Places in Paris (page 2)
The monuments, museums and neighbourhoods, one at a time.
Paris Cafe Talk
Photo by Chris Card Fuller ©2007 If a tree falls in the forest and no one is there, has the tree fallen? Wouldn't the tree have known it fell? Seems a no brainer.
Princess Diana's Fateful Route: Paris Driving Tips
Flowers for Princess Diana Photo by Chris Card Fuller ©2007 Ina Archives reconstitutes the fateful route th at Princess Diana's driver took from the Hotel Ritz where she was staying in Paris ten…
Eiffel Tower Visiting Hours
View from Level 2 Photo by Chris Card Fuller ©2007 As of September 2nd,the Eiffel Tower' s fall and winter visiting hours begin: 9:30 am to 11:45 Daily .
American Embassy in Paris: Embarrassing Address!
Levi Morton US Ambassador to Paris 1881 So what do you do when you're invited to set up your legation at a new address in the venerable City of Lights and the address you're proffered for your…
Eiffel Tower encounters
What are the odds of meeting someone from your hometown on the Eiffel Tower? I'm not a mathematician, but I do know that this can happen because it was the topic of discussion at a recent high school…
Eiffel Tower Trivia
Who was the architect for the Eiffel Tower? If you answered, Gustave Eiffel, try again. Gustave Eiffel was the contractor, but not the architect.
Paris's Avante Garde Art Scene: Dorothy's Gallery
Yesterday I rhapsodized about the Impressionist treasures of the Musee Marmottan and began to gently nudge you into exploring Paris's (and the world's) present day treasure trove of digital art -…
Impressionists Then and Now: Part II
Waterlillies by Claude Monet (as seen at the Marmottan Museum in Paris) Boat Slip 2 by Rick White So you love the impressionists?
Impressionism Then and Now
If the impressionists impress you and you seem to never get enough, you need to go beyond the Musee d'Orsay to be truly satiated.
Paris Sculpture & Architecture: Free to View 24/24
Photo by Chris Card Fuller ©2007 You don't have to go to a single museum when you're in Paris. The street is your museum.
US Embassy in Paris: Please don't bring your backpack or laptop.
The United States Embassy in Paris is located in Paris's 8th arrondissement at 4 Avenue Gabriel, Metro: Concorde or Metro: Champs Elysees.
Goodmorning, Paris! Waking up to Paris
Shutters Photo by Chris Card Fuller ©2007 How do you cope with sensory overload? Is it possible that Paris needs to be taken in small doses? Some cities are just too pretty for their own good.
Paris Plage: Tips from Beach Regulars
Want to hear the advice from Paris Plage regulars. Nadir Dendoune's two videos (Le Parisien/Loisirs) for Le Parisien give you not only a nice picture of the Porte de la Villette, Paris Plage's most…
Hotels with a History
The first time I heard about the Hotel Lutetia was when Eva and Werner Bernstein came to Paris. Werner and Eva met in Rochester, New York.
Metro Music
You Tube has a number of really good 'slice of Metro life' music videos. If you haven't checked them out lately, you should.
Guinguettes!
http:/ /www.cassdesign.com It's a sun-drenched weekend in Paris - and you'd really like to get out of town, but you don't want to get stuck in a traffic jam for hours.
Smooth Talking in Paris
It's a sunny summer day and you decide to spend your day in one Paris's parks. If you spend anytime in a Paris park, or around the fountains at Trocadero, for example, you might have some interesting…
Talking about the Treizieme: Paris's 13th arrondissement
In the 1970s, the City of Paris built a battalion of low-income housing skyscrapers between Porte de Choisy and Porte d'Ivry in Paris's 13th arrondissement.
More on Paris, Je T'Aime
View of the Eiffel Tower from the 31st floor of Residence Massena Metro: Porte de Choisy Photo by Chris Card Fuller, ©2006 If you're watching the film Paris, Je T'Aime , from the viewpoint of looking…
Outdoor Paris Restaurants: Following Bond, That's Jean Bond Rafferty
Cafe d'Enfer didn't make Town&Country Magazines list of places for outdoor dining (it's more of a night spot), but not a bad place to hang your hat after a visit to the Rue Daguerre outdoor market.
Paris in a Glance: Paris Bridges
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.
Napoleon Gets a Four-Roll Salute: 4 Toilet Rolls
According to the 'Crapper's Quarterly', Napoleon's tomb rates a 4- toilet roll rating for cleanliness, handicap (or handicrap as they call it) friendly facilities.
