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    Let's Explore,  Neighborhoods

    Springtime Silence in Paris for 55 Days

    December 31, 2020 /

    It is time to turn the page on Chapter 2020. Who would have guessed that one would feel a bit nostalgic for the Paris Springtime in 2020!? All of the ups and downs and changes during the Springtime in Paris lockdown from total confinement to mostly open for summer and back to partially open; having to differentiate between what is essential (food) and non-essential (books) and back to semi-partial of partial and curfews. Aiiieee!! A Nostalgic Period? One Parisian confinement period stands out among all the rest of 2020. Between March 15 and May 11, 2020 Paris went silent.

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    Cherry flowers in the Trocadero Gardens Eiffel Tower in early April

    April Spring Easter Monday — Or Is It June in Paris?

    April 25, 2011
    Person walking across new transparent floor Eiffel Tower 57 meters up

    Eiffel Tower Adds New Floor

    March 18, 2015
    Cover of Que Choisir consumer magazine March 2016

    Que Choisir Tests Beauty Ingredients

    March 10, 2016
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    Let's Explore

    Paris: Marais and the Louvre Concerts Virtually

    November 9, 2020 /

    Feeling like a walk through the Marais, visiting famous Paris restaurants or listening to a concert at the Louvre while staying cozy at home with a glass of French wine? If so, then save these dates: Louvre Concerts November 10 and 12; The Jewish Marais November 18; Famous Parisian Restaurants December 3.

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    Carnival in Paris - Carnaval de Paris

    Parades and the International Women’s Day

    March 8, 2011
    Pushing the Baguette along rue de la Roquette, Bastille, Paris, France

    Paris Has Chosen The Best Baguette 2012

    May 9, 2012
    Wine Tasting in Paris evening on the Batostar with Thierry Givone, Jennifer and Katy from Pennsylvania, Belile and Monique from New York and Colleen

    Wine Tasting in Paris On the Seine

    December 19, 2013
  • 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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    Aquarium-Trocadero-Cineaqua - man with baby in front of window

    Paris Activities for Summer

    June 7, 2011
    Say I love you in Cinderella's carriage - Porpose in Paris

    Proposals and Love in Paris

    May 25, 2011
    People in the Sun, Edward Hopper

    Hopper … The Continuation of the Impressionist Influences

    December 7, 2012
  • Image in front of Hotel de Ville in hommage to Jacques Chirac
    Let's Explore,  Seeing Paris

    Notre-Dame Bell, Emmanuel, Rings for Chirac

    September 30, 2019 /

    Walking along the narrow rue Galand the sound of a muffled bell ringing reverberated against the walls. Sitting at the café, looking at my watch, it was around 11:20 on a Monday morning. My friend guessed it was a church nearby; I guessed Notre-Dame. Couldn't be.... perhaps the towers were damaged. The constant soft ringing was not signalling the quarter, half or full hour. Earlier I had heard on French television the time for the funeral ceremony that would pass from Hôtel des Invalides to Saint-Sulpice.  We walked toward Notre-Dame from where the mystery sound originated. Emmanuel, the 300 year old was ringing.  The ringing was manually orchestrated. The first…

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    BHV/Marais in a map of the Marais designated a tourist shopping zone. With the Loi Macron, it is the only department store with permission to remain open on all Sundays throughout the year

    BHV and Other July Changes in Paris

    July 3, 2016
    Sapeur Pompier demonstrating helmet on future rescuer recruit

    Journées du Patrimoine-My Paris Fire Station

    September 20, 2010
    Rosemary beginning the Angels of Paris #1 tour, along the edges of the sixth, first and fourth arrondisements

    Angels of Paris Walking Tour No. 1

    March 6, 2016
  • 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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    Taxi Strike at the Bastille and taxis had this sign taped on to their windows "L'union fait la forcee..ensemble demain" ("United we are strong....Together tomorrow" Je suis Taxi

    Why Strikes are Called “Faire Grève”

    June 29, 2015
    image of Jewish rabbi cookies Thierry Heil guided walks

    Paris: Marais and the Louvre Concerts Virtually

    November 9, 2020
    Antique books in a shop window along a street in Paris

    Buying Books For, About and In Paris

    April 28, 2014
  • Lunch with a view at 58 Tour Eiffel
    Archive

    Lightness of being at the 58 Tour Eiffel restaurant

    July 27, 2010 /

    This story has been archived. Some of the information may have changed since first published. A restaurant with distinct styling Go to one of the Eiffel tower’s restaurants, 58 Tour Eiffel, to see the style and design of a well known Parisian designer. Buy your ticket on line and save yourself a possible one and a half hours waiting in line. On this second visit to the restaurant 58 Tour Eiffel, I want to feel the ambiance of Patrick Jouin‘s design and style as well as enjoy the restaurant’s picnic-in-a-basket lunch. Around Paris, you see the works of Mr. Jouin either on the street with the Velib’ bicycles or the…

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    Two euro book of short stories by Guy de Maupassant

    Paris Fashion – Read a Book

    October 1, 2015
    The sign that impressioned Louboutin to work with heels

    Christian Louboutin Exhibition(iste)

    September 13, 2020
    Poster (affiche) for exhibition l'Histoire en Costumes de la Belle Époque aux années folles 1890-1930 at Château Champs-sur-Marne

    Expo: l’Histoire en Costumes 1890-1930

    April 23, 2017

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