Talbot’s. Ernest Hemingway. Blue jeans. See the connection? Neither do I. But the clothing company Talbot’s–a school-teachery line attempting to hipsterize itself with an ad campaign featuring Linda Evangelista in a leopard-print trench–is offering a trip to Paris. To enter the contest, you submit a six-word story with a blue jeans theme. (Inspired by Hemingway’s [...]

Every August, the Forum des Images gives Parisians a summer gift: free cinema under the stars. Their Cinéma au Clair de Lune moves from quartier to quartier, showing films that feature Paris in different parts of the city. This year, from August 4 to 22, you can follow the series from Montmartre to the Marais—seeing work by [...]

A woman spritzed a cool mist of water over crowds waiting for the Tour de France to pass through Paris last weekend. Check out the terrific photos by David Holmes at Paris Parfait.

The perennially popular Cinema En Plein Air has returned to the Parc de la Villette, films will be projected onto a gigantic inflatable screen every night until the 22nd of August. The films are shown in their original language, with French subtitles, and start when the sun goes down. It’s advisable to pack a picnic and [...]

Summer is here to stay, so what better idea than to scour Paris’s mysteries and lost nooks and crannies in a race against time? This Saturday 3rd July, the capital will be transformed into an urban playground full of treasure seekers, marking the start of the annual Great Paris Treasure Hunt. Organised by the City [...]

Each year, la Fête de la Musique is something to love, and this year I had the impression that more people participated in the event than ever before. Of course, that may have had something to do with the teenage rave that went on outside my window until well past midnight.
Early on in the evening, [...]

Held each year at the summer solstice, the Fête de la Musique is a chance to enjoy all kinds of music. You’ll hear music being played everywhere, with various levels of competence. Offerings can be mediocre, and you can expect a lot of rock “homage” and terrible Euro pop. But you have to envy the [...]

Sex or violence? This was the choice presented to us by author James Frey on Monday night at Shakespeare & Co. He would either read a passage of the sultry stuff or the gun stuff – the decision rested with us. This being France, we went for the sex. (Though wait! Immediately after, the audience [...]

When I listen to French radio I tend to listen to Le Mouv’, a Radio France station (therefore no commercials) playing mostly rock music. Every Wednesday at 6pm they record a live show at the Paris Comedy Club, with recent musical guests such as Wax Tailor and Lilly Wood & the Prick (pictured). If you’d [...]

While the Revolutionaries of 1791 smashed and melted down Marie, the great church bell of Notre Dame’s north tower, the other bell in the south tower, Emmanuel, was spared, making it one of the largest and oldest bells of Europe.
Forged in 1685, it weighs 13 tons (the ringer alone weighs 500 kilos). Normally you won’t [...]