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It’s time for SHOPPING!

admin — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 18:33:55 +0000

Paris has taken its holiday celebration to the stores and set up its finest showcase yet. Another week to get everything ready! Some ideas for your Christmas list and decorate your home! !

DIPTYQUE

Christmas without candles would not be Christmas! And the house Diptyque has created three special candles for the holidays. Fir golden Oude Amber, Frankincense …

52€

Diptyque Saint-Germain – 34 Boulevard Saint-Germain – 75006 PARIS

PUBLICIS DRUGSTORE

Small round Champs-Elysées in Publicis Drugstore with a selection that will delight fans of the most famous British secret agent.

The Archives of James Bond offer a complete panorama of the universe, 007. The achievement of the 23 episodes the testimony of actors or members of crews, everything is there!
Les Archives de James Bond / Prix: 150€

And what could be better than a good Dom Perignon, James Bond’s favorite Champagne to accompany your reading? This is a Limited Edition “David Lynch”. Brut Vintage 2003.

Champagne DOM PERIGNON / Prix: 159€

PUBLICIS DRUGSTORE: 133, avenue des Champs Elysées, 75008 Paris (Métro: Charles de Gaulle – Etoile / Ligne 1, 6).

MARK & SPENCER

Certainly, Britain has the wind in its sails. The famous English is back in France and especially in the capital.

We fell in love with these beautiful knitted Christmas balls which also illustrate the headline of this article.

Boules de Noël tricotées: 5,95€ l’unité / Prix: 5,95€

MARK & SPENCER: 100 avenue des Champs-Élysées et 1 rue de Berri, 75008 Paris (Métro Charles de Gaulle – Etoile / Ligne 1 & 6)

GALERIES LAFAYETTE

There is always something at the Galeries Lafayette! And no shortage of ideas to have fun and spend money…!

We begin with the sublime sailor Armor Lux. A gift in anticipation of sunny days and holidays by the sea

Marinière ARMOR-LUX / Prix: 50€

When we told you that England has the wind in its sails, that was true! Here’s proof that sublime figure of Queen Elizabeth limited edition on the occasion of the jubilee.

She will wave you hello throughout the day without getting tired thanks to a little sunscreen concealed in her bag!

QUEEN ELISABETH / Prix : 19€

This bag Adidas vintage look will please all those who want to combine the practical and trendy.
SAC ADIDAS / Prix: 50€

Who has ever regretted finished up the last spoon his jar of Nutella? Surely many! And to try to solve this major problem, Ferrero has launched a large format 5 kg!

Do not put both hands in!

Nutella – 5kg / environ 36€

Galeries Lafayette Haussmann
40, bd Haussmann
75009 PARIS

Métro: Havre-Caumartin (lignes 9 et 3) ou Chaussée d’Antin Lafayette (ligne 7)

Ralph Lauren

Chic interiors and warmth? You can easily find Ralph Lauren object that will add the missing key to your home and gifts that will delight your loved ones!

This cushion knitted and decorated with the U.S. flag will easily find its place in your living room.

COUSSIN TRICOT : 90€

These gorgeous glass and silver lanterns will be very elegant on a coffee table or a side table next to your sofa.

Photophores : 400€

L’ART DE L’AUTOMOBILE

The collection of Ralph Lauren is one of the most beautiful in the world. Exposed in early 2012 the Musée des Arts Décoratifs this presentation has been the subject of a book selecting the finest sports cars from 1930 to the present day. Manufacturers such as legendary Bentley, Porsche, Ferrari and Alfa Romeo.

45€

Ralph Lauren

2, Place de la Madeleine – 75008 PARIS / Métro Madeleine (ligne 8, 12, 14)

173, Bd Saint-Germain – 75006 PARIS / Métro Saint-Germain (ligne 12)

VILLEROY & BOCH

Tableware and interior specialist, VILLEROY & BOCH presents this holiday season collections and objects circumstance.

Suspensions de Noël (5 pièces) : 29,90€

This cup in Christmas colors will accompany the fire nicely for a tea or hot chocolate!

