The Little Sparrow in the big Red Windmill, Edith Piaf at the Moulin Rouge and other roosts!
Édith Piaf, the world-famous singer and an icon of French music is considered by many to be the greatest French chanteuse of all time. Beginning […]
Places
In Search of Lost Proust
Céleste Albaret, Proust’s caregiver and housekeeper in his last years, wrote in her memoir Monsieur Proust: “The rhythm of his life was unique. Though I […]
John, Yoko, and the Beatles in La Ville-Lumière
John and Yoko arrived in Paris on March 16, 1969. They wanted to get married in “The City of Love”. Initially, the couple planned to […]
La Closerie des Lilas: Ernest Hemingway’s home away from home in Paris
One of the most renowned cafés in Paris and an iconic place in Montparnasse. Inside, there are small brass plates attached to the tables, engraved […]
Where did Hemingway live in Paris?
Hotel d’Angleterre (then Hotel Jacob) In 1921, three weeks before Christmas, Hemingway and his first wife Hadley arrived in Paris and stayed in the Hotel […]
Home of Gertrude Stein
Gertrude Stein (the American writer, poetess and feminist) lived here in Paris between 1903 and 1912. First, she shared an apartment here with her brother […]
The cafés of Paris
There is perhaps nothing more essentially French than spending time in cafés and watching the passersby over a cup of black coffee or a glass […]
Hotel Ritz: The most romantic hotel in the world
One of the most famous hotels in the world, whose name stands for luxury and prestige. Hotel Ritz was founded in 1898 by the Swiss […]