I’ve lived in Paris for a few years and I have yet to spot anyone famous (at least as far as I know). A couple of friends, however, have hit the celeb jackpot. The first had been in Paris less than two months, when she dined in a restaurant just a couple of tables away [...]

Paris, the capital of la vie de bohème! The city where artists love and starve together, shock the bourgeoisie, then die tragically young. These myths were set in motion in 1843 by a magazine series called Scenes from a Bohemian Life. They were tales from a hard-up poet named Henri Murger that revealed his own daily [...]

More of de Gaulle! They installed a huge portrait of him on the Hotel de Ville building and it’s really impressive. What’s even more impressive is that this portrait is actually a mosaic. It made of 1038 other portraits, the ones of the Compagnons de la Libération, that is people who played a role in the [...]

Not every French person admires self-styled fashion guru Christian Audigier. Here’s a Facebook update from pop star Michel Polnareff.

Splashed all over the windows of the Lancel store on the Champs Elysees are photos of Brigitte Bardot, former French sex symbol turned bitter animal rights activist and hideous racist. Lancel is launching a new eco-friendly/green bag made of 100% natural fibers called the Bardot, and Brigitte participated in the design and execution of it. [...]

On a hot and humid night in July 2007, I made my first visit to Hidden Kitchen. The “underground supper club” was brand new and still buzzing from a write-up that had appeared on Chocolate & Zucchini. I had brought a new boyfriend and was trying to convince him that I was cool and cosmopolitan. [...]

I pass by this statue of Joan of Arc every evening to go back home and last night I saw it was all covered in flowers. Apparently a Catholic organization marched for Joan Sunday and left a few bouquets around the statue to celebrate the day she freed Orleans in 1429. I understand their agenda [...]

There are many illustrious French kings in the country’s long history, and although I have a soft spot for the Sun King Louis XIV and his great palace at Versailles, my hands-down favorite is Henri IV, aka Le Vert Galant.
His history as a Huguenot prince of Navarre during the Wars of Religion who married the [...]

Things are feeling pretty glam in the ‘hood with yet another film crew at work this week, this time on a made-for-TV film to be called “Un bébé pour mes 40 ans.” It’s got a made for TV theme too — a successful career woman starts fainting every time she sees a baby. Eventually the [...]

I found this figurine in Galerie Lefor Openo in the 6th arrondissement. Mougey, the artist featured there until the end of May, made funny little statues of famous people (pipoles as we now call them!) including politicians. I thought this was the most appropriate one to post at this very moment, as President Sarkozy just [...]