The latest luxury hotel to open this summer in Paris, well behind schedule (comme d’habitude), is the Mandarin Oriental Paris on the chic Rue St-Honoré. Since it’s my job to be on top of these things, I stopped by last week to check out their Bar 8 with some friends. Oddly, I couldn’t find much online about [...]
Good news: I’ve got your rentrée all sorted out. Well, not me—the folks behind My Little Paris have. The French equivalent of Daily Candy, the girly site and daily newsletter on little-known restaurants, shops, spas, services, and cultural institutions, has just published a book of its greatest hits—in English. My Little Paris: The Best Kept [...]
The 7th, the roof terrace bar of the 4-star Terrass Hotel in Montmartre, is a bar with a view. But not just any old view: the 7th floor vantage point that lends its name to the bar offers a spectacular view of Paris, with the Tour de Montparnasse, Les Invalides and the Eiffel Tower, lined up [...]
It was a dreary, rainy gray day in Paris, and I had plans to meet with my friend Kasia for an apéro. I was glad to have planned on the bar at the Regina hotel which I had yet to discover. It was full of cosiness, on this oddly chilly July afternoon. Plush blood red [...]
Le Fanfaron is one of the favorite Parisian bars of my girl crush du jour, Lou Doillon (daughter of Jane Birkin). In a very caché backstreet off Ledru Rollin (near Bastille), my girlfriend and I found what seemed to be a bit of a local secret. Situated on a narrow residential street, Le Fanfaron is [...]
A nightclub underneath a bridge sounds like it should be an interesting place to socialize, but Club Showcase is more than this. A former boat hangar beneath the iconic Pont Alexandre III, the nightspot is youthful and trendy, playing host to both up-and-coming and established DJs. The location really is out of this world. Looking [...]
If you have wandered near the Louvre or Jardin des Tuileries lately, you will notice an exciting addition on the rue du Rivoli wing, and a rather large one at that! La Fête Foraine is the summer carnival implanted by Le Mairie of Paris for those looking for an entertaining night out with the kids. With [...]
About two years ago, MMC Events (Mixologie Moléculaire Consulting) stepped up to try and add a bit of molecular cred to the Paris scene. Their services include training, consulting, events and – coming soon – an online boutique. So, I stopped by one of their molecular mixology classes to indulge both my inner scientist and [...]
I frequent a lot of bars that get good buzz. But sometimes I like to try a wild card in hopes I’ll find an undiscovered treasure. I hadn’t heard anything drinks-wise about the Wagon Bleu. In fact, I hadn’t heard anything about it at all. But, when I stumbled across it online, two things drew [...]
Opening its doors early this year, the Shangri La is the most recent of highly anticipated hotel revamps to hit Paris. I stopped in with Wednesday usuals, Matt, Vio and Mel to see if the cocktails live up to the buzz. We began the evening in one of the relaxed front lounges of calm sophistication where [...]
