For Sale: Apartment in the Trendy Area of Grand Boulevards
Beautifully appointed apartment in the trendy area of Grand Boulevards of the lively 10th arrondissement. Found on the 2nd floor of a charming 19th century building with well-maintained common areas and a caretaker, the...
A Romantic Parisian Wedding Doesn‘t Need to Incur the Clichés and Costs
Often when we picture a dream wedding, Paris makes an appearance. Romantic architecture, champagne and a twinkling Eiffel Tower seem to be the perfect formula for a très romantic wedding. Sex and the City,...
Streets and Stories: Passage Brady, Little India, in Paris
Even the City of Light has grey days in winter, where cloud-covered Paris can make you long for sunnier times, with flowers and blossoms blooming again, and colors once more brightening your day.
The solution...
Books: Monsieur Mediocre, One American Learns the High Art of Being Everyday French
Monsieur Mediocre: One American Learns the High Art of Being Everyday French is a delightful collection of essays describing the author’s life in France.
Married to a Frenchwoman he met when she was working as a waitress...
The Hood Pops up at Le Citizen Hotel This Summer
As The Hood prepares to close its doors for summer renovations, the coffee shop and bistro launches another exciting project today, partnering with Le Citizen Hotel on a new menu of fresh Asian barbecue...
Brasserie Bellanger, Paris’s new ‘it’ brasserie
Brasserie Bellanger by Victor Dubillot and Charles (Charly) Perez is a traditional brasserie complete with black-and-white tiled floor, shiny bar stools, gorgeous bar, open kitchen and a terrace. On Rue du Faubourg Poissonnière, a...
25hours Hotels Opens its First Paris Outpost near Gare du Nord
With the opening of its first Parisian property this week, 25hours Hotels has ventured where no hotel chain has yet dared to go in Paris, placing itself just opposite the Gare du Nord train...
La Planque Hotel: A Cool New Place to Stay in the 10th
Located between the trendy Canal Saint-Martin and Belleville, La Planque is the latest boutique hotel hoping to tap into Paris’s young and fashionable bobo crowd with its affordable style.
The hotel has called on design...
For Sale: Loft Apartment in the Trendy Canal Saint-Martin Area
The height of contemporary design, this stunning loft apartment is found in an ex-industrial building in the buzzy area of Canal Saint-Martin with its bars, boutiques and boho vibe. All the best of the...
A Huge Renovation for the Gare du Nord in Paris
If you take the Eurostar to London, or Thalys to Brussels, you will be familiar with the Paris train station known as the Gare du Nord. Visitors love to complain about this gare (so...
Eat your way around Paris with Eating Europe’s newest tour
Food tour company Eating Eating has finally come to Paris, with the aim of offering tours with a difference, promising to take you away from the tourists and off the beaten track. I went...
Solo Travel, Train Stations, and Dining at the Gare du Nord in Paris
Travel by train in France is a salt and pepper affair where time in between connections and departures always prompts travelers to grab a bite to eat, or look for an oasis in which...
