Paris Update

Scam Alert

June 22, 2010 | By Paris Update | What's New Potpourri

NEW SCAM ALERT A new street scam has popped up in Paris to add the list enumerated by David Jaggard last year in Paris Update. This one has an extra nasty twist because it takes advantage of those rare people … Read More

Kestrels

June 15, 2010 | By Paris Update | Archive

HIGH-END AVIAN REAL ESTATE You may not have noticed, but Paris is teeming with wild animals, and not just the usual urban foxes, pigeons and sparrows in the parks, and rats in the sewers and Métro tunnels. The capital’s kestrels … Read More

Le Vieux Chêne

June 8, 2010 | By Paris Update | Archive

  A typical Parisian bistro with just the right amount of atmosphere. In Paris, if you want good value for money, lunch is the right time to try a restaurant. The other day I was planning to meet one of … Read More

Singular Art

June 8, 2010 | By Paris Update | What's New Art & Culture

SINGULAR ART Painting byChristophe Joubert. The exhibition “Essentiel: 40 Ans d’Art Brut et Singulier à Ménilmontant” presents 100 works of art, including paintings, works on paper and ceramics, made over the past 40 years by artists with mental or physical … Read More

Shopping on Sunday

June 8, 2010 | By Paris Update | What's New Potpourri

NEVER (SHOP) ON SUNDAY The Paris City Council has said no to Mammon, refusing to extend the right to stay open on Sunday to more categories of retail stores. “Do we want to live in a world where consumerism reigns … Read More

Grande Braderie de Paris

June 8, 2010 | By Paris Update | Shopping

Fashion Alert Fashion victims: get thee to BETC Euro RSCG (85, rue du Faubourg Saint Martin 75010 Paris) on June 11, 12 and 13. Some 150 top fashion and perfume houses and art-book publishers have donated new items from recent … Read More