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Museums & Monuments

Musings on Museums

How many museums are there? And how many different exhibits do they have going each month? Could you guess the number of free art exhibits there are all over Paris in lots of unexpected places? The answer to all of these questions: beaucoup!

Planning Your Visit

Paris in a Week Part 2

This week, Secrets of Paris Guinea Pigs Amy and Kim (from the beautiful city of Minneapolis) are the subject of case study #1. If you recall, in my first article in this series, I made three general recommendations on how to successfully do Paris in a week...

Practical Paris

A Parisian Wedding

Ahh…a Parisian wedding. Very romantic, n’est-ce pas? Mr. Hall and I passed over our own respective countries and decided to get married here in the city where me met and are now living. Here are a few tips for giving your own wedding a Parisian touch no...

French Culture

Vive le Haute Couture!

Haute Couture is here, and it's a uniquely Parisian event (whereas Prêt-à-Porter, a.k.a. Ready-to-Wear, has shows in Milan, New York, London, and Paris). Here's some cocktail party chatter for you: Haute Couture isn't just a cool French phrase used to...

Health & Safety

Paris: City of Illusion

I’ve rewritten this article about five times now. It’s late. There are no links. It’s not what most people would consider 'light entertainment'. But the journalist side of me wants to be responsible. So let’s talk about personal safety in Paris.

Paris Cinema

Going to the Movies Parisian Style

We Luv UGC Going to the movies in a foreign country can be both fun and amusing before you even get to sit down. Paris has its own way of doing everything, and the cinema is no exception. Similar to the States, you can stand in line, buy a ticket, get...