14,90€

VILLEROY AND BOCH
21, rue Royale
75 008 PARIS

Métro: Concorde (lignes 1, 8, 12)

COLETTE

Still addicted to Nutella? Colette presents the basic IPhone / IPod colors of the famous spread!

Presented in a collector’s box with 4 “Nutellini ‘adorable mini-jars of Nutella with colored lids, the Boombox Nutella is the essential gift for all music lovers lovers.

Exclusively at colette!

- Dimensions: 12 cm x 10 cm
- Range: between 2 and 4
- Connectivity: Bluetooth or via a cable jack provided

€ 50

Colette – 213 Rue Saint-Honoré, 75001 Paris

COFFRETS CADEAUX

Chez OLIVIER &CO

This “box truffles” contains olive oil with white truffle aroma (50ml) cream of porcini mushrooms with truffle (90g), a mixture of salt and white truffle slices of summer truffle olive oil 25g.

42,20€

olivier-co.com

MARIAGES FRERES

Mariage Frères as always delights us with its flavors from elsewhere and teas that are an invitation to travel. This beautiful set includes a teapot with porcelain infuser, tea with sweet spices and fruit and a festive tea dispenser form Ginkgo Leaf.

69€

mariagefreres.com

FAUCHON

The Fauchon offers us many boxes … My Paris Blog has selected the box “Bubbles Christmas.” This includes a bottle of champagne brut (75ml), gingerbread pepper (200g), 25 chocolates (250g) – a “cube taste 3″ topped with hazelnuts and almonds 125g milk chocolate, a box Metal Mini pancakes 160g Cheddar, a bowl of Christmas turkey with chestnuts and truffles 140g juice, Foie Gras in Iced Wine Compote 180g and Christmas Green Apple Valley Rhone 105g.

www.fauchon.com

150€

HEDIARD

Hédiard makes us travel in Paris with boxes bearing the name of famous and prestigious districts of the capital. What is good is that you will find boxes from 30 €. This case we have selected “Cours la Reine” contains in its beautiful hatbox Champagne Grand Cru Brut Hédiard (75 cl) of Chablis 2010 (75cl), the entire foie gras IGP Southwest 180 g of fruit chutney 230 g, Spice Blend Holiday in mill 75 g, Lavender Honey 125 g of mango jam extra 110 g, 30 g Breakfast Tea, Assam Tea GFOP 30 g of Earl Grey Tea 30 g, 150 g and Truffelines a box of 18 assorted fruit jelly 240 g.

235€

hediard.fr

Dali: The exhibition event at the Beaubourg museum

admin — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 20:56:13 +0000

This hallmark end of the year event at the Centre Beaubourg, which pays tribute to one of the most complex and prolific twentieth century artists.

Think about the magisterial history of modern art, Dali is one of the most controversial artists. This exhibition devoted to the work of the Spanish surrealist painter and sculptor, invites you to discover his works known and unknown. A major retrospective not to be missed under any circumstances.

Useful:

Until 25 March 2013 at the Centre Pompidou – 19, rue Beaubourg – 75004 PARIS – Tel. 01 44 78 12 33

Metro: Rambuteau (line 11) or Hotel de Ville (line 1) or Châtelet (lines 1, 4, 11, 14)

Hours: Monday, Wednesday, Sunday from 11am to 21pm. / Thursday to Saturday from 11am to 23 hours.

Prices: € 13 (full price) and € 10 (reduced)

More info & reservations here.

The Grand Palais is adorned with ice for the holidays!

admin — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 17:24:04 +0000

From December 13, 2012 to January 6, 2013, the Grand Palais transforms into a giant skating rink!

1800 m² of ice skating in a magical place, for the very first time!

Sports enthusiasts or mere visitors, this event allows you to appreciate the immense canopy in an unusual way.

A space will be reserved for children with a convivial space set aside for skaters to enjoy the show and appreciate the beauty of the nave.

A café, accessible from the rink will distribute hot and cold drinks and a quality restaurant will be available for visitors.

