Paris Update
Festival de l’Etrange
Sicko Cinema The Festival de l’Etrange is back at the Forum des Images (Forum des Halles, 2, rue du Cinéma, 75001 Paris; tel.: 01 44 76 63 00). It’s all there: deviance, violence and general weirdness in films like The … Read More
Trend Alert: Less Topless, More Modest
TREND ALERT: LESS TOPLESS, MORE MODEST Soleil worshippers may have noticed a change on French beaches this year: fewer bare female breasts. According to a survey conducted by L’Institut Tena/IFOP, going topless on French beaches is decidedly OUT. Women are … Read More
GOOGLE SEES ALL
GOOGLE SEES ALL Google Street View trikes – computer- and camera-equipped three-wheeled bicycles – spent the summer holidays in France, photographing everything in their path in the major cities, but it will take a few months to get the images … Read More
Paris in August
PARIS IN AUGUSTParisUpdate.com is taking its annual summer break. The next new issue will be published on Sept. 9. In the meantime, here are a few suggestions for those of you who will be in town in August (events continue … Read More
Seine Dining Scene
SEINE DINING SCENEParisians always scoff at the dinner boats plying the Seine because the prices are high and the quality of the food supposedly not up to snuff. A new entrant on the Seine scene, Paris en Scène, may change … Read More
Divas and Dandies
The July fashion shows in Paris showed men how to be dandier than ever, while the haute couture designers presented a defiantly sophisticated example for women. The highlights in images below are followed by a list of the designers’ boutique … Read More
Paris Waterways
PARIS WATERWAYSWant to get out of town this summer without going too far or spending too much money? Three-hour canal cruises from the Bassin de la Villette to Aulnay-sur-Bois are being offered for only €1 every weekend through Aug. 30 … Read More
Stars Above and Stars Onscreen
Time to pack a picnic and head north: the Cinéma en Plein Air festival starts tonight on the Prairie du Triangle at Paris’s Parc de la Villette and runs through Aug. 16. This year’s theme is “Traversées” (“Crossings”), and such … Read More
Urban Beach
URBAN BEACHParis Plages, the city’s famed urban beaches, will be open daily July 20-Aug. 20, 8 a.m.-midnight on several sites: the Voie Georges Pompidou along the Seine, in front of the Hôtel de Ville (free weekend concerts) and the Bassin … Read More
Everybody Hates the French
EVERYBODY HATES THE FRENCHIn a survey of hotel owners in 27 countries conducted for Expedia in June by TNS Infratest, the French won top honors as the world’s worst tourists, because they are arrogant, stingy and don’t speak many other … Read More