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Photo of the Week A festive view of the Eiffel Tower and the merry-go-round beneath it. Photo © Eric Tenin of ParisDailyPhoto.com Favorite
La Seduction: How the French Play the Game of Life
The Leisurely Art Living à la Française
Elaine Sciolino’s new book, La Seduction: How the French Play the Game of Life, adds one more tome to a mounting pile purporting to explain what makes the French different from mere mortals. But Sciolino, a longtime New York Times … Read More
Gossip, Sexuality and Scandal in France (1610–1715)
Nicholas Hammond begins his groundbreaking new study, Gossip, Sexuality and Scandal in France (1610–1715), by pointing out that there is no satisfying equivalent to the term “gossip” in French. Such linguistic disparities are sometimes deeply revealing: while French has a … Read More
One-Minute Paris: Hidden Grotto
{youtube width=”300″ height=”220″}3_2pGX0lg08{/youtube} One-Minute Paris: Hidden away next to the Palais de la Découverte (behind the Grand Palais) in Paris’s 8th arrondissement is this secret flowered-filled grotto. Click here to view on larger screen. Favorite
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The photo wall of A Chacun son Image on the Rue Charlot in Paris’s Marais.Photo © Eric Tenin of ParisDailyPhoto.com Favorite
Trésors de Dinosaures
A FIGHT TO KEEP THE PEACE This mummified Prosaurolophus maximus still bears some of its skin. Paris’s Institut de Paléontologie Humaine-Fondation Albert Ier de Monaco has opened its doors to the public for the first time to exhibit several dinosaur … Read More
One-Minute Paris: Hidden Grotto (2)
{youtube width=”300″ height=”220″}3_2pGX0lg08{/youtube} One-Minute Paris: Hidden away next to the Palais de la Découverte (behind the Grand Palais) in Paris’s 8th arrondissement is this secret flowered-filled grotto. Click here to view on larger screen. Favorite
One-Minute Paris: Singapore Takeout
The Singapore Tourism Board is taking some of the chefs from city known as one of the culinary capitals of Asia on a tour of 10 cities around the world. Chef André Chiang of Restaurant André in Singapore teamed up … Read More
One-Minute Paris: Midnight on the Seine
{youtube width=”300″ height=”220″}7_3iIwJUPho{/youtube} One-Minute Paris: Midnight on the Seine, by Bruce Bruschi. Click here to view on larger screen. Favorite
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Late-evening view of the Pont Neuf and the Eiffel Tower. Photo © Eric Tenin of ParisDailyPhoto.com Favorite