UPDATE & CORRECTION: It's official! The "ephemeral" café will indeed open again this summer, starting June 9th. But this time (here comes the correction), it will be "Le Jardin Municipal" and not "Café Cour". But it will be a lot more than just a café... a bar, a...
It had been on my list for a while. Last week I finally made it down to Gare Montparnasse without too much luggage to carry so I could explore what's above the station. Few people realize that above the station platform and train tracks is an 8+ acre city park,...
Last week, I wrote about the Albert Kahn Museum & Gardens in Boulogne-Billancourt. Not so far from there, about a 30 minute's walk away, is the Jardin des Serres d'Auteuil, a botanical garden in the Bois de Boulogne. These gardens were created back in 1761 under...
On the edge of the Seine in Boulogne-Billancourt, a suburb of Paris abutting the 16th arrondissement, lies a magical little garden and museum that most tourists never find. The Albert Kahn Museum & Garden is a bit off the beaten track, but just a short walk from...
Nearly two years ago, I wrote (here) about one of the long distance trails (the grandes randonnées) that transects central Paris (see the Red 1 Trail below). This past summer, I completed another of these hikes through Paris, the Blue 2 Trail above. The full trail is...
While "medieval" and "Hausmannian" may be the first styles that come to mind when we think of Parisian architecture, Paris is also home to an impressive array of more modern architecture. Guimard's Castel Béranger, Rue Jean de la Fontaine, 75016 Paris (1898) Just once...
Linda Hervieux, a fellow American living in Paris, journalist and photographer, recently finished her impressive first book, Forgotten: The Untold Story of D Day's Black Heroes, at Home and At War. Not many first-time authors are told their work is "utterly...
The Bibliothèque Mazarine (The Mazarin Library) is a 17th century library, the oldest public library in France. It houses an impressive collection of manuscripts and rare books, including a Gutenberg Bible. The library is in the center of Paris, in the 6th...
You still have a few more weeks to catch the Osiris, Egypt's Sunken Mysteries exhibit at the Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris's 5th arrondissement, not far from Notre Dame Cathedral. The exhibit runs though January 31, 2016. Why "sunken" mysteries? Because most of the...
One of my favorite things to do on a Paris evening is catch a concert in one of the historic churches. The best way to find out about everything going on in Paris in a particular week is to pick up a copy of Pariscope, a small inexpensive magazine that comes out on...
