Click here for a 2017 UPDATE! On Saturday evening, a friend and I made the short trip out to the château of Versailles for Les Grandes Eaux de Versailles (The Fountains Night Show), an evening when the gardens of the château are artistically illuminated and open to...
Fête de la Musique is in just five days. On June 21, the longest day of the year, hundreds of musicians—both amateur and professional—will perform on sidewalks, outside restaurants, in museums, parks and other public spaces… and it’s all free. For a bit of history...
For those who speak French and would like to see Paris from a different perspective (while honing their photography skills), why not sign up for a photography workshop during your stay? Je veux être photographe! offers 4-hour sessions for €85, which includes...
With the glorious sunny days Paris has been enjoying recently, I will always prefer to picnic than to sit in a restaurant. My friends and I try to organize a picnic every week and our numbers have been growing. The trend is catching on. Our picnics are a bit of a...
Of the numerous shopping arcades throughout Paris, Galerie Vivienne in the 2nd arrondissement is still my favorite. Tucked between the rue des Petits Champs and rue Vivienne, just north of the Jardin du Palais Royal, this arcade is a gem for shoppers, foodies,...
There is no better time to visit the Basilica of Sacré Coeur, atop the Butte de Montmartre, than an hour or so before sunset, when the sun is low enough in the sky to cast on everything in its path that gentle golden glow but still high enough for the rays to hit the...
Recently, I spent an afternoon at Cook ’n with class, a cooking school on rue Custine in the 18th, on the back side of Montmartre. The classes of up to seven students are taught in English and the focus ranges from bread making to cake decorating to molecular...
