Articles tagged ‘Paris by Night’
Paris in a Glance: Paris Bridges
By Parisgirl | July 20th, 2007 |
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Photo by Chris Card Fuller ©2007
According to the www.Paris.fr site, the inauguration of the Passerelle de Simone de Beauvoir brings Paris’s number of bridges crossing the Seine River up to 37. Another site Paris-tourist-information.co lists Paris’s bridges at 36. I’ve only counted 35 on the Paris.fr site. So, here’s an [...]
Late Night Transportation in Paris
By Parisgirl | July 13th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Paris is being kinder and gentler to late night revelers in the past few years, particularly with the introduction of the late night bus service called Noctilien. Buses run from 12:30 pm to 5:30 am. You will recognize Noctilien bus route shelters by either the Noctilien icon or an ‘N’ posted in front [...]
Paris’s Piaf: Slice of Post World War I Paris
By Parisgirl | July 5th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
There are plenty of good reasons to see Olivier Dahan’s film “La Vie en Rose” a biography of singer Edith Piaf. She was born in Paris in 1915. She lived in the Belleville district of Paris (in the northeast which remains to this day a working class neighborhood). If director Martin Scorsese still plans [...]
Retour de Flamme summer show
By Parisgirl | June 24th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Here is a reminder that I just received in the mail from Lobster Films.com Mark July 7th on your calendar - and don’t miss this show if you’re in town. It’s FREE! You will have the opportunity to see silent films and hear the incredible Serge Bromberg play piano. I’m not [...]
More on Museum Night
By Parisgirl | May 19th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Photo by Chris Card Fuller ©2006
Musee du Quai Branly was unable to participate last year in the Free Museum Night because it hadn’t opened yet, but this year it will make up for lost time by keeping its doors open for an extra half hour. Visitors will be allowed free entrance after 6 pm. [...]
Requiem at St. Germain des Pres
By Parisgirl | April 25th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Thirty years ago, a friend played a recording of Mozart’s Requiem for me. That was the first time I heard the Requiem. We were in an apartment in Rue Monsieur Le Prince in the Latin Quarter. My mind was on other things - the Requiem sounded solemn, lugubrious even - and in [...]
The 5-Star Myth
By Parisgirl | April 19th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
This may come as a surprise to you, but five-star hotels do not exist in Paris. The most famous hotels in Paris such as the Ritz and the Crillon are called 4-Star hotels ‘de luxe’. 4-Star Luxury Hotels. So, when you hear about 5-Star Cuisine and 5-Star Hotels, this is more often [...]
Hotel Advice from Thackery
By Parisgirl | April 10th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
For as long as tourists have been visiting Paris, writers far more talented than this blogger have been giving advice about how to pick out a good hotel - what is truly amazing though, when you’re talking about Paris, some of these hotels are still in business. Which means that they must have been [...]
Gotan Project in Paris - tonight!
By Parisgirl | April 4th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
If you missed Gotan Project in Caen in February, it’s not too late to catch their 8:30 pm concert this evening at the Grand Rex. Metro: Bonne Nouvelle.
The GoGoparis.com site explained something of which I was unaware when I mentioned Gotan Project to you an a past entry. Gotan is ‘verlaine’ or [...]
Perceptual Paris Performance
By Parisgirl | April 1st, 2007 | Add a Comment »
The jazz group - Perceptual - introduces their music as “an awakening of the senses - letting the music lead you into poetic, idle wanderings . . . ”
Do not try this at work! Like I did this morning, trying to prepare for a productive morning of blogging. I started off with Perceptual’s [...]
