The big red lighthouse boat is still going strong, with live DJs and bands from all over Europe playing electro, rock, reggae, folk, punk…
Author - Heather Stimmler
American-born travel journalist and non-profit media specialist living in Paris since 1995.
Famed graffiti artist Monsieur André and his partner turned this former “old hooker’s club” into a VIP nightclub in 2004 (they’re also the ones who opened Le Paris-Paris a year later)...
Inside this Issue: * From the Editor * A Costco Near Paris: Worth the Trip? * WWI Armistice Centenary Events * Recommended Reading: Half an Hour from Paris * Le Corbusier's Apartment-Atelier Now Reopened * Did you Know the Tram Goes to Orly Airport? * My...
The Great War, now known as World War I, officially ended after four long years with the signing of the Armistice on November 11th, 1918. Commemorated each year as a national holiday in France, for 2018 there will be special events in Paris for the hundredth...
Until recently, competition from French hypermarchés such as Carrefour and Géant kept these stores out of France. But in June 2017 Costco finally managed to open a store in a very inconvenient location approximately 35 minutes south of Paris.
“Half an Hour From Paris: 10 Secret Daytrips by Train” by Annabel Simms, author of the now-classic “An Hour from Paris”, written in the days when people had more time, is a great resource for locals who need a good excuse to escape Paris for the day, or for...
The Marché aux Puces at St-Ouen (Porte de Clignancourt) isn't the only flea market in Paris, even if it's the biggest and most famous. Last week I took a friend to the Marché de Vanves flea market and the neighboring Marché du Livre book market.
Inside this Issue: * From the Editor * New Paris Street Art Murals in the 13th * No French? You can still go to the Theatre in Paris! * Recommended Reading: Murder on the Left Bank * Station F's Italian Food Court, La Felicità * Au revoir, Aznavour! May 22...
So in this month's newsletter I (half) jokingly mentioned that in a future newsletter I would share my French cleaning product tips. But after getting over a dozen emails asking for me to spill the beans NOW, here's the shortlist of products I wish I'd known...
It's been awhile since my last update of the latest street art in the 13th arrondissement, but there's always more being added!
NOTE: Clocks in France turn back one hour on October 28th at 3am for Daylight Savings. Fall BrocantesThere are a number of neighborhood Vide-Grenier (attic sale) or brocantes (antique sales) throughout Paris this month. For info on...
In Paris going out to the movies is still a lot of fun. Because of the variety of theatres – indie, art house, international, mainstream – there are more movies showing on any given day than in any other city in the world.
