Welcome to One of the Last Cinema Prop Houses in Paris
Alright, you can forget about all those other times, this time, I really did find Paris’…
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Hiding Out in Paris’ Littlest-Known Medieval Tower
Hiding in plain sight, sandwiched amongst Haussmann buildings on the right bank, is one of…
We went on a Picnic in a Parisian Nazi Bunker
I‘ve been on some adventures in my lifetime, but none of them ended with a…
Inside the Lost “Harvard” of Paris
Gustave Eiffel, the Michelin brothers, the Peugeot family– they were all educated by one of the…
When Buffalo Bill was the Toast of Paris
Americans in Paris. Hemingway, Josephine Baker, Jim Morrison, James Baldwin, Nina Simone – these are…
Let’s Window Shop for French Fairytale Homes Again
I’m in that mood again. Is there ever a bad time to go window shopping…
Building Mr. Eiffel’s Penthouse Apartment: A Tower Under Construction
A Parisian friend dropped some very interesting photographs in my inbox this week, some that I’d…
10 Time Travelling Paris Movies to Cozy Up With
On these dark winter nights, is there anywhere else you’d rather escape to than Paris?…
The Ghost Bath Houses of Paris
I was researching old Parisian advertisements from the 19th century (as you do) when I came…
The First Parisian Skyscrapers were also a Notorious World War II Jewish Camp
A relatively austere low-income housing complex in the northeastern suburbs of Paris, the Cité de…
When Parisian Brasseries Became Daylight Brothels
That inimitable bedrock of Parisian social fabric, the traditional French brasserie has been synonymous with…
MADE IN PARIS: The Statue of Liberty 1877-1885
A lot of us, even the French, tend to forget that one of America’s most…