Accessible Paris: An Interview with Architect Edouard Pastor
Meet architect Edouard Pastor, one of France’s leading experts on accessibility. Pastor is the founder of Handigo, an architecture and consulting firm specialized in accessibility for those in...
View ArticleContraception in France, where the Pill is Queen, and the Condom King
Every year brings a new crop of American and British books explaining how to connect with one’s inner Parisienne, that model of slender and sexy sophistication. By now we all know how she dresses, what...
View ArticleMatrimoine in Paris: A Guide to Women Who Made French History
Cherchez la femme? Even in Paris that’s not an easy task from a historical standpoint. Only 2.6% of the city’s streets are named for women. And while there’s no shortage of female statues gracing...
View ArticleGet Drunk with Charles Baudelaire
Advice for those who might be overthinking all this: Get Drunk, as read by Dustin Hoffman, Serge Reggiani and Isabelle Orliac. (Photo above by GLKraut.) * * * I got to rereading Charles Baudelaire’s...
View ArticleParis 1971: Captured, Willingly
Photo above: Innocents abroad: Elizabeth and Michael Esris at Versailles in 1971. © Michael Esris. Photographs from nearly half a century ago lead Elizabeth Esris to revisit her first encounter with...
View ArticleShopping: Maron Bouillie by Marie Bouillon
Marie Bouillon surrounded by Maron Bouillie. Photo GLKraut. I keep confusing Marie Bouillon and Maron Bouillie. One is the designer with an infectious smile and the other is the brand with lilting...
View ArticleInterview: Sofia Falkovitch, France’s First Female Jewish Cantor
“People perceive me sometimes as an alien,” Sofia Falkovitch says of being the first—and currently only—female cantor in France. But that certainly isn’t how she perceives herself. “I feel that I’m a...
View ArticleJames Baldwin: Scrutinizing America from Paris
In 1948, with $40 and a profound desire to forge an identity free of the dehumanization he felt in the United States, 24-year-old James Baldwin bought a one-way ticket to Paris. “I didn’t know what was...
View ArticleJeanne Barret, the first woman to circumnavigate the globe
This article by Danielle Clode, Senior Research Fellow in Creative Writing, Flinders University (Adelaide, Australia), was first published on The Conversation France. It is republished here with...
View Article1952: The First Time I Saw Paris…
The year was 1952. Paris was still coated in post-war grime. Lyla Blake Ward revisits her first trip to the City of Light. Featuring a 1950 Pontiac, Maurice Chevalier, Edith Piaf, La Tour d’Argent,...
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