Posted in Home, Museums and Galleries on May 28th, 2007 No Comments »
AIRS DE PARIS
25 APRIL - 15 AUGUST 2007
GALLERY 1A, LEVEL 6, 2000 m2
The Centre Pompidou is celebrating its 30th anniversary with “Airs de” seventy-three contemporary artists, architects and designers. The title echoes that of a piece by Marcel Duchamp, with a retrospective of whose work the Centre Pompidou opened in 1977.
Consisting of two parts, the […]
Posted in Home, Travel Basics on May 23rd, 2007 No Comments »
The city of Paris is relatively small - approximately 6 miles (9.5 km) north to south by 7 miles (11 km) west to east. Paris’s city center is separated into the Rive Droite (the Right Bank) which lays north of the Seine and the Rive Gauche (the Left Bank) lying south of the […]
Posted in Home, Travel Basics on May 23rd, 2007 No Comments »
Currency
The currency used in France is the Euro which is made up of 100 centimes. Bills come in denominations of €100, €50, €20, €10 and €5. The coins in use are €2, €1, 50c, 20c, 10c, 5c, 2c and 1c.
Banks *
Business Hours
Monday to Friday - 9am to 5pm
§ certain branches may […]
Posted in Home, Accommodation on May 11th, 2007 No Comments »
While hotels are constantly refashioned in order to attract the millions of tourists who flock to Paris each year, rental agencies, eager to expand their range of services, have begun to propose an attractive selection of exceptional apartments for vacation rental. And the “chambre d’hôtes” or bed and breakfast, an option which seemed […]
Posted in Home, Food & Drink on May 9th, 2007 No Comments »
When I stopped to linger in front of a famous chocolatier’s window, the Paris drizzle was dampening my wool coat and frizzing my hair. The day was melancholic, grey, and though I could not see one ray of light on the horizon, the glint of a coffee bean perfectly placed on the top of a […]
Posted in Home, Museums and Galleries on May 6th, 2007 No Comments »
Until July 29th - Lalique
Musée du Luxembourg. 19, rue de Vaugirard, 75006 Paris
Until June 4th - Pascin
Musée Maillol. 61, rue de Grenelle, 75007 Paris
Until June 25th - Picasso-Carmen
Musée Picasso. Hôtel Salé, 5, rue de Thorigny, 75003 Paris
Until June 3rd - Richard Kalvar. Terriens.
This exhibition looks back at the 40-year career of […]
Posted in Home, Food & Drink on May 3rd, 2007 No Comments »
There was this simple facade hidden behind the square Trousseau which briefly peeked my interest as I was skipping over to the Marché d’Aligre to buy some regional products. When I parked myself in front of the large glass window I spied the the homemade delicacies - baba au rhums, chocolate eclairs, and […]
Posted in Home on May 2nd, 2007 No Comments »
Musée du Fumeur - The Smoking Museum
For the first time, a free and permanent exhibit, set in a welcoming Parisian venue, gathers objects commonly used by smokers in different places or times, live plants and works of art revolving around smoking, a practice common to every continent.
A sieve to extract resin from hemp mingles with […]
Posted in Home, Arts & Entertainment on Apr 23rd, 2007 No Comments »
The 7th edition of Opéras en Plein Air will feature director Julia Migenes’s version of The Barber of Seville. Migene, an American soprano opera singer who has worked with Leonard Bernstein, Francesco Rosi, and Maurice Béja, rose quickly to international fame after her dazzling performances on Broadway, in operas, and film.
16 performances will be […]
Posted in Home, Arts & Entertainment on Apr 23rd, 2007 No Comments »
Until May 13th
Peintres de la Lumière - John Singer Sargent and Joaquin Sorolla
A not-to-be missed exhibition featuring Sargent and Sorolla, two masters in the effect of light and color. The exhibit showcases the two artists and their work through the second half of the 19th century. The Petit Palais with its Beaux-Arts atmosphere […]