A friend who is a historian and has lived in Paris for over 35 years was discoursing the other day about how much France has changed since he’s been here. He predicted that the country’s status would be going up … Read More
It’s no news that not everyone appreciates the glossy work of art-world superstar Jeff Koons. Now the artist has caused an uproar in Paris by offering as a gift to the city a monumental sculpture, “Bouquet of Tulips” (with 11 tulips held in an … Read More
“Paris a la pêche!” says the headlines in all the French newspapers. That means both “Paris is feeling great” (from the expression “avoir la pêche,” meaning “to feel peachy”) and “Paris has the pêche,” referring to the introduction of a new … Read More
I am no fan of the company JCDecaux, which has littered Paris with advertising panels, but the city of Paris seems to have made a bad decision when it replaced Decaux’s subsidiary Cyclocity as the concessionaire for the Vélib’ bike-sharing … Read More
Why do we choose to live in Paris when it ranks high on cost of living and low on quality of life? Mercer’s 2018 Quality of Living Ranking, published in March, ranked Vienna first (for the ninth year in a … Read More
France’s reputation for being anti-entrepreneur and pro-big labor was never entirely deserved, but the times are definitely changing. The massive strikes that used to fill the streets and squares with demonstrators and knock out public transport and other services, sometimes … Read More
Few will be surprised to hear it, but according to a study conducted by an adult app store, Lazeeva, Paris is the world’s most sex-positive city, followed by Rio de Janeiro and Los Angeles. “Sex-positive” was defined as “having … Read More
