Paris Update
Paris Update’s Recommended Restaurants
Jaja’s indoor-outdoor dining room. When my foodie father asked me, across the Skype lines from Florida, “What’s the perfect dish for a hot day?”, I floundered, though, to my credit, it happened to be mid-winter … Favorite
Youpi et Voilà
No-Choice Bistro Fare With Extra Flair Youpi et Voilà’s decor conforms to the Parisian gourmet bistro codes. I thought I had the wrong address. The blank glass facade looked like it belonged to one of those Parisian cafés frequented exclusively … Read More
Louloucam
Simply Good or Too Simple? Louloucam’s refreshingly stark decor. In an area of Paris’s 10th arrondissement formerly bereft of good restaurants, Jean-Matthieu Frédéric, a young chef who has passed through the kitchens of the Tour Favorite
Réparate
Saintly Protection forNiçoise Cuisine The tiny Réparate specializes in the cuisine of Nice. Editor’s note (Jan. 8, 2012): Réparate has closed, but is due to open soon in a new location. We’ll keep you posted. By sheer coincidence, I went … Read More
La Cave du Paul Bert (2)
The Wine BarNext Door The bar at La Cave du Paul Bert. The wine bar La Cave du Paul Bert is so new that the sign painter was still tracing out letters on the front windows when we arrived last … Read More
Masai Dance
MASAI DANCE GOES MODERN Anuang’A Fernando. Photo: Antoine Combier Dancer and choreographer Anuang’A Fernando has created a powerful new dance style that amalgamates traditional Masai dance with modern dance. He will be performing at the Musée du Quai Branly on … Read More
Tout Est Normal Mon Coeur Scintille
TOUT EST NORMAL Jacques Gamblin and Claire Tran in “Tout Est Normal Mon Cœur Scintille.” French actor Jacques Gamblin’s witty, artfully staged one-man and two-dancer show, Tout Est Normal Mon Cœur Scintille, about a man with a broken heart, is … Read More
Tout Est Normal Mon Coeur Scintille (2)
TOUT EST NORMAL Jacques Gamblin and Claire Tran in “Tout Est Normal Mon Cœur Scintille.” French actor Jacques Gamblin’s witty, artfully staged one-man and two-dancer show, Tout Est Normal Mon Cœur Scintille, about a man with a broken heart, is … Read More
Le Muguet
Fun, Food and Music in the 15th Opus 4 gets Le Muguet swinging. In the southwest corner of the 15th arrondissement is a café with the flavor of southwestern France. Called Le Muguet, it was appropriately opened on May 1, … Read More
Kandinsky, Milhazes, Eggleston
Ode to Joy
Geometric forms in bright colors and squiggly black lines may characterize the quintessential Kandinsky painting that we all hold in our mind’s eye, but to my eye, the pure joy of this retrospective at the Centre Pompidou can be found … Read More