And for night owls, every Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights, the rink will be open until 2 AM so that you can skate to the evening rhythmic sounds of a DJ. Atmosphere assured to please.

Useful:

At the Grand Palais until January 6, 2013 – 21, avenue Franklin Delano Roosevelt – 75008 PARIS.

Access: Franklin D Roosevelt Station / lines 1 & 9

Price: 12 € (full price) and € 6 (under 12 years old).

More information here

My Paris Guide: On the Parvis of Hôtel de Ville

admin — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 19:14:45 +0000

A little history on the place de l’Hôtel de Ville…

After talking about the Town Hall (fourth arrondissement), in a previous article, we turn to its place (or square). Having played witness to myriad historical events, festivals, performances … from the Middle Ages to present day ..
Formerly it was a beach of sand and gravel which joined the Seine, where the name of the Place de Greve derived its origin. It retained this name until 1803, with a small interlude at the Paris Uprising (1871) where it took the name instead of the Maison de la Commune. A port was created and was of considerable importance. The goods were transported by ship (wood, flax, wine ..), all sorts of trade soared. A market was created and the construction of houses expanded on its right bank. It was here where people awaited a place to work: they went on strike, and thus the origin phrase where to strike, which has a completely different meaning today.

Under the Ancietn Régime sordid public executions took place: Cartouche in 1721 for stabbing Ravaillac Henri IV, Damien after attempting to assassinate Louis XV, among others … In 1792, during the Revolution, the tortures were replaced by the guillotine.

Under the Empire, there were given splendid parties to celebrate Napoleon’s victories. Here the french celebrated St. John with large fires that the king often instructed to turn himself.

Today it is home to many activities: skating rink in winter, giant screens, free concerts … You can just walk around and watch the fountains and discover the facade of the Hotel de Ville.
The last vestige is a turret located in the northeast corner of the square. Since 1892, the site is pedestrian.

Useful:

Place de l’Hôtel de Ville
Paris 75004

Access:

Hotel de Ville Metro
RER Chatelet les Halles…

Angelina: at new address Musée du Luxembourg

admin — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 19:01:00 +0000

Angelina has just opened a new tea room at the Musée du Luxembourg.

Renowned for its old fashioned hot chocolate (accompanied by a pot of whipped cream!), this paradise offers gourmet pastries and more legendary, typical French dishes at lunchtime. Kits that include guided tours, reading or debate are also available in addition to the treats.

ANGELINA
Tea Room – Pastry – Restaurant
19, rue de Vaugirard – 75006 PARIS
Tel. 01 46 34 31 19

Open every day from 10 AM to 7:30 PM.

RER B – Luxembourg

Végitaï « Healthies & Smothies »

admin — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 22:08:57 +0000

Just opened this summer in the Passage Choiseul (Paris 2nd), this small space combines fast-food fun with healthy and vegetarian cooking.

My Paris Blog went to meet the creator of Végitaï. This former advertiser, passionate for cooking, wanted to change his course and retrain in an foreign activity “At the time I was a student at the Beaux-Arts, it was not uncommon for my friends to prepare good food to escape the university restaurant.”

After graduation, the former Artistic Director of a large advertising agency, tired of the lack of creativity ambient decided to launch his own business. Végitaï opens its doors this summer to offer vegetarian cuisine with Asian flavors but also offering many products commonly used in Europe. Fresh and guaranteed GMO free.

Vegetarian certainly, but also tries to satisfy meat lovers with lifelike substitutes!

Monin explains: “In Thailand, more than 32% of the population is vegetarian and it is common to have a family of carnivores and vegetarians. This is why they have developed alternatives, based textured soybeans and gluten, for example allowing us to imitate ham, chicken or duck. ‘

Homemade soups, smoothies, fruit and vegetables, salads, wraps, pies … Végitaï offers guaranteed balanced meals with vitamins, minerals and anti-oxidants, but also proteins, the menus are designed to bring you all the recommended daily intake.

And if Monin is not yet organic in order to align his prices to the amount of a normal ticket, he tries to slip in as much as possible. The image of organic soups should soon make its way onto the menu.

