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  • facade view of Hôtel de Mayenne Rue de Rivoli and a Philippe Starck history marker
    History,  Let's Explore

    Paris History One Translate App Away

    September 3, 2019 /

    The upside down paddles on the sidewalks around Paris are history markers of the city. The Philippe Starck-designed paddles are in French. When walking and not speaking French you can read them. Shocking? No. Simply install the Google Translate application on your smartphone. How to do it follows this short story. Background story The paddles first appeared in 1992, the year I moved to Paris. The city of Paris contracted with JCDecaux to install the “pelles Starck” to inform the strolling passer-by about a monument, an event, an historical moment, a theater, a passage, etc. Jacques Chirac, then mayor of Paris, initiated the project. For me the shape of the…

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    A Parisian’s Closet-A Saleswoman’s Story at Carnavalet

    January 3, 2014
    Chess players near l'Orangerie greenhouse at Luxembourg Gardens

    Le Jardin du Luxembourg: Live or Virtual Visit

    November 5, 2020
    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
  • Scene de Carnaval, place de la Concorde, Lami
    Let's Explore,  Museums

    Romantic Paris (1815-1848) The Lull Between Upheavals

    June 2, 2019 /

    Was there a single event that led to Romanticism? Where did it begin? You could say the era Enlightenment and war brought on Romanticism. It started in Germany. The Petit Palais's latest exhibition, Paris Romantique (1815-1848) until September 15, is one of a two-part exhibition. The second part takes place at the Musée de la Vie Romantique. Initially, I went to the exhibition out of curiosity; drawn to this period of emotional art. I found Romantic stylings of the Gothic, Middle Ages and Renaissance decor, women artists, writers, composers, sculptors, elements of the medieval and the erotic, theatre and fashion. I left Googling the whole story, its influences, philosophical connections and…

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    July 14 Bastille Day Fireworks Paris; photo by Rob Johnstone from a special street; write to me to find out where

    Planning for July 14 (14 Juillet) in Paris

    July 15, 2014
    Pharmacy restaurant near Oberkampf woman carrying baguettes in a bag passing by

    The Paris Pharmacy – Fixing What Ails You

    October 31, 2011
    Claude Monet - Gare Saint Lazare Crédits photo © RMN (Musée d’Orsay) Hervé Lewandowski

    Paris Exhibitions of the Past

    April 30, 2011
  • Fernand PINAL (1881-1958) Le Pont du Marché à Meaux, 1913, Musée Bossuet, Meaux
    Day Trip,  Let's Explore

    Meaux, A brie(f) half hour from Paris

    October 29, 2018 /

    You know the typical vacation questions “Got the tee-shirt” or “Got the postcard”!? Well I can say, “Got the Brie (de Meaux)”! Brie de Meaux cheese that is. Meaux is a a 25-minute train ride from Paris.Meaux, A brie(f) half hour from Paris. One hot August mid-afternoon I took a direct “P” train from Gare de l’Est to Meaux. Many of the Meldois (local residents) within the Gallo-Roman walls had left on vacation. I followed Annabel Simms‘s exact directions ....

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    Eiffel Tower, Batobus and Metamorphosis

    October 8, 2011
    Poster for the exhibition Man Ray et la Mode Musée du Luxembourg

    Man Ray: Fashion Photographer

    October 28, 2020
    Auvers sur Oise City Hall with matching VanGogh painting

    Travel Between Paris And Auvers-sur-Oise

    May 25, 2011
  • David Downie's latest book comes out September 26, 2017
    Book Reviews,  Books & Guides & Writing,  Food, Drink & Health

    David Downie’s Parisian Love Affair with Food

    September 25, 2017 /

    "A Taste of Paris, A History of the Parisian Love Affair with Food" is a fun book in David's style. David combines history, travelogue and a personal quest. David's quest this time: "What is it about the history of Paris that has made it a food lover's paradise?" You can follow his Paris food seduction from 53 BC to the present. Bringing Paris food history alive, David presents lots of written culinary activity between the 1300s and 1792 (end of the Ancien Régime) with all the King Louis's, their chefs and the chefs’ cookbooks. David takes us back to the barbarian Parisiis squatting, eating with no tableware and demonstrates how the…

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

    French in English-Theatre in Paris

    October 26, 2018

    A Parisian’s Closet-A Saleswoman’s Story at Carnavalet

    January 3, 2014
    poster for December 31 Jean-Michel Jarre virtual reality at Notre-Dame de paris

    Notre-Dame de Paris and Jean-Michel Jarre

    December 31, 2020
  • The gardien ending his day at Square Louis XIII - Place des Vosges in the 4th arrondissement of Paris walking toward the statue.
    History,  Neighborhoods

    Paris Parks begin Winter Hours

    October 28, 2015 /

    Walking through Square Louis XIII (also known as Place des Vosges), my short cut route was cut short. The route became the long way around! The corner where I usually exit was already locked! And then I heard a hint of why."Le square ferme. Mesdames, Messieurs et Mesdemoiselles*, le square ferme," he called out. To my surprise the 7:30 pm closing time was no longer; it was now 5:45 pm! The majority of Paris park changed to winter time when the clocks fell back an hour. ...

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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
    Adèle Söderberg (1880-1915), Sankta Lucia postcard, God Jul - Merry ChristmasWikimedia Commons

    Notre-Dame de Paris, Swedish Music and Candlelight

    December 7, 2017
    Olivier Giraud, Theatre de la Main d'Or, Paris

    Comedy Review – Become Parisian In One Hour

    June 29, 2010
  • ham and cheese sandwich the croque monsieur at the grocery store
    Life in Paris & France,  Specific Info

    How did le Croque-Monsieur get its name?

    February 19, 2014 /

    Le croque-monsieur (croak-missyou) is THE real French sandwich. It is not just a ham and cheese sandwich made with two pieces of bread. It is toasted and it is famous. Le croque-monsieur is one particular sandwich that has made it's way from the brasserie and bistro to the microwave in France. Diners take photos of meals exquisitely arranged on the plate. Not many take a photo of a sandwich. These foods, however, do share something in common. They are available in the refrigerated section of the grocery store.

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    Paris RER A Renovating after Forty Years

    July 18, 2016
    Barge on Seine Passing in front of the Conciergerie

    Good Deals for A Boat, A Train and 4 Museums!

    August 28, 2013
    Henri IV statue on Pont Neuf in Paris

    A Paris Friday Night in May

    May 17, 2010

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