Around Paris This Month: - The Making of the 2023 Paris Holiday Guide - Photographing the Christmas Lights and Holiday Windows - The Research Continues: From Soggy to Sunny - New Cooking School in the Center of Paris - My Volunteering Gig as a "Green Santa" ...
Author - Heather Stimmler
American-born travel journalist and non-profit media specialist living in Paris since 1995.
The latest events and expositions in Paris this November.
You can find these all over the city, identifiable by their blinking, neon-green signs. It’s always better to stop into a pharmacy before going to the doctor or emergency room. Unlike their American or British counterparts, French pharmacists are able to...
Inside this Issue: * New Article: The Paris Wine Museum Reopens * Join the Secrets of Paris Community for Exclusive Content * Support Independent Bookstores: The Red Wheelbarrow & The Red Balloon * La Règne Animal with English Subtitles Thursday Night * The...
In this Update: - Nuit des Château Visit of the Hôtel Kergorlay Langsdorff - Two Vintage Parisian Bistros - Visit to the Reopened Théâtre de la Ville – Sarah Bernhardt - New Jazz Péniche, Le Son de la Terre - In the Paris News This Week - Fake Bomb Threats in...
The Paris Wine Museum, located in the ancient limestone quarries of the Passy district, reopened after six months of renovations under new ownership. Housing over 2,300 wine-related objects, the museum offers insight into French winemaking history. Despite...
La Maison Gainsbourg, the home of French singer Serge Gainsbourg for 22 years, is now open to the public. Designated a "Maison des Illustres" by the French Culture Ministry, the house has remained unchanged since his death. Across the street is a new museum...
September is always a busy month in Paris with the launch of new exhibitions, restaurant openings, the Journées du Patrimoine, and friends in town visiting for events like Fashion Week and the Rugby World Cup. Here are some of the highlights of what...
Last week a friend of mine in Paris emailed in a panic: her neighbor told her he had bedbugs, and she already found a few suspicious bites on her arms. I told her not to freak out until she was 100% sure they were bedbug bites. But I was already freaking out...
In this Issue: - Tiers-Lieux: Hybrid Spaces in Paris - Day of the Dead Events in Paris - The Oldest Family-Owned Jewelry House in the World - Recommended Visit: Fondation Giacometti - The Alternative Perfume Expo: Parfums d'Orient - Recommended Parisian...
The latest events and expositions in Paris this September.
I wrote about the Maison Mellerio in the October Secrets of Paris newsletter, but what I didn’t mention was that I’d never heard of them myself until last month, when a friend from the US invited me to join her for a private tour of the historic jewelry house...
