Month: April 2010
Quick! First words that come to mind when someone says name traditional French food…….. I bet many people thought of cheese, baguettes, escargots, AND crêpes. Yes, these “flat pancakes†can be found at most cafés and scattered stands around the…
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Café Oz is an Australian- themed bar in the First Arrondissement of Paris next to the Châtelet metro stop. Now, when I say Australian please understand I am not sending you to the outback in Paris. This place is a happening…
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There are sunny blue skies in Paris and it’s a warm spring day, but all flights are grounded because of a volcano spewing ash in a country that is hundreds of miles away. We are stuck in Paris. Like thousands of…
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Tucked away between Boulevard Saint-Germain and Rue St André des Arts in the 6ème, pedestrians-only Cour du Commerce St André des Arts is a little haven of repose among a warren of busy shops and cafes. Its cobbled floor and…
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Nestled in a quiet north-eastern corner of Paris, the Parc des Buttes-Chaumont is well and truly ‘off the beaten track’; largely avoided by the touristic tornado that sweeps across the centre of the city, especially in the summer months. The…
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Located in the 5th Arrondissement, The Long Hop is an excellent place to meet up with friends. The Long Hop has a typical warm Irish pub feel to it and the bartenders are always friendly and very accessible, even when it…
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Le Violon Dingue (the Crazy Violin) located in the 6th Arrondissment on rue de la Montagne Sainte Genevieve, was one of the first places I visited after I arrived in Paris. A friend of mine from the American Embassy told me…
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Pinacothèque de Paris is showcasing a rare exhibition, “Edvard Munch or the Anti-Screamâ€, which is a retrospective of the work of Edvard Munch, the pioneering Expressionist painter best known for his celebrated painting “The Screamâ€. The exhibition displays around one hundred…
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If your little ones moan or, worse, rebel against the thought of going to a museum, change their minds by taking them to Les Arts Décoratifs (at Le Louvre), which is showcasing a Playmobil exhibition (which only lasts through May…
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