Paris Update What’s New in Paris WHAT TO DO WHEN TERRORISTS ATTACK Paris firemen of yore in a gym.After the terrorist attacks last November 13, which some of my friends witnessed up close, I wondered how one should react in … Read More
Paris Update What’s New in Paris PARIS FIREMEN: UP CLOSE & PERSONAL For those of you who can’t face the thought of going to a gym, try a workout with the firemen (and women) of Paris. Training sessions of one … Read More
Paris Update What’s New in Paris VENETIAN BALL GOES UNDERGROUND Party organizers We Are the Oracle have come up with an extraordinary idea for a Venetian ball to be held in an underground canal in Paris on January 22, 23, … Read More
Paris Update What’s New in Paris RIGHT BANK: TRAFFIC BEGONE! It’s a step in the right direction. Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo wants to ban motor-vehicle traffic from a stretch of the Right Bank as of August 2016 and turn it … Read More
Paris Update What’s New in Paris SPIRITUAL & PHYSICAL SUSTENANCE Paris has plenty of yoga centers, but few in the 20th arrondissement, and even fewer with their own organic vegetarian cooking school and regular meditation sessions in a peaceful studio … Read More
TAKE A STRANGE MAN HOME TONIGHT If you are walking down the street anywhere in the world and are approached by a slight, handsome man wearing a red shirt and a strange contraption fitted with three cameras pointing at you, … Read More
Paris Update What’s New in Paris SILENT MOVIES La Fondation Jérôme Seydoux-Pathé, keeper of the archives of Pathé, the film production company founded in 1896, has opened a new cinema in the 13th arrondissement showing only silent films, accompanied by … Read More
Paris Update What’s New in Paris VALENTINE SPLURGE A suite at the Royal Monceau-Raffles. The recently renovated Royal Monceau-Raffles Hotel (37, avenue Hoche 75008 Paris; 01 42 99 88 77) has not just one, but two Michelin-starred restaurants. For Valentine’s … Read More
Paris Update What’s New in Paris PAPÀ ROMA Pier Paolo Pasolini and Anna Magnani on the set of “Mamma Roma,” 1962. © Immagine fotografica dell’Archivio Storico Istituto Luce Cinecittà SRL The exhibition “Pasolini Roma” at the Cinémathèque Française (51 Rue … Read More
Paris Update What’s New in Paris BOOK SOON FOR HIDDEN PARIS The private gallery of the Rosenbloom Collection. The annual three-day event Paris Face Cachée (Jan. 31-Feb. 2) opens the doors to 90 unusual places and activities in Paris and … Read More
