Just Like a Woman: Françoise Hardy as a Muse
“She takes just like a woman, yes she does
She makes love just like a woman, yes she does
And she aches just like a woman
But she breaks just like a little girl.”
Bob Dylan sang his...
Summer Hot Spots: CRÉATURES at Galeries Lafayette Haussmann
We can't get enough of the vegetarian restaurants popping up in Paris these days. One of the most exciting of this bumper crop is CRÉATURES, an ephemeral summer concept on the rooftop at Galeries...
Supernature Opens a New Location in Printemps Du Goût
With Paris finally embracing the vegan and vegetarian trend, now couldn’t be a better time for Supernature to branch out with a new restaurant in Printemps Du Goût. (Last year the famous Printemps department...
For Sale: Charming One-Bedroom Apartment in Rue des Martyrs District
Located in one of the trendiest parts of Paris, the rue des Martyrs district, in the 9th arrondissement, this beautiful apartment would make a perfect pied-à-terre or a high-income rental investment in one of...
Galeries Lafayette Cheat Sheet: Top Tips for Exploring the Department Store
Jet setting to Paris? Cuckoo for old-school department stores? Join the club! Nothing gives me more pleasure than browsing in one of Paris’s great 19th-century retail palaces. For years, I’ve celebrated shopping at the...
French Just Wanna Have Fun: Behind The Scenes at Jean Paul Gaultier’s ‘Fashion Freak...
Fashion Freak Show, held at the legendary Folies Bergère until April, is a window into the intriguing mind of proudly freakish fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier. It delivers an extravagant retrospective celebrating the icon's...
Ward off the Winter Chill: Where to Eat Now in Paris
New Year’s Resolution: I’m on the "seafood" diet, when I see food I eat it!
L’Office
Charles Compagnon recently handed over the keys of L’Office to his friend Charles Nikitits, who, after several years at the...
Visit Galeries Lafayette this Christmas
It’s official. We’ve commenced the most wonderful time of the year in Paris… The Christmas festivities have kicked off in the French capital! Indeed you’d be hard-pressed to find a more perfect place to...
For Sale: Paris Apartment with Terrace Views of the Eiffel Tower
In the 9th arrondissement near Madeleine, located on the 7th floor of a beautiful art deco building dating from the 1900s, this sunny apartment of 73 sqm with terrace and view of Paris is...
For Sale: Huge, Bright Apartment near Paris Opera
Situated on the third floor with an elevator, this large, luminous apartment is just steps from l'Opéra. In size, the flat measures 134,8 m² (128.79 m², loi Carrez). It's composed of a beautiful living...
Le Parister, Sellae, Le Vaudeville, L’Innocence: Where We’re Eating Now in Paris
"Whoever does not visit Paris regularly will never really be elegant." --Honoré de Balzac, 1830
Les Passerelles, Le Parister Hotel
This recent opening located between Montmartre and Pigalle, recalls Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart’s romantic ballad,...
Paris Moments: Photo of the Month, Société Générale’s Former Headquarters
Corey Frye, also known as “A French Frye in Paris,” spends much of his days pounding the cobblestones in Paris as he leads tours around the city. Along the way, he spots wonderful panoramas, cafés,...
