It’s funny that it took Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez to bring this up, but you live here long enough you care less and less and become immune to everything. And yes, I am way...
Paris is blessed with a lot of parks. Like a lot, a lot. You can probably find a park every 500ft. Sometimes they’re listed as squares, sometimes (rarely) they’re hidden. In some cases people are...
There has been much buzz around Paris museums during Covid. One thing they kept saying was how happy they were to have the time to do restorations. The Louvre opened a new location. François Pinault...
I know these aren’t the kinds of things I usually post about, but because everything is such a mess (thanks Covid) I feel like I have to at least mention these things. For anyone who...
Another step in a post-Plague world the Moulin Rouge has announced it will be back and running on September 10th. I didn’t realize this but they’ve been shut since March 12th, which actually makes sense...
I’m not a girl who makes her own clothes or linens. Don’t get me wrong customizing your curtains and pillows is a good concept. I wish I had the patience because I can never find...
The Galeries Lafayette is one of the other famous department stores in Paris (along with Printemps and Le Bon Marche). However Galeries Lafayette differs in that it has a lot more locations, not just...
Detail of the Peninsula Hotel I’m a nerd when it comes to certain things. For one thing I actively love to learn. I want to know everything about everything. I gleefully watch anything on astrophysics...
I was a fan of the series Mr. Selfridge. If anyone watched it you would be aware of the concept of the department store and the revolutionary way it changed shopping habits. As a...
This is such sad news. For anyone who has spent any extended time in the Latin Quarter you will have been aware of the numerous Gibert Jeune/Gibert Joseph that line the boulevard Saint Michel. One of...