An address to remember to eat well and quickly!

Végitaï
39/41 Passage Choiseul
75002 PARIS
Tel. 09 83 03 62 30
mail: vegetai@bbox.fr

Subway: September 4 (line 3) or pyramids (line 14)

Chocolate Show is Back!

admin — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 21:50:13 +0000

The chocolate show returns to Paris from October 31 to November 4, 2012 at the Parc-Expo Porte de Versailles.

On the occasion of its 18th edition, more than 400 exhibitors will be present to help you discover the latest designs and innovations in the chocolate culinary field.

For 5 days, a variety of events such as the usual chocolate parade, Chocolate Awards (which honor the best chocolatiers in the world), the Charles Proust competition, chaired by Pierre Hermé, which recognizes the greatest chocolate pastry talent …

It seems that chocolate is good for the soul and an enemy of stress. So forget the diet for a few days!

Useful:
Salon du Chocolat, Wednesday 31 October 2012 to Sunday, November 4, 2012
Parc des Expositions de la Porte de Versailles, Pavilion 5.2 and 5.3 – 75015 Paris
Metro: Porte de Versailles
Hours: Open daily 10am to 7pm
Rates: 13 euros (full price) / Children (3 to 12 years): € 6.50
Free for children under 3 years

More info here.

For Rent, Close to République and the Marais

admin — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 19:06:00 +0000

This week we have selected for you a beautiful apartment located in the 3rd arrondissement of Paris, near the Place République and the Marais district.

Covering an area of 50m², this apartment features a bedroom with a double bed. We especially appreciate its clarity with large open spaces and the living room wall, which reveals nice patterns brick and stone. The original wooden floors give the nobility and character to this charming pied à terre. Tastefully chosen furniture give the place an air of vintage!

Fully equipped, simply grab your bags and enjoy this lively neighborhood that’s close to many shops. You can go shopping in the famous Marché des Enfants Rouges or explore the Museum of Arts and Crafts which is just a few meters away! Several subway lines are within easy reach and it will not take you long to get into the heart of the Marais for a shopping spree!

>>MORE INFORMATION & RESERVATIONS

FIAC 2012

admin — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 13:06:13 +0000

The Great International Contemporary Art Fair is back from October 18 to 21, 2012 at the Grand Palais, and also outside its walls. What’s new this year?

FIAC, not to be missed for lovers of contemporary art. And this 39th edition looks under into scope of diversity. 180 galleries were selected from 24 countries. Modern art, contemporary and emerging artists, all strata of the market will be represented.

Large galleries such as Sadie Coles or White Cube (London), 303 gallery, Metro Picture (New York), Eva Presenhuber (Zurich), but also some smaller galleries such as Freymond-Guth Fine Arts (Zurich), Kamm (Berlin) Mary Mary (Glasgow), Peres Projects (Berlin), Reena Spaulings Fine Art (New York), Rodeo (Istanbul), T293 (Naples, Rome).

France international but will also be well represented in this Fiac with 34% of French galleries coming from Air Paris (32, rue Louise Weiss – 75013 PARIS) and with an installation of Liam Gillick and Philippe Parreno’s new piece, Praz-Delavallade (5 Street of Haudriettes – 75003 PARIS), which has already been revealed to the French market and many major artists in Los Angeles such as Jim Shaw and Jim Isermann.

Outside the walls
FIAC 2012 has renewed and strengthened its programming Outside the Walls in prestigious Parisian pathways through exhibits of lectures, performances and artist screenings.

Unmissable, projects outside the Walls of the FIAC welcome each year an increasing number of students from the Ecole du Louvre for a cultural mediation service in the Jardin des Tuileries, but also to present works and answer questions from visitors in the space of the National Museum of Natural History.

Jardin TUILERIES
For the seventh consecutive year, the FIAC joins the Domaine national du Louvre to present to the Jardin des Tuileries, a program of external works. Twenty projects combining installations, sculptures, performances or sound works will be collated between driveways, ponds and lawns of the garden. With more than 480,000 visitors during the week of the FIAC in 2011, this course was a great success amongst the public.

