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Framing Paris: Rent a Flat with a Fabulous View
Blog: Paris By Appointmenty Only - 18 November 2009
The most in-demand Parisian properties are the ones with killer views. It's no surprise, really: Who wouldn’t want this cityscape as a live-in tableau? Luckily, there are some incredible furnished flats with views available for short-term rent. For the inside scoop on the most picturesque Parisian pads on the market, please welcome guest blogger Erica Berman, owner of the divine apartment rental agency, Haven in Paris.
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Quirky Paris Shop Windows 2
Blog: I Prefer Paris - 18 November 2009
Coco Chanel, Alber Elbaz,?? I saw these funny clothes hangers with illustrations of iconic French fashion designers in a shop window near St. Sulpice last week. I can figure out who most of them are but there are a few...
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Nocturnal Paris: Getting Around the City
Blog: ParisienSalon.com - 17 November 2009
Getting around Paris at any time of night is even easier these days. If you fancy going from a restaurant to a club, on a moon-lit walk or you just need to get back to your hotel, the Paris City Council has developed a range of practical transport solutions over the last few years to ensure everyone can get around the capital at night.
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Door of the Month: 1 rue du Cloitre Saint-Merri/17 rue de Renard
Blog: I Prefer Paris - 17 November 2009
I pass this most unusual door all the time on my way to the Pompidou Center. As much as I like the door, I think the mosaic decorating the top of the building is even more impressive. I have not...
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What to Wear In Paris This Winter
Blog: ParisienSalon.com - 16 November 2009
Despite the fact that I have an ample amount of French blood pumping through my veins, I still find myself to be the fashion and style inferior to all the fabulously dressed French women when I’m traveling in France. After living in Paris through the winter, and doing enough shopping while I was there, I learned a great deal about how to dress so I wouldn’t look like a tourist when I was going to class, sipping my cappuccino or shopping.
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Meredith Mullins: Eiffel Madness
Blog: I Prefer Paris - 16 November 2009
No matter how many times you see the Eiffel Tower, or cruise the chaos of Trocadero after dark, it’s always an adventure. From spectacular sparkles to Senegalese shadows whispering “Wanna buy an Eiffel Tower?” … the moments are mysterious and...
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A New Paris Showcase for L’Éclaireur
Blog: ParisienSalon.com - 13 November 2009
The Paris concept store opens a new space in the Marais.
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VAT Cut Benefits Everyone In Paris
Blog: ParisienSalon.com - 13 November 2009
Earlier this year, France announced a major cut in its VAT (Value Added Tax) rate. Effective from 1st July in the restaurant sector, the cut from 19.6% to 5.5% has brought about a number of changes. The price of items such as meat, fish, soft drinks, mineral water and coffee is now down by 11.8%. Eager to take advantage of this new legislation, some of the capital’s restaurants and restaurant chains have already taken steps to ensure the cut benefits customers, the capital’s residents and visitors alike.
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How to have a Cheap Holiday or Backpacking Experience in Paris
Blog: Backpacking on the Cheap - 12 November 2009
The French are quiet possibly the rudest people in Europe. Or maybe it’s just the Parisians. Either way that won’t stop you from having a fun and cheap holiday in Paris. In this post I will cover: - How to get to Paris for cheap - Cheap and free accomodation in Paris - Eating Cheaply in Paris – [...]
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Paris: The Virtual City
Blog: ParisienSalon.com - 12 November 2009
The potential uses of digital technology aren't just limited to the audioguides that have become so popular in Paris (and around the world). A range of surprising possibilities are now available to help visitors (and even residents) rediscover Paris in all its splendor.
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La Patisserie des Reves
Blog: I Prefer Paris - 12 November 2009
I was going to wait till my next Sweet Week to share about La Patisserie des Reves but I couldn't live with the guilt of withholding crucial information about a new pastry shop till January. La Patisserie des Reves (meaning...
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YSL’s Country Home Blow Out at Christie’s France
Blog: Paris By Appointmenty Only - 11 November 2009
The dismantling of a collection of objects amassed with care and love over a lifetime can be a rather somber affair. Especially when it belongs to the dearly departed Yves Saint Laurent. Yet after the very serious, very lucrative auction this past February of the masterpieces he and his partner Pierre Bergé collected, the second Christie's YSL sale has a lighthearted, uplifting air about it.
