Leslie Caron, one of the most admired international film stars of our time, was recently in Paris for a special evening at the American Library where she spoke before an audience with John Baxter about her new autobiography "Thank Heaven." Baxter is a...

Paris pushes the pedal to the ground all over town with its free-use bicycle rental service that makes cycling the streets as accessible and affordable as taking the metro. The Mairie de Paris'  environmentally progressive innovation in urban transport of...

Cy Twombly "The  Ceiling" The Paris Louvre Museum recently unveiled a 400 square-meter painting on the ceiling of its Bronze Room created by American abstract expressionist painter Cy Twombly.  The monumental work titled...

One of the summer pleasures of Paris is having a drink at an outdoor cafe terrace. Just in time for the season is a new updated bilingual guide to Paris' outdoor dining gems ranging from terraces on rooftops such as "Les Ombres" decorated by the archtect...

Imagine a custom just-for-you shopping trip to Paris, following an elegant and chic woman dashing through the Paris streets, expertly guiding you and finding and navigating the most unusual, exclusive shops and greeting friends on every corner. You might imagine this...

Frommer's Paris 2010

Longtime Paris experts, show you the highlights while hitting the city's many classic attractions, including its best museums (from the Louvre to the Fragonard Musee du Parfum). They also describe...

Discovering the 11th district
In 1976 the painter Dominique Thiolet settled in a new studio at 5 rue de Charonne, ushering in a new era for the 11th arrondissement. The arrival of other artists in the southern section of the arrondissement...

This excellent insiders bilingual guide to Paris' most luxurious  and branché hotel bars is packed with hidden treasures and perfect for organizing a special rendezvous when you really want to impress. Over fifty mythic hotels listed ranging from the...

The prize for the best traditional style Baguette in Paris (Grand Prix de la Baguette de Tradition Française de la Ville de Paris)  was recently awarded to Djibril Bodian, who works at Le Grenier a Pain located on rue Abbesses in the Monmartre district. The...

What is the best way to get under the skin of a city such as Paris?  Heather Reyes, editor  of a new anthology of writing on the city, says it is through reading what people have had to say about it.Paris is one of the most written about cities...

Fougères, a town of "art and history" at the confines of Brittany and Normandy, has been reinventing itself for over a thousand years. From Celtic settlement to medieval stronghold, from artisanal marketplace to...

Readings at Shakespeare Bookshop:  Mingmei Yip will read from her latest novel Petals from the Sky, a Buddhist, interracial love story set in Hong Kong, Manhattan and Paris.Monday 6th September 7:00pm Shakespeare and Company, 37 rue de la...

One of the things that makes this book of recipes special is the life story that comes with it. "It is a collection of recipes" says author Eleanor Garvin "that I have cooked for clients and friends during the 25 years that my husband, Denis, and I have...

No-one knows a city like the people who live there - so who better to relate the history of Paris than its inhabitants through the ages? Taking us from 1750 to the new millennium, Parisians introduces us to some of those inhabitants: we meet spies, soldiers, scientists...

Stephen Clarke, known for his popular novel "Year in the Merde" depicting  the indisputably laddish protagonist, Paul West and his expat adventures in France, was in Paris recently promoting his latest book  "1000 Years of Annoying the...

Paris Metro consists of 16 lines spanning all of the city and its suburbs. The metro is classified into 6 zones, with the first two zones covering Paris and the rest traveling to outer neighborhoods. Each of the  lines are identified by a color...

God, I Love Paris... C'est Vrai, I walk around this city, in which I now live, and smile and think how lucky I am...  Chocolate makes me happy. So does dried pineapple. And cookies and nearly any kind of baked good. I know it's a universal...

With its swinging footbridges and tree-lined quais teeming with people on long hot summer afternoons, the Canal Saint-Martin is yet another example of how appealing Paris is when it lives up to its clichés. Rooted in the city's industrial past, today the...

The story of a 12 year old girl in South Africa who must face her parents' illness with AIDS--and the ostracism of her neighbors--Oliver Schmitz' new film "Life Above All" received  an exuberant standing ovation at the recent Cannes Film...

Terrace weather is here and having a drink at a strategically placed people-watching café is one of the pleasures of living in Paris. Here are some tips on some of France's favorite after-six drinks.

Dubonnet
A bitter...

Visitors to Paris on returning home will want to remember the city's monuments, museums, neighborhoods, streets, squares, parks and gardens with this excellent new book of color photos (Jacques Lebar) accompanied by short descriptive texts in English (Marc Lemonier...

 "Gosse de Peintre" (the painter's kid) is a journey into the zany world  of multi-talented Japanese actor-filmmaker-comedian-painter Beat Takeshi Kitano at Paris' Fondation Cartier until September 2010. Entering the exhibition we are...

Author, photographer, painter, and garden designer Elizabeth Murray assisted in the restoration of Claude Monet's gardens in Giverny, France, and has been photographing them annually for more than twenty-five years. Her book, with both color and black and white...

British photographer Michael Kenna and Brazilian-born author Bianca Rossini teamed up to create a book of photographs and poems entitled 'Love in black and white.' Beautifully printed on Japanese paper in a limited edition of 1,500 hardcover copies, this...

Q Every year we spend our vacation "en famille," with my French husband's parents at their large "manoir" in Burgundy. Life there is pleasant but highly ritualized - meals at set times in a dark dining room - never outside, lots of...

A new affordable book (6 Euros) from Parigramme by Catherine Jarrige with tips on where to feast in Paris without spending a fortune! This is the insider's guide to dining in Paris: genuine neighborhood bistros, casual "no-frills"gourmet restaurants,...

The Guinguette Auvergnate — located in Villeneuve Triage—is the perfect place to take visitors to Paris, who never fail to be charmed by its friendly relaxed atmosphere, the view of the Seine from its windows framed by potted geraniums and the unpretentious...

Just in time for springtime and for those who dream of a "romantic rendezvous in the City of Light" here is an updated "tongue in cheek" guide by Thierry Soufflard (Parigramme) which romps through all the clichés of romantic Paris while giving advice...

La Ferté-Milon 
The prettiest and least visited part of the Canal de l'Ourcq, which enters Paris at Porte de la Villette, is its beginning at Port aux Perches in the Aisne département, 70 km north east of the...

Auvers-sur-Oise
Pay tribute to the artist Vincent van Gogh’s last days at Auvers-sur-Oise, a village just a short train ride from Paris. Here you can walk in van Gogh’s footsteps, from his attic room at the Auberge Ravoux to the...