Musée des Arts Décoratifs
Text: Tiffany Tang Situated in the Louvre’s nineteenth-century Rohan and Marsan wings is the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, a museum of decorative art and design that houses over 150,000 objects,...
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Text: Boris Petrovic In an attempt to write an article about high-end Parisian chocolate stores, create a top list of the very best chocolate manufacturers in the world, and even write about the...
View ArticleHotel Thérèse
Text: Susie Hollands Hotel Thérèse is situated in a fabulous quartier of Paris in a typical building from the 18th century looking onto one that is even more exquisite. This 3 star hotel is a discreet...
View ArticleGypsy Jazz venues in Paris
Text: Nick Forrester Although you’re unlikely to see any of the grey flannel suits and pencil moustaches that one might associate with the Parisian Jazz scene there are a number of cafes and...
View ArticleE. Dehillerin
Text: Carly DeFilippo If E. Dehillerin is not the most practical place to shop for kitchen equipment in Paris, it’s certainly the most nostalgic. The vintage, forest-green storefront spans the corner...
View ArticleAstier de Villatte
Text: Aran Cravey Image: Sophie Delaporte Beyond the basic plate/bowl/cup trio of everyday tableware, I’m a mere Simpleton when it comes to the subject of ceramics. The finer points of teapots and...
View ArticleSainte Chapelle
Text: Emily Ruck Keene I’d been past this place so many times on my bike and wondered at the long lines of predominantly Asian and American tourists standing outside, but never once had I dismounted to...
View ArticlePoetry night in the 1e Arrondissement
Text: Emily Ruck Keene Paris can be a city of secrets, especially for the English-speaking poetry-lover. Where do you go for live readings, open mic, or simply for performances you can understand?...
View ArticleHotel de Vendôme
Text: Pikke Allen Napoleon, dressed in his fine Roman generals’ costume stares down at you from above on his perch in the centre of Place Vendome. Some distinguished addresses adorn this grand...
View Article1ère Arrondissement
The 1st gets considerable mileage out of its famous Louvre to Tuileries stretch. Fear not! The 1st arrondissement offers far more than stale national monuments. Pop out of the metro at Tuileries (1)...
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