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I‘ve taken the liberty of translating a few lines from the brochure… “Finally rooms that rent by the hour for a gallant time!” – Yes, finally! “Original rooms, a moment of intimacy in the heart of Paris for couples in love.” –I think it’s really sweet how they specify the rooms are for couples in [...]
Still screening movies on 35 mm film, tucked away in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris is a 1960s cinematic time warp with a loyal appreciation for the forgotten vintage paragons of French erotica. It’s not everyone’s cup of tea, I’ll admit, and you might be thinking that I’m really scraping the barrel here but hear [...]
There’s a bit of a buzz in the film world about a controversial new documentary, Are all Men Pedophiles?, suggesting that we could be more accepting of adult men lusting after teenage women. Can of worms– open. All over the floor. The self-financed 23 year old Dutch director, Jan Willem Breure, boldly admitted that he [...]
Berlusconi and Strauss-Kahn. Both were in positions of immense power and very much in the public eye. Why would they risk their reputations so callously? Or why were their ongoing antics obligingly brushed under the carpet for so long? The Italian and the Frenchman… Both notorious lovers, both synonymous with an infamous culture of vigorous [...]
Appropriately, his name was Dandy Wellington. There’s an exciting photographer on the
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The garden state; where gas prices are cheaper and boardwalks are longer, and also where Napoleon
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This weekend, my boyfriend pulled out not one, not two but three grays he noticed glistening in the
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Alright, so you might have noticed I have a weakness for French real estate p0rn. [Sigh] I
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A room with uninterrupted sea views? Admittedly, it might need a bit of work but this underwater
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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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Today I thought we could make a quick stop at Villa Pausa on the French Riviera, the former
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Never underestimate how far your little art project can go. In her freshmen year of college, Becky
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The first post seems to have tickled your fancy, so over the past month I’ve been collecting
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I had always thought Sophia’s disapproving look in this iconic photograph taken by Delmar
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After only five years in Paris, “Genevieve de Milwaukee” has gone from editorial
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