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I found some rare autochrome photographs of Paris at the turn of the 20th century and thought you might like them. I was curious to compare each photograph with how it looks today so I’ve provided a link to most of them on Google Street view. Although much of Paris is still “old Paris”, not [...]
Most Parisians can recognize a picture of Paris pretty instantly. From the Haussmann facades to the way the cobblestones are patterned in the street and the look of the drain pipes. But scientifically, what makes Paris look like Paris? Five scholars from Carnegie Mellon and the École normale supérieure have tried to answer this using [...]
They say the name ‘flea market’ first originated from the legendary Paris antiques market of St. Ouen, when an unknown bargain hunter in the 1880s looked down from nearby fortifications, observed junk dealers selling their scrap and allegedly exclaimed, “My word, but it’s a market of fleas!” In reality, it is anything but. On my [...]
A charming little clip from Paris blues starring Louis Armstrong and Diahann Carroll. If you haven’t seen this wonderful movie, it’s about two expatriate jazz musicians living in Paris where, unlike America at the time, Jazz musicians are celebrated and racism is a non-issue. When they meet and fall in love with two young American girls, [...]
The Grande Galerie in the Louvre Museum, abandoned. In 1938, the threat of war prompted plans for a large-scale evacuation of the public collections in the Louvre Museum. The storage sites chosen for works of art were châteaux, tranquil locations in the heart of the French countryside, far from strategic targets. In 1939 and on [...]
On a crisp sunny Sunday, there really is no better place to be in Paris than les Puces (the flea market) of St.Ouen. The epicenter of authentic Paris, le Marché aux Puces de Saint-Ouen is an ideal little society of its own, made up of village-like alleys and small streets, persevered by an intellectual and [...]
It was once a serviceable, pay-by-the hour establishment. Hotel Amour, Paris haunt of the international fashion and rock ’n’ roll set, hiding in an undistinguished lane near the red-light district of Pigalle. Rooms are adorned with erotic novels, art and vintage magazines to pay tribute to its x-rated past. Entrepreneurs André and Emmanuel Delavenne, graffiti [...]
Remember what French class was like in school? I have to admit I don’t have the best memory of it because it was the easiest class to skip in favor of a second lunch. But what I can recall from when I did attend, is that it was never very relevant to how the French, [...]
A few weeks ago, through my endless network of Paris links, I stumbled upon a heavenly website called “Et si on se promenait à Paris“, translation: And what if we walked around Paris? Browsing through this captivating blog, it soon becomes very clear that the editor and photographer, Mademoiselle Audrey F, knows that there’s taking [...]
All aboard the Badoit Express! Just a few weeks ago on the RER line C commuter train into Paris, the sparkling water brand Badoit decided to surprise tired commuters on their way home with an astonishing and unusual gastronomic treat. Two-star Michelin chef of the Paris Mandarin Oriental and judge of the French version of [...]
What good is an iPhone if it can’t take you to Paris?! Or an iPad that can’t take you
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Here’s one they left out of the history textbooks. A recent French film, Free Men, brought to
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The garden state; where gas prices are cheaper and boardwalks are longer, and also where Napoleon
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You may recall we recently discovered Kowloon City, the Hong Kong ‘historical
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This breathtaking pool of glistening turquoise water under creamy ecclesiastical stone vaulting is
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Every once in a while, a fashion brand does something that stays with you and swims around in your
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I had you at ‘Free Wine & Cheese‘, didn’t I? If you’ve been umming and
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I remember when I first saw it, Avenue Junot, the cobblestone road that winds up to Montmartre
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In Paris, every first Wednesday of the month at noon, without fail you can hear the eerie wail of
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