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  • 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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    Official poster for the Paris Treasure Hunt 2010

    Paris Treasure Hunt or La Chasse aux trésors 2010

    June 23, 2010
    Looking skyward in the Passage du Grand Cerf between rue Saint-Denis and Place Goldoni in the Bonne Nouvelle neighborhood, Paris

    Walking Tour: Off the Beaten Path in Local Neighborhoods

    June 25, 2016
    Sunbather looking into Seine Paris Plages 2020

    Paris Plages 2020 Includes Covid Testing

    August 13, 2020
  • Poster for Carambolages, Carambolages RMN Grand Palais, Paris
    Museum exhibitions

    Last Days of Carambolages-Grand Palais

    June 29, 2016 /

    Colleen’s Take Away: This style of museum visit could be the future: Necessity to look at each object because each is related to the previous and to the next; Listening to sounds or music on your smartphone to set the tone. The exhibit poster gives no indication of what to expect. In the end, the exhibit is the unexpected. I recommend the exhibit “Carambolages” if you have time before it ends July 4. Colleen’s Tip: Best visited using the app. Download the app (Apple and Android) and its three parts either in advance or at the Grand Palais: Parcours sonore (sound), which I used throughout, Oeuvres galerie basse (art works…

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    Interior Courtyard of Petit Palais, Paris, France, dining on the terrace

    Free Things in Paris – A Partial List

    June 24, 2017
    photo_famille_Stein_1906, © New Haven, Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale

    The Steins – Their Adventure in Being Avant-Garde

    November 8, 2011
    Chess players near l'Orangerie greenhouse at Luxembourg Gardens

    Le Jardin du Luxembourg: Live or Virtual Visit

    November 5, 2020
  • Taste of Paris 2016 poster
    Events and Trade Shows,  Food, Drink & Health

    A Satisfying Taste of Paris

    February 13, 2016 /

    Taste festivals came to Paris for the second time between February 11 and 14, 2016. I was at Taste of Paris under the nave of the Grand Palais today. Here is what you will find if you have tickets: Food experiments for purchase, some free tastings and a fun atmosphere. If you go early when they open at 11 am until about 12:30, there is a line outside that moves quickly and not long lines inside. If you arrive about 2:30 pm there is no line outside, but long lines inside for each food booth. We bought the basic entry ticket and purchased....

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    Antique books in a shop window along a street in Paris

    Buying Books For, About and In Paris

    April 28, 2014
    Lost in Frenchlation logo

    French Cinéphiles … Lost in Frenchlation April 2018

    March 29, 2018
    Publicity photo for Moliere's The Miser or the Scrooge (l'Avare), Ranelagh Theatre, Paris

    French in English-Theatre in Paris

    October 26, 2018
  • Maternal Tenderness (1786) Salon 1787 one of three paintings shown at the salon exulting the joys of motherhood, reflecting the new spirit of the time, fashionable to express sentimentalism.
    Events and Trade Shows,  Museum exhibitions

    Vigée Le Brun Retrospective at Grand Palais

    November 3, 2015 /

    “Only in painting have I found happiness” ... Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun. This is the first French retrospective for this portraitist. One hundred fifty-nine works are on view until January 11, 2016 at the Grand Palais. You will be mesmerized by the moist, glinting eyes that look at you. One of the best times to visit avoiding lines and crowds is Friday around 5:30 pm. In her portraits, I see an artist who painted impressionism, fashion, motherly tenderness and narrative art. Although not the first to paint teeth showing or expressive eyes, Madame Le Brun did have an expressive talent for naturalness. For her education....

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    Art de la Table and On the Wall at M&O

    October 4, 2017
    Benjamin Franklin House London his front room for "air bathing"

    Hidden Houses and Pubs – Long Weekend in London

    March 22, 2011
    Paris Christmas Ferris Wheel

    Paris Christmas Events

    November 19, 2010
  • Valentino pre-show invitees, Tuileries Ephémère, Paris
    Events and Trade Shows,  Museum exhibitions,  Photography-Art

    Paris Fashion Week Different Views

    October 13, 2015 /

    When you live in Paris, it seems that every couple of months they are speaking about "Fashion Week". The three reasons for this are: Haute Couture, Ready to Wear and Men’s Fashions. Two more reasons are Spring/Summer and Fall/Winter.Paris Fashion Week happens so often need to keep up with the schedule from Mode à Paris (Fédération Française de la Couture du Prêt-à-Porter des Couturiers et des Créateurs de Mode). Find out when and how ...The Mode à Paris calendar drops hints....

