The cobblestoning of the Rue des Rosiers is continuing, slowly. This week when I walked through it was looking very Third World with the uneven dirt roads and wooden boards serving as ramps into the...
Around Town
A scene from last week’s open-air screening of Triplettes de Belleville in front of the Hôtel de Ville. They were worried it might rain, thus the black plastic bags ready to be pulled...
As part of the ongoing improvements to make the city look more like Disneyland*, the Rue des Rosiers has been completely torn up for re-cobbling. The west end towards the Rue Vieille du Temple (in...
I’ve seen enough soccer (or football, as they say everywhere else in the world but the US), including every match in the last two World Cups, that I don’t really feel the urge to sit...
What’s with all of the big toothy grins? Is this a toothpaste conference or something? Well….yes. Wine Expert Olivier (testing the Champagne) et moi (drinking it). On the left, some crazy...
Paris Plage isn’t open yet, but it’s hot enough that Parisians have started sunbathing along the Seine. A photography exhibit by Francis Gazeau has been set up on the Passerelle...
I’m not really one to follow celebrity news, so I usually have no idea who is dating who or where they happen to be staying while in Paris. Once I had to take a photo of the Paris Ritz for ELLE...
"Gross" isn’t usually a word used to describe the Eiffel Tower, but when I met with a family visiting Paris yesterday, that was the first thing out of the father’s mouth...
On Thursday I took the little monsters (Lena and Pedro) to the One Year Anniversary party of Mon Bon Chien. The doggies were fed freshly-baked pupcackes while the humans sipped Champagne and...
I just finished adding some (mostly doggie-centric) pet info to the Pets in Paris section of the Resource Guide. Would love to hear your suggestions on what else I should add to the page. If...
Last summer my friend Freddie, who makes a living as a casting agent, asked me if I wanted to be in a Jaguar ad. I immediately pictured myself at the wheel of a sleek new convertible Jag, gliding...
I caught these two visitors from Kansas doing the "touching the top of the Eiffel Tower" photo...