Paris Update What’s New in Paris KITTY-CAT CAFE & CHIC ARCADE Customers can pet and eat at the same time at Le Café des Chats. Do you get bored sitting around in cafes? If so, two new spots in Paris … Read More
Paris Update What’s New in Paris TOURING PARIS WITH AN IPHONE Rue Mallet-Stevens in Paris’s 16th arrondissement, from the app Guide Paris Archi. © L’Architecte 1927/BHVP/ADAGP 2008 The Pavillon de l’Arsenal has launched a free application for iPhone, Guide Paris … Read More
Paris Update What’s New in Paris BACK IN WITH THE OLD What do tourists love most about Paris (aside from the Eiffel Tower)? Its charming old-fashioned bistros and shops. Unfortunately, these old-timey treasures are disappearing one by one. A new … Read More
Paris Update What’s New in Paris SOMETHING FISHY GOING ON What could be a more appropriate location for Paris’s new chippy (fish and chips shop in British slang) than the rue de Vinaigriers (vinegar makers) in the 10th arrondissement? Fans … Read More
Paris Update What’s New in Paris NOSTALGIA RECYCLED The Habitat stores might still seem to be the height of modernity, but the chain, founded by designer Terence Conran in 1964, is already half a century old. Those who are nostalgic … Read More
Paris Update What’s New in Paris FOR PARISIANS ONLY The City of Paris has launched a new app (for iPhone and Android) and Web site called DansMaRue to enable Paris residents to report problems in the street, such as graffiti, … Read More
Paris Update What’s New in Paris WINE ON THE WATER Why go to the wine shop when the wine shop can come to you, at least if you live on a Parisian canal. The converted barge Caroline, a.k.a. the Cave … Read More
Paris Update What’s New in Paris GOURMET’S DELIGHT L’Epicerie Saint-Sabin, a gourmet grocery and deli recently opened near the Bastille, is a pure delight for lovers of food and wine. It offers not only an unusually wide selection of top-of-the-line prepared … Read More
Paris Update Flash News GOOD-BYE GRENIER? One of the most magical places in Paris, the Grenier des Grands-Augustins, is being threatened with closure. Picasso lived and worked in this attic atelier in a 17th-century Left Bank building from 1936 to … Read More
Paris Update What’s New in Paris REBIRTH OF REPUBLIQUE After two years of work, Paris’s new Place de la République is scheduled to be unveiled to the public this Sunday, June 16. The new people-friendlier square will boast reduced automobile … Read More
