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 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
Paris Update What’s New in Paris ART DECO CINEMA REBORNOne of the sadder sights in Paris for many years was the Louxor “Palace of Cinema,” which began showing silent films in 1921, sitting abandoned at the crossroads of the Boulevard … Read More
Paris Update What’s New in Paris DADA-INSPIRED CONCEPT STOREThe Broken Arm, a new, light- and flower-filled concept store and café with big windows overlooking the lovely Square du Temple, has opened in Paris’s Upper Marais. You can pick up a … Read More
Paris Update What’s New in Paris PRIVATE VIEW“The Secret Garden,” a group exhibition of works by Korean contemporary artists, among them video artist Yongbaek Lee, photographer Beomsik Won and painter “Between Red-167” (2012), by Seahyun Lee. Seahyun Lee, opens this … Read More
Paris Update What’s New in Paris THE FACEBOOK ART OF CENSORSHIPDo robots decide what to censor on Facebook? Probably. Earlier this month, the photo below, by Laure Albin Guillot, whose work is currently on show at the Jeu de Paume … Read More
Paris Update What’s New in Paris A NEW SUPPER CLUB IS BORNThree talented young chefs, all graduates of the Ferrandi cooking school in Paris, have pooled their talents to create a new supper club called “Crave.” They will cook four-course … Read More
