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Paris in the Springtime: How to Avoid Everyone

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This is how I like my outdoor terraces: deserted, tourist-free and preferably childless (sorry parents but screaming kids are just not part of my vision for an al fresco paradise). But since we’re coming out of what seems like the longest winter yet, at the first hint of sun, you can bet everyone and their [...]

The Hermès Secret Garden on a Paris Rooftop

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High above the grand boutique windows of number 24 rue Faubourg Saint-Honoré, where Charles-Émile Hermès relocated his father’s harness workshop in 1880 and first began to retail saddlery, there is an exquisite little-known paradise that overlooks the rooftops of Paris. I stumbled upon some insider photographs by Quentin Bertoux of this secret little Parisian terrace, so let’s take a [...]

Berets, Baguettes and Bikes in Paris!

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It’s not exactly the Tour de France, but introduced in 2009 and inspired by London’s Tweed Run, Paris has its very own “Beret Baguette” ride celebrating French flair for fashion, gastronomy and the trusty two-wheeled transporters. The annual group ride is attended by up to 500 Parisians and fixie enthusiasts are encouraged to don the [...]

Uh Oh … Someone let MessyNessy into Paris Fashion Week

So … funny story. I’ve been hired at the eleventh hour to freelance during Paris Fashion Week for an online fashion magazine. I know, I know, just hear me out. They’re expecting a review for the Dries Van Noten show this afternoon, and yes, against mankind’s better judgement, MessyNessy has been given an invite. Okay [...]

Some very, very Serious Thoughts on Paris and Hemingway

I finally read Ernest Hemingway’s A Moveable Feast this summer. Only 126 pages and one of literature’s classics; absorbing his narratives of the Paris quais and cafés, I felt an unavoidable sense of failure that it had taken me more than a quarter of a century to find the book. At the same time, I [...]



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