Paris Update What’s New in Paris VALENTINE SPLURGE A suite at the Royal Monceau-Raffles. The recently renovated Royal Monceau-Raffles Hotel (37, avenue Hoche 75008 Paris; 01 42 99 88 77) has not just one, but two Michelin-starred restaurants. For Valentine’s … Read More
The culture budget is always one of the first to be cut in troubled economic times. To demonstrate the error of this way of thinking, French Culture Minister Aurélie Filippetti, who gave her annual New Year’s address to the press … Read More
Fans of Daniel Rose, the supremely likable American chef/owner of the Paris restaurant Spring, will be happy to hear that he has published his first cookbook, available in French and English editions, illustrated with his own charmingly naïve and witty … Read More
Paris Update What’s New in Paris PAPÀ ROMA Pier Paolo Pasolini and Anna Magnani on the set of “Mamma Roma,” 1962. © Immagine fotografica dell’Archivio Storico Istituto Luce Cinecittà SRL The exhibition “Pasolini Roma” at the Cinémathèque Française (51 Rue … Read More
Paris Update What’s New in Paris BOOK SOON FOR HIDDEN PARIS The private gallery of the Rosenbloom Collection. The annual three-day event Paris Face Cachée (Jan. 31-Feb. 2) opens the doors to 90 unusual places and activities in Paris and … Read More
Paris Update What’s New in Paris LAST-MINUTE POP-UP SHOPPING & Friends by Kapok: menswear by up-and-coming designers. Pop-up shops have sprung up all over Paris in anticipation of the holidays. Here’s a quick look at a few of the more … Read More
Paris Update What’s New in Paris COWORKING CAFE Customers hard at work at L’AntiCafé. Following Craft, a handsome café designed as a place for freelancers to work, a new Wi-Fi-equipped office-haven-away-from-home with a different concept has opened: L’AntiCafé (79, rue … Read More
Paris Update What’s New in Paris Parachutists arriving during the Battle of Dien Bien Phu. Photo: Daniel Camus/RMN-Grand Palais/Musée de l’Armée. The Musée de l’Armée in Paris is holding a fascinating exhibition, “Indochine: Des Territoires et des Hommes, 1856-1956” (through … Read More
Paris Update What’s New in Paris “Le Pierrot Lunaire,” by Gustave Vichy. Photo: Nathalie Prebende There is always something creepily fascinating about automatons, and visitors to the exhibition “Histoire d’Automates” at the Théâtre des Sablons (62-70, avenue du Roule 92200 … Read More
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
