If you’re new to Paris, you may not be aware that Parisians enjoy winter sports as much as the rest of the world does. The usually milder weather is no deterrent to ice skating enthusiasts, as evidenced the selected list of available rinks below. It’s good clean fun for the entire family, very affordable, and [...]

I recently started taking photos of bicycles around the city. They have a certain charm which is hard to describe. From the slick racers that are used in the Tour De France, to the beat up but tough spray painted bicycles to the delivery ones with baskets to the gray, to the utilitarian Velib rentals, [...]

This past Sunday, C & I participated in the weekly Paris inline skate event held by Rollers & Coquillages. It’s something we’ve been talking about doing for a while, and we picked the perfect day. They start out every Sunday at Bastille at 2:30pm on the dot, and usually get back somewhere around 5:30-6pm. The parcours are usually [...]

I like riding my bike. I don’t like body sacrifice, or even the threat of it. Hence, my idea of a good Paris bike ride is the Bois de Boulogne. On Sunday. When most of the streets are blocked off. But just one word of caution. Should you choose to take a Velib or even [...]

You know that they often use the front of the Hotel de Ville (town hall) for various exhibits (garden, heart race, French tennis open…). Well this weekend was dedicated to basket ball… And more precisely the Adidas NBA tour. Basket ball is more and more popular in France (the French basketball federation has 456,056 members) probably [...]

The city of Paris has gone and done it again. In the interest of making life easier for cyclists, whose numbers have grown astronomically since the introduction of the Velib program three years ago, it is now allowing cyclists to go both ways on streets that are otherwise one way for cars. While I understand [...]

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.

There are about 10 recreation centers around Paris where you can enjoy sailing, windsurfing, and kayaking. One of them, in Choisy-le-Roy, is only about 15 minutes away from the center of Paris (check the list – in French - here). Of course, I did not not take this photo there, but at the Tuileries gardens, where they [...]

I don’t know what’s going on with France’s World Cup football (soccer for my compatriots from across the ocean) team, but it seems to be having some serious issues. First Zizou says the team manager is not a coach and disapproves of the lack of teamwork. Then one of the players, Nicolas Anelka, gets into an argument with [...]