Tag: Paris
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BOOK | Paris Views | Gail Albert Halaban
One of my guilty pleasures in my travels around the world is peering into the windows of homes. Not in a creepy way, mind you. I’m just fascinated to see the way that people live. (Think Hitchcock’s film, “Rear Window.”) New York photographer, Gail Albert Hallaban, has used this theme as inspiration for two fascinating…
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Peace for Paris
“The last time I saw Paris, her heart was warm and gay, I heard the laughter of her heart in every street café. The last time I saw Paris, her trees were dressed for spring, And lovers walked beneath those trees and birds found songs to sing.” -Oscar Hammerstein II, 1940
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EXCEPTIONAL EATERIES | Paris Flea Market | Chez Louisette
I love going to the Paris flea market to search for treasures, and to visit vendors who have become friends over the years. When I’m there, I always break for lunch at a rollicking café that is just as exceptional for its character as it is for the food. The Marché Vernaison is a maze…
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PARIS | Two rival cafés | Café de Flore & Les Deux Magots
On Boulevard Saint-Germain-des-Prés, sitting a short block away from each other, are rival cafés Café de Flore and Les Deux Magots. They became rivals in the early decades of the twentieth century, when the intellectuals, writers, and artists of the period became loyal to one or the other. On one of my trips to Paris, I made…
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Eye on Design | Ladies of the Night
Even a simple table lamp can be dressed up – like this frilly little sophisticated black and white number in a Paris shop window, and the petite linen frock glowing in a store in Florence. So effortlessly chic!
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Eye on Design | Paris | Tripod floor lamp
A few weeks ago, I told you about my chilly trip to the Paris flea market, and about the amazing lamps at the stall of Aline Bachelier. (Did you see the video of her funny story?) I couldn’t leave there empty-handed, so I bought a floor lamp. As my criteria for purchases is most often…