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How to prepare a crab à la Française - Video
Blog: Heather on her travels - 26 August 2009
You’ll have read about how I went fishing for crabs on the island of Houat off the coast of Brittany, with my friend Isabelle and her family. The sun shone, the tide was low for digging shelfish and the oysters and mussels were plentiful on the rocks. But at the end of the day, we [...]
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Courtyard Week: Hotel Charpentier de Fourcy
Blog: I Prefer Paris - 26 August 2009
Hotel Charpentier de Fourcy is an impressive former private mansion that I surprise my clients with on my Marais tours. From the street the entrance has two lacquered royal blue doors with a sign spelling MIJE. When I first walked...
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A postcard from Conleau near Vannes in Brittany - Video
Blog: Heather on her travels - 25 August 2009
If you step out of the French windows at my friend Isabelle’s house, where I was stayed last weekend, this is the view from the terrace. From the kitchen you can take in the sailing boats bobbing up and down and the sun sparkling on the water. Pass through the garden gate and it’s two steps [...]
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Paris Weddings II: Getting Married in Paris
Blog: ParisienSalon.com - 25 August 2009
Falling in love? No problem. Saying "I do?" That's easy. Getting married in Paris? That's not so easy.Unless you're marrying a French citizen, you should know that you're going to have to really work for your Paris wedding. In Part Deux of our wedding series, Parisien Salon examines the process for getting married in Paris. Be forewarned: you'll need all of your patience to get through it.
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Courtyard Week: Cour de Rohan
Blog: I Prefer Paris - 25 August 2009
Whenever I take my clients on a St. Germain des Pres tour, I love to take them to the Passage Cour du Commerce St. Andre in between Blvd. St. Germain and rue St. Andre des Arts. It's a charming passage...
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Paris Weddings: Tying the Knot… French Style
Blog: ParisienSalon.com - 24 August 2009
Summer may be waning, but wedding season is far from over in France. For many foreigners, the idea of planning a wedding here is both enchanting and daunting. But don’t be deterred by the logistical challenges. Planning a wedding—or any important event—in France can actually be simpler and more financially plausible than you might think. The consultants at Fête in France, a Paris-based event planning firm that caters to the English-speaking community, share their thoughts on why France remains the premier location for an unforgettable destination wedding.
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Courtyard Week: 4 & 6 rue de Jarente
Blog: I Prefer Paris - 24 August 2009
As you know I have a penchant for courtyards. Some of my most cherished Paris moments have been spent discovering hidden courtyards and I love the surprise of finding an an astray door or iron gate that leads to an...
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Gone fishing for crabs on the Ile de Houat - in Brittany, France
Blog: Heather on her travels - 23 August 2009
The Gulf of Morbihan in Brittany, where I’ve been for a couple of days is a wonderful holiday destination, with many small islands off the coast that you can visit by ferry. Yesterday, we arrived a little bleary eyed for the 8am ferry from Vannes to the island of Houat, for a day of fishing for crabs, [...]
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Paris Takes to the Streets All Night Long
Blog: ParisienSalon.com - 20 August 2009
Every year, Parisians and visitors take to the streets for a night of revelry. This is Nuit Blanche—white night—and it's become one of the most popular festivals in Paris. But Nuit Blanche is much more than an all night party. It's an arts festival that just happens to take place from sunset to sunrise during the first weekend of each October.
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Best of 2009: Sweet Week Finale: Le Jules Verne
Blog: I Prefer Paris - 20 August 2009
I'm taking a summer blogging break for two weeks. Enjoy my selection of the Best of 2009 posts. Here's the grand finale to sweet week and what a finale it was. My two cousins from New York, Pamela and Arlene...
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At Home in Paris with Art Home
Blog: ParisienSalon.com - 19 August 2009
Everyone has been talking about Nomiya lately, and I was starting to feel like the only person who can't boast about having eaten at the ultra-cool temporary restaurant on the top floor of the Palais de Tokyo. Just before going to Paris last week, I went online to see if one of the 12 coveted seats might be available. The restaurant was fully booked, but there was still space in the daily cooking classes called Art Home (pronounced arôme). I did a double-take when I saw the price: €20 for two hours.
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Best of 2009: Sweet Week: Jacques Genin
Blog: I Prefer Paris - 19 August 2009
I'm taking a summer blogging break for two weeks. Enjoy my selection of the Best of 2009 posts. In case I wasn't high enough on chocolate and caramel from visiting l'Etoile D'Or, I got wind of a brand new chocolate...
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Paris Style in NYC
Blog: ParisienSalon.com - 18 August 2009
Our friend Claudia Strasser of The Paris Apartment is in NYC at the International Gift Fair.
