Paris Update
Slow Wine
SLOW WINE Today’s Paris daily Libération (April 29) has a double-page spread (no less!) by Olivier Bertrand on a growing trend to replace tractors with plow horses to work the rows in French vineyards. The horses do less damage to … Read More
Champagne for Blondes
CHAMPAGNE FOR BLONDES The British press reports today on a revolutionary new closure for champagne bottles developed by Alcan (inventors of the screw-top closure for wine) and pioneered in the impregnable bastion of French tradition by Carole Duval Leroy, head … Read More
Flash News Nu au Masculin
NU AU MASCULIN The female nude has been treated in untold numbers of art shows, but this exhibition at the Galerie Beckel Odille Boïcos (1, rue Jacques-Cœur, 75004 Paris; tel.: 06 86 58 98 09) looks at the male nude … Read More
French Lessons
FRENCH LESSONSWe have a lot to learn from the French: manger bien, dormir bien et vivre longtemps. “Society at a Glance,” a study conducted in its member countries by the OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development), showed that the … Read More
May Day
May Day The revolutionary spirit lives on in France. At the tail end of the May Day parade last Friday, we spotted signs calling for the end of capitalism, a “rêve général” (a grève générale is a general strike) and … Read More
Bâtir pour le Roi: Jules Hardouin-Mansart
View of the Château de Versailles and the Orangery. Etienne Allegrain.© RMN/Franck Raux If he were to walk the earth today, Jules Hardouin-Mansart (1646-1708) might be surprised to discover that his name has gone down in history as a term … Read More
PHOTO OF THE WEEK russell
Cavorting and gamboling on the Opéra Garnier. Photo © Russell Dionne. Favorite
Online booking
ONLINE BOOKING Some of the museums run by the city of Paris are finally entering the modern age and selling tickets online, but only for certain temporary exhibitions. The good news is that there is no extra charge for booking … Read More
Go Johnny
GO, JOHNNY, GO Johnny Hallyday, France’s beloved ersatz Elvis, plans to bow out of show biz with a good-bye tour beginning at the Stade de France on May 29. Get your tickets now. Favorite
Villa Arpel
VILLA ARPEL A life-sized re-creation of the set for the Villa Arpel, practically a character in Jacques Tati’s marvellous 1958 film Mon Oncle, will be on display in the Halle Curial at Centquatre (104, rue d’Aubervilliers/5, rue Curial, 75019 Paris). … Read More