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    Musée Arts Forains Tours in English

    July 14, 2016
    Je Suis Charlie - text that appeared immediately after cartoonists from CharlieHebdo were assassinated along with two policemen

    “Je Suis Charlie” – I Am Charlie

    January 8, 2015
    Foreign language books on a table in my library

    Colleen’s Paris in Top Paris Blogs

    March 4, 2016
  • Similng Spider (Araigée souriante), 1881, Musée d'Orsay (conserved at the Louvre)
    Museums

    Paris Museums using “Apps” for Audio Guides

    May 12, 2011 /

    Look for Paris museums to use phone applications (apps) for their audio guides more frequently. As an amateur art critic, I am a big fan of audio guides. They provide in-depth background information on exhibition selections. They make you visit more efficient if you are short on time. The availability of languages depends on the exhibit or the museum. Generally, the museum’s audio guides for children are only available in French. Downloading an application offers several benefits: use your own headsets and phone/mp3 player for the visit; re-listen to the highlights again as often as you like and pretend you were there. The price might be cheaper for the download…

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    View of Champs Elysees with cyclists-May 8 is first Sunday pedestrian opening

    Paris Begins Another Fresh Air Tradition

    May 5, 2016
    Hotel de Ville, Paris City hall, Salle de Fete

    Paris City Hall Speaks English

    May 9, 2010
    Journees du Patrimoine ceiling interior of the bank Societe Generale Boulevard Haussmann

    History of Journées Européennes du Patrimoine

    August 30, 2013
  • l'Oeil, comme un ballon bizarre se dirige vers L'INFINI, 1882, BNF
    Museum exhibitions

    Odilon Redon at the Grand Palais

    May 12, 2011 /

    This is a fascinating Grand Palais, Paris, exhibit of blacks and greys and eventually color. Was Odilon Redon, a contemporary of Impressionists and their colorful paintings, ahead of his time? He began in charcoals and was a master of lithographs using matted blacks. As a relatively recent medium (invented in 1796) Redon worked with lithographs between the middle and end of the 1800s. Popular with the public, his individual lithographs and those printed in books brought Redon notoriety. His other artistic contemporaries included Gustav Moreau, the Belgian art circle “Les XX”, Nabis, Cezanne and Gauguin. This exhibit follows Redon’s chronological development. He worked in charcoal, lithographs and eventually pastels and…

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    Official graffiti Pont des Arts, Institut de France in background

    Love Locks Gone from the Bridge

    June 12, 2015
    La Parisienne, over the entryway to the exposition universelle 1900

    Paris 1900 Exhibit at Petit Palais

    June 2, 2014
    Valentino pre-show invitees, Tuileries Ephémère, Paris

    Paris Fashion Week Different Views

    October 13, 2015
  • Claude Monet - Gare Saint Lazare Crédits photo © RMN (Musée d’Orsay) Hervé Lewandowski
    Museum exhibitions

    Paris Exhibitions of the Past

    April 30, 2011 /

    The Paris Mayor’s office has a list of Paris museums and their links to check for current exhibitions. You can also check for current exhibitions at the city/municipal museums. The Paris Tourist Office provides a list of museums. And l’Officiel des spectacles provides museum information in their weekly magazine and online (Use Google Translate.) The following two exhibits are at the same Hotel de Ville – one entrance fronts rue de Rivoli and the other is around the corner on the street, Lobau. The Impressionists at the Hotel de Ville Until July 23, 2011. “During its renovation work, the Musée d’Orsay is loaning out several dozen canvases and drawings. Most…

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    Follow Up To Paris Treasure Hunt

    July 6, 2010

    The Paris “Honeymoon” to Daily Routine Transition

    January 2, 2014
    Lunch with a view at 58 Tour Eiffel

    Lightness of being at the 58 Tour Eiffel restaurant

    July 27, 2010
  • Under one of the oldest trees, Jardin des Plantes
    Food, Drink & Health

    Grand Palais Restaurant Reopens -The Mini-Palais

    September 27, 2010 /

    This press release comes from the Paris Tourist Office: The re-opening of the Mini Palais The left wing of the Grand Palais on the Seine side, on the corner of avenue Winston Churchill and the cours de la Reine, is the location for the reopening of the Mini Palais restaurant now newly renovated and under new management. Situated in one of the most emblematic monuments in Paris for cultural exhibitions and major events, this new restaurant occupies some 6,00m² and boasts a new resolutely contemporary style, devised by the two famous designers Gilles and Boissier. On the menu, new creations by Eric Fréchon, starred chef at the Bristol, showcase French…

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    Claude Monet - Gare Saint Lazare Crédits photo © RMN (Musée d’Orsay) Hervé Lewandowski

    Paris Exhibitions of the Past

    April 30, 2011
    Auvers sur Oise City Hall with matching VanGogh painting

    Travel Between Paris And Auvers-sur-Oise

    May 25, 2011
    Arts & Metiers metro station for transportation post

    Transportation Tips In and Around Paris

    December 1, 2017

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