Leave it to outside-the-box thinking* French designer, Philippe Di Méo, to design tableware inspired by sex toys. The collection of erotic tableware called, Souper Fin (which is a play on words of “fine dining” and “super fine”), was designed in collaboration with renowned luxury companies Baccarat, Goyard, Cristofle and Orfèvrerie d’Anjou among others.
Souper […]

It was a good night for being John Malkovich. He has won Emmy Awards and has been nominated for Oscars for his acting, and is an accomplished director, writer, and producer.
But tonight he won the coveted Molière Award, France’s equivalent of the Tony Award, for best director for the play “Good Canary.” Quite an accomplishment […]

My husband and I celebrated our 8th wedding anniversary this week. As I was looking through photos and tripping down memory lane, I started playing the “what would I have changed” game. I planned my wedding in France long-distance while I was living in the U.S. I had never been married before, had no idea […]

We finally made it to the famous Paris flea market at the Porte de Clignancourt. It seemed like a crazy idea, a flea market on the first warm, sunny Saturday. Imagine the crowds!
Well, as it turned out, there were not many people at the flea market at all, which was nice, because it was thick […]

I recently found out that there is a way to own an apartment without the hassle of dealing with the French real estate system, which can be treacherous sometimes.
It’s called fractional ownership and is similar to a time-share, except that fractional owners actually own a proportional share of the title of the property. You purchase […]

At le Chateaubriand on Friday night the culinary revolution started by Spanish chef Fernan Adria which, among many things, made foamed food a must-have dining experience, was in full effect. I thought this culinary treat (depending on your tastes) had come and gone like platform shoes but apparently I was mistaken. The chef, Inaki Aizpitarte […]

Last November Eurostar launched an ad campaign to promote its new faster Chunnel trains. Part of the campaign was a website that plays light-heartedly on the stereotypically frigid British/French relations with an animated, interactive battle of the icons.
It’s giggle-worthy and I thought you might want to share it with the young francophiles (or anglophiles) in […]

Le Grand Véfour. Maxim’s. La Table de Joël Robuchon. None of these venerated restaurants are on Alexander Lobrano’s list of the 102 best in Paris. And that’s one of the reasons I love his new paperback Hungry for Paris: The Ultimate Guide to the City’s 102 Best Restaurants. Lobrano, the European correspondent for Gourmet magazine, […]

I’m not a daily-horoscope junkie, but from time to time I like to check in and see if the astral powers-that-be have got my life nailed correctly. I’m not sure why, but I’ve always assumed that horoscopes ought to be slightly different depending on your time zone, so I figured I should check mine in […]

Urban is a smallish restaurant owned by a French-Irish couple, located near the border of the 10th + 11th arrondissements, on a quiet street just off of Avenue Parmentier. As we arrived a bit before 8:00pm we were the first or second people in the space but by the time we left after 10:00 it […]