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  • Image of carrousel and Hôtel de Ville in the background for Christmas
    Let's Explore,  Seeing Paris

    Blue Velvet Christmas in Paris

    December 25, 2020 /

    Three Paris monuments are wearing Blue Velvet this year. La Ville de Paris theme this year is “Paris Scintille” (Paris sparkles). Until January 3, Paris sparkles with white drops of light dripping down the façade of the Hôtel de Ville (City hall) and the Luxor Obelisk on Place de la Concorde. The Bastille Colonne de Juillet (July column) has no white drops but was my first dramatic glimpse of the blue velvet. What You Will See The Hôtel de Ville plaza is an illuminated, enchanted, fairy-tale forest with two free merry-go-rounds, including a double-decker. There are wood chalet kiosks with various treats. One kiosk is selling spiced wine, pretzels, waffles,…

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    Lyuba the woolly mammoth, Mammuthus primigenius, is 85cm tall and 130cm long, about the size of a large dog Photo credit: NHM London

    2-for-1 Museum Tickets with Eurostar Ticket

    June 4, 2014
    Poster for Carambolages, Carambolages RMN Grand Palais, Paris

    Last Days of Carambolages-Grand Palais

    June 29, 2016
    Peninsula Hotel, replica of plane, l'Oiseau Blanc

    Between Paris And The Airports

    December 8, 2014
  • Image of brasserie Le Renard and tabac neons
    Photography-Art,  Seeing Paris

    Bright Colors: Paris Evening Lights

    October 14, 2020 /

    A week after seeing a part of Paris in black and white, it was time to focus on bright colors. Along the way, I recalled other ways to view the evening light in reflections and patterns. I was one of seven photographers who followed a spontaneous route from the Metro Temple along Rue de Turbigo, off and on Rue du Temple, toward Arts et Métiers (museum), rue du Renard (fox) down to l'Hotel de Ville and the Pont d'Arcole. On the bridge....

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    Croissant from La Baguette Tardif-Figaroscope article on Best Croissants in Paris

    Best Croissants in Paris-Figaroscope’s Ranking

    January 21, 2013
    Image of the oldest Gothic bell tower in Paris

    Stroll at La Place Saint-Germain des Près

    May 2, 2020
    Orient des femmes - Women in the Near East - Musee du quai Branly, Paris until May 15, 2011

    When Bethlehem Was The “Paris” Of Fashion

    February 15, 2011
  • Temporary Grand Palais with Eiffel Tower view
    Let's Explore,  Museums

    The Temporary Grand Palais

    September 27, 2020 /

    On the radio one day I heard that the Grand Palais was moving to a new location. I went to Place Joffre across from the Ecole Militaire and the Champ-de-Mars--Nothing. Shortly after, I heard on the radio work had begun. I jumped on bus 86 and headed for the Eiffel Tower, missed my stop but saw this looming wood structure jutting out above the trees. The first frames secured on delivery trucks were being pieced together. A few weeks later, I returned to the construction site to check on progress. The Grand Palais Ephémère (temporary) is a wooden dual-framed structure is well underway in its new location with a spectacular…

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    Paris WiFi Hotspots

    June 30, 2010
    Hermes takes over the Lutetia pool Paris

    What’s On in Paris – March

    March 3, 2011
    Mozart Place des Vosges Fete de la Musique

    Fête de la Musique: Bastille and Marais

    June 22, 2010
  • Image of Eiffel Tower, Invalides in background, 130 years
    Eiffel Tower,  Let's Explore

    Madame Eiffel Tower Celebrates 130 Years

    October 11, 2019 /

    In May 2019, the Eiffel Tower turned 130; however, why not celebrate the birthday all year long. To celebrate this event, an interactive Fall Event is underway at the Eiffel Tower until the end of November on the esplanade, under a dome covering about 300 m2, is free and open to everyone. Visitors walk over screens on the ground that reproduce the image of the girders .... which feels likes walking over nothing, experience the monument’s wind resistance and become painters of the Eiffel Tower

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    Spring along Boulevard Richard Lenoir

    Spring Is Springing In Paris

    March 5, 2011
    Tree-lined boulevard leading the Palace of Versailles

    Visiting Versailles – Forget Tuesday!

