How American Drugstores nearly replaced the Paris Bistro
Legendary pin-up Lana Turner is said to have been discovered perched on a bar stool…
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Bastille Day Street Parties of a Hundred Years Ago
Check out Le Petit Journal’s recap of lavish and loving Bastille Day street parties in…
The Famous Parisian Potheads of the Belle Epoque
Ah, Belle Epoque Paris: a lost world of artists, writers, dancers, philosophers and …. potheads?…
Where the Nazis Hung Out in Occupied Paris
Today I found a photograph of an ordinary German coffee shop circa 1941, with German signage above the…
The “Other” Lost Generation of Black American Artists in Paris
Originally, this was supposed to be a pretty straight-forward piece on an American ex-pat artist…
The X-Rated Paris Grave
In Paris’ city of the dead, where winding cobblestone pathways have their own street signs, graves look…
Working Girls of Place Blanche: Documenting the Parisian Sex Trade
Our story takes place in 1950s and 60s Paris at Place Blanche, in the shadows…
A Pilgrimage to the Ancient Penis Monastery
Deep in the Himalayas you’ll find Bhutan, an ancient kingdom with an equally ancient Buddhist monastery…
Muse du Jour: France’s Legendary Surrealist Stripper
Let’s catapult straight into the centre of Paris’ exotic dancing universe, the Crazy Horse Saloon,…
How One Frenchman Became the World’s Most Beloved Lesbian Poet
We thought we’d heard it all when it came to imposters. Clearly, we hadn’t met…
The First Monokini: Trying to make the Topless Swimsuit happen in 1964
When we think of the monokini today, we picture those fiddly one-piece swimsuits that give…
Inside the Paris Brothels of the Belle Époque
Behind the number 12, rue Chabanais, a typical building on a typical back street not…