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Asia in Paris
Blog: ParisienSalon.com - 18 August 2009
Last summer I embarked on a month-long research trip to Paris to study chinoiserie: an 18th century artistic movement begun in France that centers on the accommodation of “Chinese” imagery into European ornamental designs. Chinoiserie is a small subhead under the much larger umbrella of what Edward Said termed orientalism: the reductive ”othering” or “orientalizing” of the “East” by the “West”.
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Best of 2009: Sweet Week: A l'Etoile d'Or
Blog: I Prefer Paris - 18 August 2009
I'm taking a summer blogging break for two weeks. Enjoy my selection of the Best of 2009 posts. My good friend Elizabeth Topper from Los Angeles arrived in Paris in mid December to stay for a month. The first thing...
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random pictures n° 2
Blog: where the wild things are - 17 August 2009
Now that Julian, Phil and Ponyboy have gone home, we can steal their photos that we were too lazy to take ourselves. But the important thing is that we were there! Actually, I think they are all of Florence.
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An American Architect in Paris
Blog: ParisienSalon.com - 17 August 2009
With real estate prices declining and more unique living spaces becoming available to buyers, it’s an exciting time to be practicing architecture in Paris. I recently chatted with American architect Michael Herrman about the challenges and rewards of working in a city where contemporary design is finding its place amid some of Europe’s most revered historical architecture. Michael brings a fresh point-of-view to this paradox, maintaining that the most inspired architecture arises from the intersection of new and old, classic and modern, existing and imagined.
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Best of 2009: Sweet Week: Berko
Blog: I Prefer Paris - 17 August 2009
I'm taking a summer blogging break for two weeks. Enjoy my selection of the Best of 2009 posts. I know everybody is on some kind of diet after the gluttony of holiday eating. Well, just when you thought it was...
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Been There, Done That, and Loved Every Single Minute of It-Part I, Europe
Blog: EZGuler - 15 August 2009
I would be a terrible host if I didn't offer my guests pieces that look and sound appealing, so I have decided, with the coaxing of my beloved JT, to abandon the "Top Ten" title for something with more...pizzaz! There must be other words to describe these compact, efficient lists without having to resort to the boring, age-old "Top Ten List" apendage. Plus, what if I want to offer more than just 10? So here I go, with photographic lists of places and events I feel are worth putting the effort and time into capturing while you are traveling.
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The Feast of Your Life
Blog: Tripalong - 15 August 2009
What an incongruous setting for France’s longest buffet bar – a municipal swimming pool in Narbonne, an old Roman town in the Languedoc, southern France. So practical though. The kids had run riot all morning with a duet of outdoor water slides and the sparkling Olympic-sized pool. They’d made mad dashes dozens of times between [...]
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Burqini Fever!
Blog: Half - 13 August 2009
In my post on Sour, I included a photo of a young Muslim girl going swimming, covered and veiled – a concept completely foreign and interesting to me. And you know how sometimes when you learn something new, it somehow … Continue reading →
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The Paris Canteen: A New Style of Eatery
Blog: ParisienSalon.com - 13 August 2009
Whether they be arty, chic, historic or regressive, Parisian canteens have in recent years defined a new style of eatery. Now found in all districts, they are putting back an air of conviviality into gastronomy and questioning the rules of dining.
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Best of 2009:My Night at Salon d' Agriculture
Blog: I Prefer Paris - 13 August 2009
I'm taking a summer blogging break for two weeks. Enjoy my selection of the Best of 2009 posts. What has 600,000 visitors, 1,000 exhibitors from 17 countries and 22 French regions, 700 producers from France plus more than 4500 animals...
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Happy Hour in Paris: Getting More “Les Cocktails” for Your Buck
Blog: ParisienSalon.com - 12 August 2009
Paris can be extremely expensive, especially if you aren’t familiar with the city. As an American college student during my previous visits, I was particularly strapped for cash and had to find a way to make my dollar stretch further. Enter an underrated Paris tip: Happy Hour! Yes, even the chic and glamorous international hot-spot that is Paris has adopted happy hour into its gastronomic scene. It typically runs from 6-8pm, immediately prior to the dinner hours, and can offer much needed relief to an over-spent budget.
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Best of 2009: Be My Bon Marche Baby
Blog: I Prefer Paris - 12 August 2009
I'm taking a summer blogging break for two weeks. Enjoy my selection of the Best of 2009 posts. Babies taking over the windows of Le Bon Marche. Le Bon Marche 22 rue de Sevres, 7th arr. Metro:Sevres-Babylone New! Eye Prefer...