Paris Neighborhoods: La Goutte d'Or and the 10th arrond.
Paris Blog readers may remember my first foray into the Goutte d'Or environs. Technically speaking Rue du Chateau d'Eau and Blvd.
Joyless Concrete Jungle Gets a Second Chance
If we can believe the NY Times news report (July 7’07), and Paris mayor Bertrand Delanoe’s timeline, by 2012, Les Halles (Paris’ former wholesale market district) will finally get back its soul.
Eiffel Tower by Day, Eiffel Tower by Night
One of the benefits of visiting the Eiffel Tower during the day is the opportunity to study the Paris landscape in minute detail - nighttime or daytime viewing really depends on whether you want the…
Best Views of the Eiffel Tower
Here are my three favorite spots for viewing the Eiffel Tower : 1) at dusk on the Esplanade of the Palais du Chaillot.
Inflight - Don't you wish you were jogging in the Bois?
When you're stuck in an airplane for five hours on the tarmac - the reading material better be good.
Churches: Great Architecture or Symbols of Exploitation?
Notre Dame de Paris Photo by Chris Card Fuller Yesterday we chatted with an English and a Mexican visitor in France. (Sheila and Sylvia).
Qi Gong at Luxembourg
The ever-changing Luxembourg Gardens is a good place to practice Qi Gong - take advantage of the current art exhibit incorporating the Luxembourg's statuary of famous women of France to learn the…
Sweet Desire: Window licking in the Marais
Chocolat Mussy Photo by Chris Card Fuller ©2007 In French, window shopping is called ‘leche-vitrine’ or window licking.
Wi Fi comes to Paris gardens!
Photo by Chris Card Fuller ©2007 The Mairie of Paris site www.paris.fr has posted the list of Paris gardens where WiFi will be available.
Spring Photos at Albert Kahn Park
Photo by Eric Vandeghen ©2007 Eric took this photo with his cell phone. Not bad! His picture does a much better job of showing the park ambiance and he captures the 'long ago and far away essence' of…
Unusual Museums
The Cinematheque Francaise Photo by Chris Card Fuller ©2007 The Cinematheque Francaise Chris Card Fuller ©2007 My favorite museum in Paris: La Cinematheque Francaise I am definitely biased when it…
Theatrical Tour of the Hotel de Lauzun
wikipedia.org History, for so many people seems a to be a dull litany of dates and trends until suddenly some place, event or personnage from the past literally collides into your own past.
Favorite Bus Routes
Several posts ago, I mentioned the #95 bus route that will take you from Montparnasse train station, past the Louvre and almost all the way to Montmartre.
The Indefatigable Marc Soleranski: An Excellent Guide to the Latin Quarter
Photo by Bernard Rautureau ©2007 Paris is a forever tantalizing city whose layers upon layers of history defy total absorption.
Favorite Churches in Paris: Church of the Holy Spirit
"Tongues of light shall fall upon you!" Photo by Chris Card Fuller ©2007 (This photo is dedicated to Michel at Spirit of Paris.com ) Interior Church of the Holy Spirit Photo by Chris Card Fuller…
Sunny Days on the Seine
Photo by Chris Card Fuller ©2007 In the 19th century, walking along the Seine was an invitation to pickpockets and cutthroats. Nowadays, the Seine's banks belong to artists and lovers.
A Spring Walk in Paris
Photo by Chris Card Fuller ©2007 Le Moulin de la Galette restaurant. 83 Rue Lepic It's one of those perfect spring days - sunshine, a light breeze, warm in the sun, and not too cool in the shade.
Where will the old ladies lunch in Paris?
Photo by Chris Card Fuller © 2007 Carrying loaves of bread for the poor? Or stocking up on brioche before the Cador closes? (Front alcove of St.
Spring has Sprung in the Luxembourg Garden
Photo by Chris Card Fuller ©2007 The farther away one gets from the Senate building, the wilder the gardens grow.
Hug a Tree Today!
For the past ten years, I’ve admired the row of trees on the opposite side of the street from our apartment building.
Vintage Bond, Vintage Grace Jones: 1985 Paris
We all have too much stuff. You realize this when you’re going through the moving process. But out of all the stuff, there's always one thing without which you cannot live.
