Shortly before 5:00PM thick smoke filled Paris’ Place Vendome known as home for luxury boutiques and the lavish Ritz Hotel. The smoke emanated from the underground parking entrance located on eastern...
The sacré coeur almost looks like a fortress when seen from the butte Chaumont.
Sometimes, when turning a street-corner in Paris, you will feel like youve stepped back in time.
Boom! Its fall. Fall always happen all of a sudden in Paris. Leaves dont even have the time to change colour they are already on the ground.
A cute tower spotted in the 16th arrondissement. I dont have much information about this building except that they have a killer view of Paris, especially of the Eiffel Tower.
Tiny Parisian apartm ents overlooking the Tuileries from la rue de loratoire. The going rate for buying such a well situated apartment i s between 1 104 (crummy street-level ap...
St-Germain-lAuxerrois is probably one of the oldest church in Paris but its notorious because of its bells having given the signal for the St. Bartholomews Day Massacre in 1572. The church ...
One of the two fountain on Place André Malraux known as the fountains of the French Theater (les fontaines du théâtre français). Those fountains made by Gabriel Davioud were put in pla...
While ascending rue des carmes to get to the Pantheon, I found a wonderful small vintage shop. I loved the jewellery they had in their window, I was even tempted to buy the ring with the amethyst. Un...
In the 1920s, the architect and sculptor Raphaël Paynot subdivised and built homes on former vines. Today, the villa Santos-Dumont street retains that quaint village feeling. Even thoug...
Welcome to Paris Plage! Once again the city of Paris has turned the Seine quays into a urban beach. While the program sure looks promising since Paris plage is celebrating its 10th birthday, the cold...
(cc) Irene Tong Free concert on Champs de Mars A free concert organised by SOS Racisme will start at 18h00 and will feature young and less young French talents like Nolween Leroy, Grégoire, Yann...
The French dont ever use the "Bastille day" name for their national holiday, in fact they usually call it simply " The fourteenth of July. The name Bastille day is so foreign to them ther...
The Quai Branly Museum has yet again wooed me with a great exhibition. The current exhibition is about the Mayan Civilization and displays 150 exceptional pieces from the Museo Nacional de ...
Close to the Monceau park, the metro station still has an Art Nouveau entrance designed by Hector Guimard. I must confess that I never get tired of these intricately designed entrances! P.S. Did you ...
This week, Sophie Marceau and Gad Elmaleh (a French humorist) were filming a movie right under my office window. The tentative name for this movie is "Un bonheur narrive jamais seul (Go...
One morning, those giant pearls appeared mysteriously on Place Vendôme. I could not figure out what they were supposed to reprensent and I had to hurry to work. After spending the day twisting my min...
A detail of the Vendôme column and the flag of Department of&nbs p;Justice (Ministère de la justice).
Sometimes it is nice to get out of the city to enjoy the sun. Last Sunday, it was such a beautiful day that we decided to head to Parc de Sceaux in a southern suburb of Paris. In this park once stand...
I love getting to my job a bit early so that I can wander through the Tuileries while its still quiet.
So sorry Ive let you down! Many things have happened since Ive last posted and most importantly Ive found a job in a Luxury fashion company, its so exciting! However, I have one bad new: my...
I love walking on île St-Louis, in-between tourists shops you can still catch a glimpse of a very old-fashioned Paris. The butcher on the right was slicing a pork leg while the other one was ser...
Nestled in the Church St. Roch, there is a small antique shop that was founded in 1658. There was a time when most churches were surrounded by shops and homes. Eventually, those structures were demol...
As most parks in Paris are encircled by iron gates, as the guardians leave at night, they close the gates. These days, night begins at 5:45 PM but it fluctuates all through the year They close a bit ...
It has been cold for the last couple of days, the temperatures staying below 0°C (32°F). It might not be Montreal-cold but I still much rather stay inside with my radiator set on high (bad insulation...
After saving France from being annexed by England, Joan of Arc was thanked by being burn for heresy in 1431. She was retried after her death by the Church and her first trial was declared null and vo...
I had never been to the Quai Branly museum so I took advantage of the first Sunday of the month of January to visit it for free! I was happy to learn that temporary exhibitions were also free of char...
Monday night, 11:00 p.m. - Can you believe that the café was almost full with young professio nals this late and on a week day? As the weather will get warmer, more and more p...
Last Sunday as I accompanied my boyfriend to his train at Gare de lEst, I stumbled unto Saint-Laurent Church while we were searching for a bar. I was in awe of its resolutely flamboyant fac...
Since I bought the domain in March 2010, I have (sadly) not written a lot on this blog. I am wishing to change this in 2011 by sharing the ton of information and material I have accumulated during th...
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