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Monthly Archives: October 2010
“A vile business clumsily done”
In 1847, the year that Charlotte Brontë published Jane Eyre, Paris society was riveted by a similar triangle –a wealthy and prominent man, his unbalanced wife, and a young governess. Their story, however, had a very different ending. In August … Continue reading
Posted in Paris crime, Paris history
Tagged All This and Heaven Too, Bette Davis, Crime of Passion, Duc de Praslin, Duchesse de Praslin, Elysee Palace, Henriette Deluzy, Hotel Sebastiani, Jane Eyre, Marjorie Bowen, Pierre Claude Francois Delorme, Rachel Field, rue de l'Elysee, rue du Faubourg St-Honore, Stanley Loomis, Vaux-le-Vicomte
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Parisian cats
Le Chat Noir is undoubtedly Paris’s most famous cat, or at least its most commercially reproduced cat. But it is only one of many cats who are part of the city’s story. Countless millions have seen Le Chat Noir on … Continue reading
Paris piquant
I’m going to swim against the current here (the Salon du Chocolat is, after all, coming up at the end of October) and state that if you are the sort of person who goes to Paris merely for the boulangeries, … Continue reading
Posted in Paris food
Tagged Amora, Banyuls vinegar, cornichons, Delouis, Dijon mustard, Ducros, Edmond Fallot, Goumanyat, Grande Epicerie de Paris, Izrael, Maille, Meaux mustard, Pommery, Saveur magazine, shallots, Thiercelin
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Scooting through Paris
What is your Paris? Beauty, colour, art, elegance, fashion, intrigue, rich and varied history? Or work? Think of the great Paris photos and novels about working people. My Paris is often mirrored or expressed in the scooters buzzing about Paris. … Continue reading
The lady is not a sofa
Not far from the Bon Marché in the 7th arrondissement is a short dead-end street that terminates in a quiet space enclosed by the surrounding buildings, with trees, paths, and some flowerbeds: the Square Récamier. Récamier. When we first entered … Continue reading
