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Helena Rubinstein Exhibit at Musée d’Art et d’histoire du Judaïsme in Paris
"There are no ugly women, just lazy ones." --Helena Rubinstein
For the first time in France, the Musée d’Art et d’histoire du Judaïsme (MAHJ) curates an intriguing exhibition in homage to Helena Rubinstein (1872-1965.)
Chaya Rubinstein,...
Arago Medallions, Ancient Graffiti: Hidden Treasures of Paris in Plain Sight
You plan your trip to Paris and have all the big things on your list to see. The Eiffel Tower, Musée d’Orsay, Arc de Triomphe, Louvre and-- if you are brave-- maybe even the...
Jim Morrison in Paris: His Last Weeks, Mysterious Death, and Grave in Père Lachaise
Amongst the great and the good in Père Lachaise cemetery-- the poets and the artists, Molière, Delacroix, Edith Piaf and Morrison’s own great idol, Oscar Wilde-- lies the grave of the legendary singer of...
Pauline Viardot: A Forgotten Woman of Musical Genius
Pauline Viardot was part of the Spanish Garcia family, four generations of singers and composers who greatly influenced opera and singing in four countries for more than a century. She was a household name...
Strolling the Latin Quarter: A Perfect Walk on the Left Bank
In the middle ages, walking the Latin Quarter would not have expended many calories. The Latin Quarter consisted of the area immediately surrounding the Sorbonne. La Sorbonne was a theology college created by Robert...
Cubisme à la française at the Centre Pompidou: Cubism at Home at Last!
Centre Pompidou curators Brigitte Leal, Christian Briend, and Adrianne Coulondre have organized a spectacular exhibition for the maddeningly complex movement Cubism. Enormous, exhausting and exhilarating, the exhibit displays over 300 objects (art and artifacts) along...
Hotels and History: Affairs at the Ritz Paris
Hotels were made for affairs.
And where better to conduct an affair than in the inimitable, iconic surroundings of The Ritz Hotel in Paris?
This was especially true through the febrile, uncertain times of the Second...
L’Empereur de Paris: The Return of Vidocq
Who was Vidocq? Many cultures have legendary criminal heroes: America has the Western outlaw and Al Capone, Latin America the drug lord, Britain has Robin Hood, Japan the yakuza gangster, Greece the 19th century...
Winter Recipes: Paul Bocuse’s Billy Bi Mussel Soup
It’s hard to believe that January 20th marks the one-year anniversary of Paul Bocuse’s passing. Is it possible that it’s already been one whole year since this monument of French cuisine left us? But...
Last Chance to Catch Two Amazing Picasso Exhibits in Paris
If you will be spending the first weeks of January in Paris, escape the winter chill and make sure you catch these two amazing Picasso exhibits before they close.
Picasso arrived with his friend and...
Django Reinhardt and the Temple of the Paris Gypsy Jazz Scene
Jazz fanatics may be less interested in hunting for bargains in the famed Marché aux Puces in Clignancourt than in searching out La Chope des Puces where Django Reinhardt played and gave birth to...
A Secret Crypt in Paris on Rue Pierre-Nicole
Hidden passageways and underground treasures… Bien sûr there are still secrets in Paris! Just recently, the spotlight has fallen on a forgotten crypt, hidden beneath a parking garage in the 5th arrondissement. Le Parisien...
