While other tools focus on hotels or restaurants, Touring Bird is all about activities. Touring Bird allows you to view a range of experiences for a specific city, and filter by price, duration, time of day and cancellation policy. It's a great way of learning about...
The annual European Heritage Days is coming up this weekend--September 15 and 16--and Bonjour Paris has posted their list of top picks for 2018. Assemblée Nationale European Heritage Days (Journées Européennes du Patrimoine) is the one weekend when (almost) all...
Are you still looking for the right yoga studio in Paris? Photo provided by Christine Flowers Christine Flowers is a French/American singer/actor who is certified as a yoga instructor specializing in Iyengar, restorative and therapeutic styles of yoga. Christine...
Paris Insiders Guide recently shared their top 14 picks for hidden secrets of Paris. For frequent visitors or those of you who live in Paris, it's always nice to explore the lesser known treasures of the city. My Secret Spot #3 We'll never run out of Paris secrets to...
Complete France magazine recently shared an article on 9 Great things to do in Paris in summer and you haven't missed any of them yet--there's still time! Paris Plages is running longer than ever this summer, with more activities than ever. I'm also a big fan of the...
Annabel Simms has published a new book to help us discover some lesser known secrets just outside Paris, Half An Hour from Paris. Annabel has a good understanding of what visitors need in terms of the practical aids. She includes a map of the Paris region as well as...
Last month, I was lucky enough to participate in a "blind" wine tasting at Cave Bouteille in the 17th arr., a lovely little wine shop or cave. We only tasted rosés, and to encourage us to discover the differences from one wine to another, the leader of our tasting...
One evening in late May, a friend and I went on the Dark Side of Paris Evening Walk through PARISCityVISION. We were unlucky with the weather: it poured rain most of the evening. We ended up cutting the 3-hour tour a bit short. But we did stick around for the bulk of...
One of my favorite new-ish shops in the Marais is Fleux. Fleux is all about design but at relatively affordable prices. I recently bought a sleek new dish drying rack there, and last year I purchased the shelf and animal figure coat hooks for my entryway pictured...
My British and Brit-loving friends always rave about M&S grocery stores and I never knew quite what the big deal was. But today, while strolling through the Passage des Panoramas and the Passage Jouffroy, I came upon the small grocery store and now I understand....
