The dining room at Za.It sounds like tons of fun. You take a seat at one of the long tables at the new restaurant Za (design by Philippe Starck; seats 128!), under the just-inaugurated new roof (called “La Canopé”) over the renovated Forum des Halles in the heart of Paris and slap your smartphone down on the numbered spot on the countertop in front of you.
The front dining room at Sunset.You would be forgiven for doubting the possibility of getting a good meal at this trendy 18th-arrondissement restaurant and bar with the California-style name Sunset, but you would be very wrong. I recently had an excellent lunch there with a friend.
The dining room at Le Petit KellerRegular readers know that I love to share food in restaurants. Not only do you get to taste more dishes than you normally would, but it is also more fun and convivial.
Paul Klee (1879-1940) is generally acknowledged as one of the greats of modern art, but it’s difficult to think of a single powerful work or style that represents him, the way “Guernica” might, for example, pop into your mind when … Read More
Back in the late Sixties, the Velvet Underground would have seemed an unlikely subject for an exhibition like “The Velvet Underground: New York Extravaganza” at the Philharmonie de Paris. Though well-received by perceptive reviewers of the time and played by … Read More
A friend has been telling me for some time that I would love a restaurant in her neighborhood called Le Bouchon et L’Assiette. The other day I finally got to try it with her and, as I suspected, she was absolutely right.
The astonishingly beautiful paintings and drawings by Paul Signac (1863-1935) are less well-known than those of many of his contemporaries because they have been avidly sought by private collectors, who rarely let them go for public exhibitions. A magnificent show … Read More
The small town of Yerres, about an hour from Paris, would seem to be an unlikely place for a major exhibition covering a century and a half of sculpture and including greats of the past like Auguste Rodin, Antoine Bourdelle, … Read More
The name of the restaurant Anthocyane made one of my friends think of cyanide, but luckily no one in our group was poisoned during our lengthy meal there.
Two highly regarded French directors have released favorably reviewed films within a week of each other, but to my mind one deserves all the praise it has been getting while the other flatters to deceive. Mia Hansen-Løve gained worldwide recognition … Read More