A Garden for Reflection and Good Will
Photo by Chris Card Fuller ©2007 You need to walk in the gardens every day in the spring. The fragile crocus resplendent in the sun on Monday will succumb to rains and sudden wind on Tuesday.
Seine Trivia
The city of Paris is, in many ways, defined by the river which runs through its heart.
A Tale of Two Cities: Portrays a City's Woes
In a past post , I asked whether Charles Dickens' description of Paris during the French revolution truly reflected the same city that Ben Franklin had visited shortly before the revolution.
Policing the Seine
Photo by Chris Card Fuller ©2007 According to Blake Ehrlich's chapter about the Paris River Police in his book Paris on the Seine , taking a walk on the riverfront used to be begging for trouble-…
Musee du Montparnasse
21 Avenue du Maine 75015 Paris Metro: Montparnasse (or Falguiere) Tel. 01 42 22 91 96 Closed Mondays. Open Tues-Sunday 12:30 pm to 7 pm.
Abducted by Aliens in Paris?
Photo attributed to Pepe Diniz (If you check out Pepe's site, he has some good Photo Lessons!!) Now that the French aerospace UFO files are open to cyberspace, who knows what aliens might show up on…
Exotisme, Erotisme, and Finding True Happiness at the Public Market
Artist: Marie Vassilieff: 1884-1957 Sometimes you wake up in the morning and just ask yourself ‘Why?’ Recently an article was spotlighted at Stumbleupon.com by Bill McKibben entitled "Why Having More…
Hanging out in Hotel Lobbies
Not everyone can afford to stay in a five-star hotel. I've never been able to afford it, personally - but thanks to unforeseen and unimaginable circumstances i.e.
Paris Markets - an Inspiration for Home Cooking
Parisian Home Cooking By Michael Roberts Photographs by Pierre-Gilles Vidoli, 328 Pages.
To Market, to market! Guides to Paris Markets
Hot off the Press. I’ve just received a copy of Markets of Paris by Dixon and Ruthanne Long with photographs by Alison Harris. Publisher: The Little Book Room , New York. $16.95. 255 pages.
What's in a Name? Louvre, just a brand?
You can buy anything these days, even the Louvre, according to Alan Riding's story for the New York Times Art section (Wed, March 7).
Coolest of the Cool: Paris Pics
Seems like there's no end to the number of photos of Paris - is it the most photographed city in the world? Maybe.
Cruising the Seine with Warren and Jean Doremus
Photo by Chris Card Fuller The best travel video you may ever see in your life might be the one you’ll only see at a friend’s home. Of course, you don’t believe me.
Paris Parks
(c) 2007 Chris Card Fuller Spring Tulips. All rights reserved. If you plan on being in Paris in the spring, you can't miss the parks.
Book News from Research Girl
Research Girl was scouring the attic and forwarded this gem to share with Paris Blog.
Dead Gorilla on the Champs Elysees
© 2007 Chris Card Fuller All rights reserved. What if there were only 750 Homosapiens on the planet aka animals like you and me that like to hang out on the Champs Elysees?
Treasures in the "To be filed" Box
January is when you start of the new year by resolving to thow out papers and sort through files you haven't looked through since (would you believe 1998).
More on Musee d'Orsay
Even if you are visiting the museum for the first time, be sure to take advantage of special exhibits. The Maurice Denis is currently on display until January 21st.
A Day at the Museum
A recent trip to a Georgia O'Keefe exhibit at the Memorial Art Gallery in Rochester, NY, reminded me about another thing you have to love about Le Musee d'Orsay in Paris : You can take digital…
Paris News Stories that never Grow Old
I stumbled across this news story written by Jon Henley for the Guardian (Sept. 2004) about the underground movie theater located beneath the Palais du Chaillot.
Can the Mayor of Paris Save the 'Champs'?
Marinette has reminded me that 'Le Figaro' is not the ONLY newspaper in town. So, I need to spend a little more time reading " Le Monde " A recent editorial (24 Dec) suggests that unless the Paris's…
Medieval Paris
Because much of Paris was transformed in the 19th century during the Napoleon III era when Haussmann razed older medieval structures and created the wide boulevards which dominate the Right Bank,…
Where is this?
Here's one little cherub who's had too many Christmas cookies.
Miraculous, Mystical Paris
If you're checking out St. Sulpice after having read the Da Vinci Code, you're in the same neighborhood as the Chapel of the Miraculous Medal, rue du Bac, Metro: Sevres Babylone.
