Last Sunday was free museum day and as usual I head to whatever enclave of beauty and art that calls to me. Most often like a homing pigeon, I find myself back at the Louvre, because the whole place is so immensely complex and full of nooks and crannies, that you can go …
Some weekends in Paris, there is just too much to see and do! The Salon d’Agriculture is definitely one of my favorites salons and then this Sunday was free museum day. I look forward to this huge and most popular salon every year, where the country comes to Paris.! There you will find the most …
My Weekend With Piglets, Cows, Nudes and my Luscious Walnut Tart Read More »
What a wonderful weekend in cold snowy Paris! I don’t think I have ever had so many variations of foie gras and fun as I did this past Saturday and Sunday. I was lucky to receive an invitation from Gault Millau, the other and better French restaurant guide to The International Cookbook Fair, that …
Paris is such a multicultural city, that in some parts, you can almost think you are no longer even in France. Such was the case last sunday when I attended the parade celebrating the Chinese New Year. Paris’s largest and most famous Chinatown is in the 13 th arrondissement. Mandarin scroll adorns every storefront, with …
Firecrackers and Dancing Dragons Bring in the Year of the Snake Read More »
I, like million of others have always been thrilled to hear the bells of Notre Dame, so I had no idea they were claimed by an imminent campanologist (bell expert) to be “the most dreadful set of bells in France, damaged and badly tuned”. Really? Those bells in question, except one, were all bells made …
It was a lovely warm autumn day in Paris yesterday and frankly I was looking for something interesting to do. I had seen advertisements that there was a fête, or festival gong on at the huge flea market that is on the outskirts of the city. I must admit that I had not been there since …
One of my very favorite streets in Paris is Rue Saint Denis that becomes Faubourg Saint Denis as it crosses into the 10 th arrondissement. It is definitely one of the seediest, oldest, grimiest, quirkiest, slightly dilapidated streets in old Paris. A colorful melange of neoned prostitutes, sex shops, garment trade boutiques and ethnic markets. …
Rue Saint Denis; Haven for Street Walkers and Slice of Old Paris Read More »
This weekend was Fêtes des Jardins, an annual event that showcases all the public gardens in France and even the private ones that open only for this event. Parisians are blessed with the most beautiful gardens in the world and this weekend we were privileged to see those that are hidden from our eyes the …
Bee Hives, Vineyards, Flowers, and More; Paris Gardens Have It All Read More »