Paris Update
France on Film
You may be seeing the Eiffel Tower in more films in the future, since the EU competition authorities have just approved a French plan for increased tax credits on expenses for filmmakers who shoot on location in the country. Favorite
Holiday Ride Hitching
HOLIDAY RIDE HITCHINGCarpooling isn’t new in France, but it has been used more for long-distance trips than commuting to work. Services like Allostop and 123envoiture match up drivers with passengers going to the same destination. The advantages are obvious: lowered … Read More
Festival Paris Cinéma
There’s still time to catch previews of new flicks and some old ones at the annual Festival Paris Cinéma, which continues until July 14 in various venues. This year, the festival is paying homage to actors Claudia Cardinale and Jean-Pierre … Read More
First Flight
FIRST FLIGHT The Musée des Arts et Métiers has had the bright idea of celebrating the hundredth anniversary of Louis Blériot’s historic cross-Channel flight by building a flight simulator inside a replica of his plane (the real one, basically a … Read More
Revealing Photos
REVEALING PHOTOS Révélation, a contemporary photography fair organized by a nonprofit association of the same name, will be held at the Comptoir Général (80, quai de Jemmapes, 75010 Paris) June 27-28, 2 p.m.-9 p.m. Forty-three photographers will be hand to … Read More
Point, Focus, Shoot and Win
POINT, FOCUS, SHOOT AND WIN Think your shot of the Eiffel Tower is the best ever? Here’s your chance to prove it. Paris’s Tourism Office and the VU’ photo agency are holding a photo contest for the best image of … Read More
Cheaper Eats?
CHEAPER EATS? It’s official: value-added tax for restaurant meals in France will drop from 19.6 percent to 5.5 percent on July 1. The new rate does not apply to alcoholic beverages. It remains to be seen whether restaurant owners, whose … Read More
PHOTO OF THE WEEK ann
Parisian wildlife: a palombe (wood pigeon) nesting in an apartment window box. As of Tuesday, however, the mother seems to have flown the coop. Scrambled eggs, anyone? Photo courtesy of Ann Bouvin. Favorite
PHOTO OF THE WEEK francie
Waiting for a bus near the Gare de Lyon at 6:30 on a cold rainy morning. Photo: Francie McGowan Favorite
PHOTO OF THE WEEK logson
No terrace seating today. Photo: John Logsdon Favorite