Heather takes you on a walk through the newly opened museum at the historic Bibliothèque Nationale de France (National Library), featuring treasures collected by the Kings of France and the French State for over 350 years. It's not just books!
Author - Heather Stimmler
Heather's visit of La Galerie Dior, the museum of the famous couture house opened in Paris in spring 2022.
This past weekend Fred and I went on a two-day group bike tour about an hour southwest of Paris to visit a series of tiers-lieux, literally “third spaces” between work and home, which are a type of multi-purpose community cooperatives that have become very...
Heather spends an afternoon checking out the newly renovated Musée Cluny, the National Museum of the Middle Ages. The verdict? It's essentially a cleaner, modernized version of the old museum, but what it's lost in character it's gained in comfort (like air...
The night before the second round of the 2022 French Presidential Elections, Fred comes out of hibernation to explain to some American visitors at a very boisterous Ground Control (Paris, 12th) the basics of who Marine Le Pen is and why she's been able to get...
After over 15 years of renovations, La Samaritaine has finally reopened. Here's what it looks like. Read my commentary for more info.
The Maison Victor Hugo in the Place des Vosges (Marais) reopened after over a year of renovations.
In this latest video, Fred and I discuss the various nicknames the French have for Americans, but also go off on tangents about chewing gum, Sylvester Stallone puppets, cheese monkeys, Fred's grandparents during WWII, and "freedom".
Yesterday afternoon Fred and I shot this little video just for the Secrets of Paris Community about the alternative meanings to the French word for “peach”. If we sound a little slap-happy, it’s because wine was involved (and some topics are just hilarious no...
