Paris Update
Nuit des Musées
NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM The Musée du Quai Branly’s garden at night. © Musée du Quai Branly. Photo: Nicolas Borel This year’s Nuit des Musées, when museums all over Europe open their doors for free and stay open late, takes … Read More
La Pâtisserie des Rêves
The other day I decided to have a totally decadent experience and replace lunch with dessert. I’d been reading about the famous Philippe Conticini’s cake shop called the Pâtisserie des Rêves and thought it was time to have my dreams … Read More
PHOTO OF THE WEEK margo
Nuns by the Seine (“Does this make them instant ‘Seintes’?” asks reader Tony Goldmort). Photo © Margo Berdeshevsky Favorite
Female Scofflaws Unite
FEMALE SCOFFLAWS UNITE! This woman could be arrested for wearing trousers in Paris. Photo © Ron Fox Clothes are very important to the French, and the proposed new law forbidding the wearing of the burqa is not the first instance … Read More
Insurance for Libertarians
INSURANCE FOR LIBERTARIANS Perhaps the Paris Métro should revise its payment system: passengers are trusted to buy a ticket, and those who don’t are only occasionally caught and made to pay a fine. Charles Bremner reports in the Times Online … Read More
Best Baguette
BEST BAGUETTE Djibril Bodian, who works at Le Grenier à Pain Abbesses (38, rue des Abbesses, 75018 Paris; tel.: 01 42 23 85 36), has been honored a the maker of the best baguette in Paris. The 33-year-old baker, who … Read More
Short Shorts
Short Shorts For the Festival International des Très Courts, 72 short-short film (less than 3 minutes, not counting the titles) will be shown at the Forum des Images (Forum des Halles) on May 7, 8 and 9. Admission: €5. Favorite
Le Louxor
LOUXOR RISES FROM THE DEAD The Egyptian-style cinema is ripe for revival. The Louxor, one of Paris’s grand old cinemas, built in 1921 with an Egyptian-style décor, has been closed since 1987, but has continued to stand reproachfully in a … Read More
Vatry Airport
NEW PARIS AIRPORT Paris may soon have a new airport, but not one that is exactly next door. Ryanair, which already flies into Beauvais Airport, about an hour’s drive from the city, will start using Vatry Airport, located 150 kilometers … Read More