17, 2009 | By Heidi Ellison | Archive
A new exhibition at the Louvre, “Les Portes du Ciel” (“The Gates to Heaven”), takes visitors through those gates into the next world as imagined by the Egyptians, illustrated by a wealth of stunning … Favorite
March 17, 2009 | By Richard Hesse | Archive
Pros Carefully sourced food Quiet, very local vibe ConsDitzy serviceMiles from anywhere It seems odd to name a restaurant after the only god reputed to have died in prehistoric times. Certainly, the temptation to start reaching for the mythological conceits … Read More
March 10, 2009 | By Heidi Ellison | Archive
The Pinacothèque de Paris is a gallery with a mission: it often sets out to rescue the reputation of artists who have been forgotten, neglected or scorned… Favorite
March 10, 2009 | By Richard Hesse | Archive
When you walk into La Marée, you get a sense of having entered another world. Outside is the heaving eighth arrondissement, with Rue Daru itself being home to the Orthodox Cathedral and other things Russian, plus a noticeable density of … Read More
March 4, 2009 | By Paris Update | Archive
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
March 4, 2009 | By Paris Update | Archive
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