A Collection of Ideas for Paris Weekends:

Staying Put and Getting Out of Town

Paris Apartment for Rent

In the heart of the Marais, just two blocks from Saint-Paul metro (line 1), around the corner from the historic rue des Rosiers and a few minutes’ walk from Place des Vosges. Les Miroirs du Marais is a 1-bedroom luxury apartment, sleeps up to 4.

Photography

I have been snapping photos since the age of five, when my uncle gave me my first camera. I earned a certificate from Madrid’s Keltia School of Photography and a diploma from The Photography Institute of London.

Food & Drink

The Full List

This is my full list of restaurant and bar recommendations, along with a few bakeries, ice cream parlors, and markets.

The Crème de la Crème

If you’re only in town for a short while, take a look at this list of my top restaurants & bars!

Just the Bars

This is my full list of bar recommendations, in order of arrondissement. I have indicated “**” for some of my real favorites!

Weekly Get-to-Know-Paris Challenge #7!

Weekly Get-to-Know-Paris Challenge #7!

This week's get-to-know-Paris challenge is to slow down and read the historic markers! Have you noticed these brown signs around the city? Well, next time you pass one, take a look and you might just learn something! Does you know where the marker in this photo is...

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Restaurant Week – Verjus, Au Tournebièvre & Sassotondo

Restaurant Week – Verjus, Au Tournebièvre & Sassotondo

No, it's not really Restaurant Week in Paris. That falls September 17 - 23 this year. But I had my own personal restaurant week recently. It's not often that I go to three restaurants in a row that are absolutely top notch. So I decided that this unexpected phenomenon...

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I Don’t Like Everything French

I Don’t Like Everything French

My first article has been published on Ma Vie Française ("My French Life")!   Ma Vie Française is a unique resource for French, expats and Francophiles, wherever they may live, in that it's truly a bilingual site. I encourage you to check it out and click around! I...

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Links: Best Finds of March

Links: Best Finds of March

Every month, I post a list of some of my favorite or just the most eye-catching articles, recipes, blogs and other links I have come across in the past month.  Some relate to Paris and European travels and some have nothing at all to do with the themes of Paris...

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Weekly Get-to-Know-Paris Challenge #6!

Weekly Get-to-Know-Paris Challenge #6!

Now that you've read about the origins of the poisson d'avril, it's your turn to become the prankster! Print out a few of these April fish and try to tape them to your friends' backs this Sunday, April 1 without them knowing!

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What’s This About an April Fish?

What’s This About an April Fish?

The English-speaking world knows it as April Fool's Day, but the French (and also the French Canadians) call it poisson d'avril ("April's fish"), the day when you are allowed to mess with other people's heads. In France, the tradition is to try to tape a paper fish to...

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About

Paris Weekender is for the visitor planning his or her first trip to Paris or 20th trip to Paris. For the expat trying to navigate a new system and a new culture. I hope even for the native Parien or Parisienne looking to discover a new corner of the city. Paris Weekender is also a resource for planning day trips and weekend trips from Paris. My goal is not to inundate you with information but to share with you some survival tips as well as my favorite things about living in Paris: walking the city streets, finding new restaurants and cafés, and adventuring beyond the périférique.

Abby Gordon