Les Ambassadeurs: Aristide Bruant by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa was born to aristocratic parents at ...
On This Day: René Magritte
Magritte Impersonator by René Magritte Born as René François Ghislain Magritte on November 21, 1898 in Lessines, in the province of Hainaut, ...
“Emily In Paris” A Travel Writer’s POV
Everything about this little show is a cliche. There, that's the bad part of the review. But, since we are in a time of pandemic sheltering in ...
On This Day: September 9: George Brassai
Brassaï et Gilberte à Genova Brassai - a nickname meaning "from Brassó" - was the pseudonym of the Hungarian photographer whose given name was ...
Out Of The Archives: Absinthe
Decadent. Mysterious. Bohemian. Dangerous. Romantic. Addictive. Poison. All are words used to describe that green devil of a drink, ...
On this Day: January 9: Simone de Beauvoir
Simone De Beauvoir Simone de Beauvoir was born as Simone Lucie Ernestine Marie Bertrand de Beauvoir on January 9, 1908 in the 6th arrondissement of ...
Notre Dame And Rebuilding The Gothic
After seeing the images of the fire damage in Notre Dame it seems a relief that it was only the roof that burned and the structure itself remains ...
Paris My Paris
The attacks in Paris have hit me in the heart. Over the past twenty-four hours my thoughts have been tumultuous but my emotion has remained constant. ...
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Shakespeare & Company
There comes a time during any English speaker's sojourn to Paris when a pang of homesickness might hit. It might not be a pang for the actual home, ...
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Photo Of The Day: Chairs At The Rodin Museum
Sit down and relax. Open your sketchbook, take out a pencil, and sketch any one of the sculptures that surround you. Rest your feet and just absorb ...