    May 22, 2019
    Charles Pigeon, Montparnasse Cemetery, inventor non-exploding gas lamp

    Find A Famous Grave In Paris Cemeteries

    September 27, 2010
  • Metro Poster of 20 years Les Acquisitions du Musée du Quai Branly
    Let's Explore,  Museums

    Musée du Quai Branly – Timely Exhibition Opens

    October 3, 2019 /

    Musée du Quai Branly is free to visitors until October 11 in memory of Jacques Chirac. A timely exhibition of the acquisitions over the past 20 years opened September 24, two days before former President Chirac passed away. In 1990 while still mayor of Paris, Mr. Chirac wanted to highlight the African Arts. When he became president in 1995, the Louvre was his target for the collections from two other Paris museums: Musée de l’Homme and the national museum Musée national des Arts d’Afrique et d’Océanie. Employees of the Musée de l’Homme went on strike in 1999 against the closure. The Musée des Arts d’Afrique et d’Océanie closed in 2003.…

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    Looking at the Champs-Elysees garden in Paris- Gad Weil and Laurence Medioni

    Champs-Elysées-One Big Garden

    May 21, 2010
    Image shows the Eiffel Tower Green project "OnEI"

    Eiffel Tower-One Big Green Space and Garden

    May 24, 2019
    Auvers Painter

    Finding Information for Auvers-sur-Oise

    July 2, 2016
  • Image shows the Eiffel Tower Green project "OnEI"
    Eiffel Tower,  Let's Explore

    Eiffel Tower-One Big Green Space and Garden

    May 24, 2019 /

    Eiffel Tower, Quai Branley, Iena Bridge, Trocadero, Place Varsovie, Ecole militaries will be joined by one big green space and pedestrian zone between 2021-2024. Around 2024 the area of the Eiffel Tower, including Trocadéro and l’Ecole militaire will add clean air to your lungs according to the Paris Mayor’s office. The area around the Eiffel Tower is going green. Vehicles of any kind will no longer circulate around either the Tower or across the Iena bridge. From the Place Varsovie on the right bank across from Chatillot to the left bank’s Quai Branly, all will be classified for pedestrians only. Work begins 2021 and continues until 2024.

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    Gare de Lyon Clock Tower. Built between 1895 to 1902; expanded in 1927. It stands 67 meters high, has four faces each measuring 6,5 meters in diameter.

    Journées du Patrimoine 2013-Reserve Now for Gare de Lyon

    August 30, 2013
    Poster for La Chaise et l'Ecran, du cinéma dans nos rues

    Paris Cinema Festival from Lost in Frenchlation

    August 10, 2016
    poster for There's no place like play by Lilac Yosiphon

    “There’s No Place Like” – West End Theatre Comes to Paris

    January 7, 2016
  • Going Out

    Foire de Paris-shopping for home fashion

    May 5, 2018 /

    Making the annual pilgrimage to the Paris Home Show (Foire de Paris) is now mission accomplished. However, we are going back for more.
Last year we made contact with the interior architects and chose the style for the new, smaller sofa bed (canapé lit) and chair.
After numerous vacations and conferences we are about to squeeze in and firm up our renovation plans to upgrade the nearly hundred year old electricity to accommodate the......

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    Wednesday Jan 14 cover of Charlie Hebdo one week after killings

    After the March, the Charlie Hebdo Tributes

    January 13, 2015
    Image of Eiffel Tower, Invalides in background, 130 years

    Madame Eiffel Tower Celebrates 130 Years

    October 11, 2019
    Poster for Carambolages, Carambolages RMN Grand Palais, Paris

    Last Days of Carambolages-Grand Palais

    June 29, 2016
  • Eiffel Tower,  Life in Paris & France,  Photography-Art,  Videos

    Paris Scenes: Balcony, Street & Snow

    February 8, 2018 /

    These are scenes from a Montmartre balcony over Paris while at a party, walking to the metro near Ledru-Rollin/Bastille to attend a conference, snow scenes along streets in the 11th arrondissement heading to the suburb of Bagnolet for a presentation rehearsal between January 26 and February 7.

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    Gare de Lyon Clock Tower. Built between 1895 to 1902; expanded in 1927. It stands 67 meters high, has four faces each measuring 6,5 meters in diameter.

    Journées du Patrimoine 2013-Reserve Now for Gare de Lyon

    August 30, 2013
    Pantheon Walk Video around the 5th Arrondissement in Paris, view from Arena Lutece near rue Monge

    Walk Around the Pantheon, Paris

    June 27, 2011
    Printemps Christmas Store

    Department Store Tips

    October 5, 2011
  • Let's Explore,  Specialty shops

    Bring France Home with Designer Souvenirs

    August 31, 2017 /

    Bring Home France on rue de Birague in the Marais offers unique Paris and French souvenirs designed by a street artist, graphic designers, fashion and home designers. Some products are made by long-standing French firms in Gien, Limoges, by Duralex and Laulhère-France. In the store and for shopping online they have a wide selection of products ranging from gastronomy and jewels to fashion, decoration and toys. Nathalie Crouzet tells you some stories and legends behind some of the souvenirs in my first video story.

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    Auberge Ravoux/Maison de Van Gogh

    Day Trip To Auvers-sur-Oise, An Eternal Village

    July 8, 2010
    La Belle chocolatiere

    Gourmet Chocolate Museum in Paris is Choco-Story

    May 19, 2010
    Galette des Rois with crown

    Scoop!!! The Best Parisian “Galette des rois” In My Backyard!

    January 6, 2011
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