When Parisians think of the 13th they usually think of Chinatown or even the Butte aux Cailles. But it’s actually quite photogenic and refreshingly contemporary if you’ve exhausted all of the...
Around Town
I was walking down the Rue des Petits Champs this summer on my way to the Passage Choiseul, and was actually sad to see what has become of the tacky old Belle Epoque Cabaret. Yes, it was a garish...
Now that the sun has come out, the waters of the Seine River in Paris have receeded and the threat of flooding is over.
I was with some tour clients last week, and as we crossed from the Avenue George V and across the Place de l’Alma to drive along the Right Bank, one of the kids asks, “What’s that...
There's a new machine at the Place de la Bastille that promises to take you on an immersive virtual reality trip into the past to see the square as it looked in the 15th and 18th centuries when it...
Never forget the official Paris motto since the Middle Ages , ‘fluctuat nec mergitur‘, which means, “Though beaten by the waves, she never sinks.”
This morning I arrived at the Marché d'Aligre in the 12th, and nothing seemed out of the ordinary for a Tuesday morning at one of the city's best food markets. But as I got closer to the...
Because of the considerable damage and deterioration of the Pont des Arts and the Pont de l’Archevêché due to the thousands and thousands of rusting metal padlocks (aka “Love...
A cruise on the Seine, kissing on the Eiffel Tower, a show at the Moulin Rouge, dinner at the Tour d’Argent...despite the tired clichés, Paris still has all the right ingredients for an unforgettable...
This video was sent to Secrets of Paris by Sebastian Weitbrecht, a freelance video artist from Germany. Stunning images!
Paris in July...ice cream, fireworks, and flowering gardens.
I recorded this short video of the Christmas Midnight Mass Procession at Notre Dame de Paris on December 24, 2012.