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Paris Playgroup Protocol
Blog: ParisienSalon.com - 11 November 2009
La Mom explains the rules for playgroups in Paris.
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Montmartre Photo Contest Winner
Blog: I Prefer Paris - 11 November 2009
Photo by Rod ChapmanThis was one of the hardest contests to judge. All of you sent such wonderful and captivating photos that I caved and decided to have two winners. And the winners are (drumroll please!)......... Rod Chapman, for his...
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World's Largest Ladies Shoe Store at Galeries Lafayette & Manolo Blahnik Spring Preview 2010
Blog: I Prefer Paris - 10 November 2009
To make shoe fanatics jealous, I had the distinct pleasure of attending two major shoe events in the same day a few weeks ago. While I was in Galeries Lafayette having lunch with Lynn,we visited the new ladies shoe department...
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Bottoms Up: The Search for Paris’ Best Cocktails
Blog: ParisienSalon.com - 9 November 2009
Despite what Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald might have you believe, Paris has not historically been a cocktail-drinking town. Even today, the traditional pre-dinner drink—the apéritif or more familiar “apéro”—usually takes the form of a glass of champagne, a kir (white wine with a splash of cassis), or a pastis (an anise-flavored liqueur favored by pétanque-playing French gentlemen of a certain age).
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Metro Station of the Month: Abbesses
Blog: I Prefer Paris - 9 November 2009
Abbesses metro is the station for Montmartre. It has one of the only two remaining original Hector Guimard metro entrances in Paris and was named after abbesses of the nearby Dames-de Montmartre abbey. One of the deepest stations in Paris,118...
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Lady in Paris
Blog: A Lady in London - 7 November 2009
It's a cold morning in Paris. I'm sitting in the Place des Vosges taking advantage of the city's free wi-fi network and feeling rather embarrassed that the French got a city-wide wi-fi network up and running before San Francisco! That aside, I'm loving that I can sit in one of my favorite parks and be on the internet at the same time.
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Lady in the City of Lights
Blog: A Lady in London - 7 November 2009
November was the first full month I've spent in the UK since I moved here. I'd love to say that it was because I've finally been cured of the travel bug, but the truth is that I was getting my passport renewed.
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Lady in the City of Lights (Part 2)
Blog: A Lady in London - 7 November 2009
The only thing better than going to Paris for a couple days is going back to Paris for another couple days the next day. While this week's first journey to Paris was a nostalgic trip, the second was most definitely a hedonistic one.
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Lady Works in Paris
Blog: A Lady in London - 7 November 2009
I love Paris in the summer. I love the warm weather, the endless daylight, the leafy green gardens and parks, and of course, the soldes. Unfortunately, since I moved to London I've had the bad habit of visiting Paris in the dead of winter. And while even wintry Paris has its charms, I couldn't help but feel like I was missing out on something by not vising the city in the summer.
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Paris in Your Pocket
Blog: ParisienSalon.com - 6 November 2009
Remember back in the day, when you used to carry around guidebooks and maps as you explored a new destination? The guidebooks were clunky and cumbersome, sometimes as thick as dictionaries. And maps ... well, nothing says "tourist" like the sight of a person standing on a street looking at a big, unfolded map. Nowadays, you can ditch the books and paper and make your way through Paris using the technology in your pocket.
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Best Place to Exchange U.S. Dollars
Blog: I Prefer Paris - 5 November 2009
I most always tell visitors that the best way to change money is to do it with your cash card. Your bank may charge a 3-5 euro fee for the transaction but it is usually the best rate you can...
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My New Math
Blog: ParisienSalon.com - 4 November 2009
Justifying a new obsession just takes some creative math.
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Meet Maïa: Your Personal Porcelain Painter in Paris
Blog: Paris By Appointmenty Only - 4 November 2009
It's funny how a deep childhood frustration can become a creative manifesto later in life. Case in point: Maïa, the Paris-based porcelain painter. As a kid, she tried in vain every night to decorate the table with her family's finest, only to be told to return it to the cupboard for the everyday stuff. Now, not only does Maïa set the table with beautiful, eye-popping designs whenever she likes, she's made it her business to make sure that others do too!
