With only around 40 days left until Christmas, it is already time to do your shopping! If you have to buy presents for children, make sure to visit the Sol En Si pop-up shop. Leading brands have donated stock for sale with all proceeds going to the Sol En Si charity, which helps HIV infected [...]

Looking for a show-stopping piece to add to your collection? The Salon Antiquities, running now through October 16th, may be the place for you. Art is highlighted, running from classic to contemporary to Asian. With ornate furniture, jewelry, and tapestries, you are sure to find something to suit even the most opulent of tastes. Avenue [...]

Maybe I’m just lazy, but I like one-stop shopping: a single trip on the métro, rewarded by a multitude of destinations. Especially when all the destinations are related to food. Today, I’m excited to share some of my favorite shops in the neighborhood at métro Maubert-Mutualité. There is the excellent fromagerie, Laurent Dubois, a meilleur ouvrier [...]

Paperbacks are only 1€ and hard covers are 2€. They have books in every category, with tons of general fiction, young adult, and parenting. Be sure to tell your friends about this great way to get inexpensive books, meet other people in the English-speaking community, and support SOS Helpl, an English-language confidential help line. To [...]

Heaven is a delightful clothing and accessory shop in the Marais,  and the owner, the lovely and beautiful Lea-Anne Wallis designs and hand-makes all the garments. Twice a year Lea-Anne creates a collection using small remnants of fabric leftover from the prestigious designers like Agnes B., and Hermes, cleverly using the fabric to make some very original [...]

I’ve always found it a little surprising that  letterpress stationery was so hard to come by in Paris. While you can find options for good quality customizable wedding invitations in any number of papeteries around Paris, the hip and stylish contemporary letterpress suites that are on today’s American bridal and social scene just haven’t been on [...]

Searching for silver, fine china, goblets of Baccarat, antique necklaces, old framed art pieces and other fine brocante pieces? The next fabulous antique and brocante will be on Rue Cler in the upper-crust 7th arrondissement on September 17th and 18th. Over 100 antique and brocante vendors will be lined up near the Ecole Militaire metro. Who knows what treasures you might [...]

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 [...]

Just brilliant! Check out this short film inspired French new wave cinema. What a clever promotion for Launderette, a Los Angeles-based company for bow ties and clothing.

Les Puces de St. Ouen–ala Clignancourt–is the largest antique and flea market in the world, with more than 2500 vendors, sprawling across 17 acres on the edge of the city. 120,000 to 150,000 people arrive every weekend searching for treasures. The market officially started in 1885 but before that, scrap metal and rag and bone [...]