Heidi Ellison
(V)ivre
Down Below but High on Life
I would translate the word-playing name of the restaurant (V)ivre as “high (or drunk) on life,” a happy name for a place that cheers you up right away with a friendly greeting from the jovial owner, Caroline Savoy (daughter of … Read More
Eli Lotar & Peter Campus
New Angles on Photography
French photographer Eli Lotar (1905-69), the subject of one of the current exhibitions at the Jeu de Paume in Paris, seems to have been rather forgotten until now compared with such contemporaries as André Kertész, Henri Cartier-Bresson and Robert Doisneau, … Read More
Chez Léon
Good for Simenon, Good for Today’s Parisians
Chez Léon is not to be confused with the chain of inexpensive mussels-and-fries restaurants found all over Paris. Far from it. This Léon is the kind of classic Paris bistro that is fast disappearing (and those that are left aren’t … Read More
Paris Update Events 22.02.17
For full details about an event, click on the title to visit the official Web site (in English when available). French film with English subtitles > Lost in Frenchlation shows Hélène Angel’s Primaire. Cinéma Le Brady, Paris, Feb. 24 Virtual reality … Read More
Paris Update Events 15.02.17
For full details about an event, click on the title to visit the official Web site (in English when available). French artists at the Grand Palais > The Salon des Artistes Français gives over 600 artists a chance to show … Read More
Le Marché de Marilore
One-Stop Shopping Hopping At The Coolest Market In Town
You’re on your way home from work and realize that the larder is empty. You could go to a supermarket for boring dinner ingredients, but if you’re lucky it’s Tuesday and you happen to be passing by the Marché de … Read More
Les Résistants
Pièce de Résistance: The Restaurant Itself
Les Résistants, a new restaurant in Paris’s 10th arrondissement, has only been open for a month or so and is already packed, upstairs and down. This may be a sign of support for the approach of the three young owners, … Read More
Machines à Dessiner
Dream Machines and Obscure Cities
The unusual exhibition “Drawing Machines” at the Musée des Arts et Métiers interprets its title in a variety of ways in an effort “to portray the timeless magic of drawing.” There are machines designed to help artists draw. There are … Read More
Paris Update Events 08.02.17
For full details about an event, click on the title to visit the official Web site (in English when available). Benefit concert for Syria > Harpsichordist Joachim Son will play at a fundraising concert (free; reserve online) to benefit two … Read More
Tenue correcte exigée: Quand le vêtement fait scandale
Shock and Awe: Fashion Rebels
Visitors to “Tenue Correcte Exigée: Quand le Vêtement Fait Scandale” at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs are greeted with insults in many languages splashed like graffiti on the walls: “What’s that you’re wearing? A sack?” “Fashion faux pas!” “Don’t you … Read More