Creperie de Josselin: My Favorite Restaurant in Paris
You might discover that your favorite restaurant in Paris depends just as much on good memories as it does on good food.
Where is this?
Titian at the Luxembourg Palace Museum
Parisians turned out in force that past Sunday to visit the Titian Portraits of Power exhibit at the Luxembourg museum (which is located right next to the Senate building).
Where is it?
Maybe this is needle in the haystack question, but at least I can give a few clues. We walked by this column detail in the 14th arrondissement.
Can you name this Paris place?
More about Where or What is it?
Raymond Moretti's Cheminee d'Aeration at La Defense. I was happy to see the interest in Moretti's witty decoration of an exhaust chimney at La Defense.
The Mona Lisa
Christopher G. has guts - "I don't get it - what's the big deal about Mona Lisa." Not too many people dare to question icons.
La Defense - Not so Great a View
Is it really worth the 7.50 Euros for the view of the Arc de Triomphe - and the Eiffel Tower marred by the rectangular blurr behind it (Tour Montparnasse)?
Montmartre - Where to Eat
I've mentioned in past posts that if you're looking for good food around Montmartre , the first thing you should do is head back down the hill.
Eiffel Tower - Before the year 2000
The Eiffel Tower viewed before the year 2000
Marche de la Creation
About 120 artists are represented at the Marche de la Creation, Metro: Edgar Quinet, 14eme. They vary in talent - one of the participating artists emphasized her background at various schools.
Versailles on Sundays-Is it worth fighting the crowds?
Most guidebooks will tell you to avoid weekends at Versailles, but Sunday afternoons are the only chance to see the fountains operating, starting at 3:30 and 5pm.
St. Chapelle and Boat Rides on the Seine
If you go to St. Chapelle , hold on to your ticket. You can get a two Euro reduction on your Seine River boat ride (with Vedettes de Pont Neuf, Metro : Pont Neuf).
More on Quai Branly
This is my second visit to Quai Branly in the past month. If you read my first two posts re Quai Branly, you know that I'm a big fan - but a second visit accompanied by Chris and Kate (who has lived…
Hand-made jewelry in the Marais
Our visitor to Paris this week, Kate, (aside from being an environmental lawyer in Saipan) has discovered a knack for jewelry design. She's getting to be well-known in Saipan.
Hand-crafted jewelry in the Marais
Fashion-Jewelry Our visitor to Paris this week, Kate, (aside from being an environmental lawyer in Saipan) has discovered a knack for jewelry design. She’s getting to be well-known in Saipan.
Hand-crafted jewelry in Paris, Marais walk, etc.
Our visitor to Paris this week, Kate, (aside from being an environmental lawyer in Saipan) has discovered a knack for jewelry design. She's getting to be well-known in Saipan.
Museum-Going: Paris museum card
Question - do you need to invest in a Paris museum card (Paris Visite) to avoid lines in the big museums? The answer is: No .
Walk in the Park: Luxembourg Gardens
Have you been to the Medici Fountain lately in Luxembourg Gardens? If not, you might be surprised to see what is emerging from the pool of water in front of the reclining statues.
Musee Quai Branly - First Impressions
Photo by Chris Card Fuller ©2006 Musee du Quai Branly Quai Branly - Getting there I took the Metro from Edgar Quinet to Bir Hakeim - otherwise go to Pont d'Alma.
History of Paris Architecture at the Musee d'Orsay
Needless to say a first visit to Musee d'Orsay will take you straight to the Monets and the Manets, the Renoirs and the Gaugins on the third floor, but during your next visit to the museum, don't…
Grocery Shopping in Paris
Open air markets are great for fresh produce but for non-French speakers the experience of trying to communicate may be intimidating.
More on Musee Quai Branly
Is it possible to forget an entire continent? Maybe that’s why President Jacques Chirac conceived the Le Musee des Arts Premiers project, better known since its June opening as Musee du Quai Branly.
Finding Some Shade: Luxembourg Gardens
Of all the gardens in Paris, we keep coming back to the Luxembourg Gardens for several reasons. There are so many shady spots. Great play areas for kids. Jogging areas.
Streets of Paris
Places in Paris Paris is divided into twenty precincts or municipalities called ‘arrondissements’.
Museum Muse: Quai Branly
Quai Branly has quickly replaced the Grand Palais as the 'museum of the moment' since its opening this June.