Several of you have asked me for some Paris Christmas decoration photos, so let me start with this one, that I just shot a couple of hours ago on Place Vendôme (which I already shot from further away here). They scattered several candlesticks throughout the place and installed special projectors to enlighten the column in […]

Is the pendulum swinging back again on horse meat? You barely see the horsemeat butcher shops around town anymore–this one has become a boutique–but Karl Lagerfeld inspired new interest in the delicacy when he claimed that eating it helped him lose weight. Now, this poster near rue de Rennes in the 6th reads, “How […]

The streets surrounding Sacre Coeur have just been decorated for the holiday–with artist palettes made of colored lights!

The riots in Paris seem to be calming down. They have been occurring in an area just north of Paris in Villiers-le-Bel. Two teenagers were struck and killed by a police car which is what most sources say set off the rioting. At first glance, it seems a strong reaction for an accident. But some […]

I’m pretty comfy cozy within the hip-hop spectrum of New York City’s night club scene but my breakdancing heels were not prepared for the Parisian dance club music. Your body must be trained to endure electronic music for hours on end. If you’re ipod rarely blasts these types of sounds, then the universe of Kitsuné […]

La Vaissellerie is one of my favorite neighborhood shops and one of the most popular stops on my Eye Prefer Paris tours. It’s a china and house wares emporium filled to the brim with a fantastic selection of glasses, mugs, dishes, flatware, napkin rings, teapots, snail forks, and anything imaginable for the home. Every nook […]

This could be the most credible news on Sarko’s love life we’ve had in a while. And dammit, Petite Brigitte’s bid to become the next French first lady might be over!
Eight months ago Laurence Ferrari, the bombshell 41-year-old TV personality, who just announced divorce proceedings, interviewed Nicolas Sarkozy during a prime time show, in which […]

Who the hell put the ferris wheel directly east of the obelisk? Typically when there’s a fun fair in the Tuileries they erect the ferris wheel on the north side of the park. This time they stuck it right in front of the obelisk, and it blocks the fabulous view from the Tuileries of the […]

OK, the transportation strikes are behind us but, wait, there is more! Now the students - and high-school pupils! - want to be in the picture too. They have started demonstrating and picketing in several universities to protest a recent law. One of these demonstrations gave me the occasion to take this photo, that I […]

I was sent a review copy of Vicki Archer’s My French Life a few weeks ago. The cover, a romantic black & white photo of a woman with an umbrella in front of a metro station, clearly said this is a book about Paris. Most of the coffee table/autobiographical book was completely different with stunning, […]