le weekend This weekend, several of the city’s often inaccessible markers of French and European heritage will be open to the public. On the 15th and 16th, France’s Ministry of Culture runs an initiative to grant access to sites of European Heritage in keeping with a wider European Commission and Council of Europe ‘joint action’….
Month: September 2012
Tasting Paris through film & 2-for-1 haute cuisine
The association between Paris and ‘haute cuisine’ is intricate, deeply entrenched and etched into the sub-consciences of savants and lay persons (like myself) alike. The reputation of France and Paris for its culinary prowess endures long after Louis XIV worked to establish the reputation of France as a centre for luxury, decadence and as a…
Paris here, there, everywhere: Traces of the city beyond its bounds
After the annual takeover of the city by wandering tribes of summertime tourists, the locals are reclaiming the public squares, streets and métro platforms of Paris. Where tourists, impressed by the beauty of Paris, would have got away with sauntering at ease through the sparsely populated streets of the city and glided, unfettered, onto most…
Anon's Paris 