The Josephine Baker Suite at Le Bristol Paris
"I like Frenchmen very much, because even when they insult you they do it so nicely." --Josephine Baker (1906-1975)
With total lack of inhibition - leading the way for the likes of Tina Turner, Lena...
Miles Davis and Two Love Affairs, Paris and Juliette Greco
In 1989, the then mayor of Paris, and future president of France, Jacques Chirac, awarded Miles Davis the Grande Medaille de Vermeille. If Davis had ever doubted he was Paris’s beloved, adopted son, this...
Cecilia Woloch—Poet, Teacher, Traveler—Returns to Paris
Cecilia Woloch is an award-winning poet, teacher, and traveler. Her home base is in Los Angeles, but she spends much of her time traveling between her other home bases—in Kentucky, Georgia, the Carpathian Mountains,...
Zelda Fitzgerald: The Paris Years
In May 1924, Zelda, Scott and their daughter Scottie decamped from America to Paris. The extravagance of their lifestyle in the U.S. in the previous four years had left the Fitzgeralds in debt both...
Paris Writers Workshop Puts Women and Diversity Up Front
Every two years, WICE’s Paris Writers Workshop brings together distinguished writers and enthusiastic students for a stimulating week of classes, readings, panel discussions and agent consultations. Women have always had a prominent place, which...
Paris Noir: Interview with David and Joanne Burke
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David and Joanne Burke are an award-winning filmmaker/writer couple who moved to Paris in 1986 after establishing stellar careers in documentary film and television journalism in...
Starting a Business in France: Interview with Craig Carlson, Founder of “Breakfast in America”...
Craig Carlson is the founder/owner the Breakfast in America diners in Paris. Carlson first came to France in 1985 through a study abroad program, and fell instantly in love with the country. When he...
Exclusive Excerpt from David Downie’s Excellent New Book, “A Taste of Paris”
One of the best books to land on our desk recently is David Downie's A Taste of Paris: A History of the Parisian Love Affair with Food. With humor and wit, Downie delves into...
See Now in Paris: Irving Penn Retrospective at the Grand Palais
"Photographing a cake can be art."—Irving Penn
Irving Penn is considered to be one of the greatest photographers of the 20th century, and 2017 marks the centenary of his birth – in Plainfield, New Jersey...
Interview with Kristina Keenan, Commander of American Veterans in Paris
American veterans in Paris, long been dominated by the World War II generation, have found a fresh new face to represent them as commander of Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 605. Kristina Keenan,...
Americans in Paris: Elizabeth Blackwell, 1st Woman in America Awarded a Medical Degree
In the early 19th century hundreds of Americans were inspired by a wave of enterprising, progressive and talented people who migrated to Paris, the cultural capital of Europe, then comprising four times the population...
Americans in Paris, James Baldwin: A Freedom Fighter Without a Home
Even before I was seduced by Hemingway, Degas and Toulouse-Lautrec to the inevitability of living in Paris, I had already read Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin.
This small, sparely and simply written book set in...