FIAC is associated with the Ricard Foundation to present the Cinéphémère the Jardin des Tuileries in collaboration with the Musée du Louvre. The Cinéphémère is a 14-seat theater, housed in a container specially designed for this purpose. Nearly a dozen films of artists, with a maximum duration of 30 minutes each, will be screened daily during the FIAC. More than 40 films internationally renowned artists were projected in 2011 Cinéphémère, among them films Yto Barrada Downsbrough, Karen Kilimnik, Claire Fontaine, Jeff Mills, Emilie Pitoiset, Ulla von Brandenburg, Anna Gaskell, TJ Wilcox, David Lamelas & Hildegarde Duane, or Julien Prévieux.

BOTANICAL GARDEN AND NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
Following the success of the first edition of the FIAC, for the second consecutive year a course of contemporary works will be offered. Works demonstrating exterior and interior spaces: the Jardin des Plantes, but also atypical spaces such as the Museum Menagerie, Big Serres and the Grande Galerie de l’Evolution.
The opportunity to showcase a unique path around a topical theme that lies in perfect harmony with the place: art, nature, biodiversity and the environment. The plant collections, Museum of Modern serve to support and illustrate the dissemination of knowledge about plants, plant ecosystems, the interaction between plants and animals, the relationship between Man and Nature. A place of education that caters to a wide audience which occur as the younger scientists.

PLACE VENDÔME
This year, a new program of external works Place Vendôme, in collaboration with the Comité Vendôme and all its members, will take place to demonstrate their excellence in art.
This year, the Vendôme Committee welcomes a show of three monumental sculptures of contemporary works by the artist Jaume Plensa.

ESPLANADE THE DISABLED
FIAC, in collaboration with the City of Paris, Jeremy Deller will present his outstanding work, Sacrilege, on the Esplanade des Invalides. This work represents the famous temple of Stonehenge’s megalithic monument located in the United Kingdom. Make your own inflatable Stonehenge where all can come, the question of the sacredness and untouchability spaces and symbols of power and a fortiori of political and religious powers.

Prizes
The Lafayette Prize will be awarded Thursday, October 18, 2012 in the gallery to the most promising artist, who will receive a contribution to assist in the purchase of a work of art.

The Marcel Duchamp Prize will be awarded to a French visual artist or visual on Oct. 20, 2012.

Finally, the price Audi Talents Awards, rewarding emerging artists of contemporary art, design, film and music to imagesera delivered on October 18.

Practical:
FIAC 2012 – from 18 to 21 October 2012 at the Grand Palais – Avenue Winston Churchill, 75008 Paris

Metro: lines 1 and 13 Champs-Élysées Clemenceau

Hours: noon to 20h / Night Friday, October 19 until 22h.

Prices
Full price: 35 €
Concessions (under 26) € 20
Under 12 years free
+ Catalog entry fee, 60 €
Catalog, 35 €

Outside the walls:

- Tuileries Garden

Place de la Concorde – Rue de Rivoli – Quai des Tuileries – Avenue du General Lemonnier – Passerelle Solferino

Metro: lines 1, 7, 8, 12 and 14

Schedule
Daily from 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Free access

- Garden plants
Inputs:
57 rue Cuvier
2 rue Buffon
36 rue Geoffroy-Saint-Hilaire
place Valhubert
75005 Paris

Metro, RER line 5 Austerlitz – Censier Daubenton line 7 – line 10 or Jussieu Austerlitz

Daily from 7:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
From 24 October 7:30 to 5:30 p.m.
Free access

More info on the site of FIAC here

Completely Frosted!

admin — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 12:50:12 +0000

My Paris Blog told you some time ago about the Camion qui fume, which offers qualify burgers and “home” fries.Moreover, they are the only “food truck” to offer this kind of service in the capital. But after burgers, comes ice cream! Which you can now get at some outlets and truck vendors scattered throughout the streets of the capital.

It is the story of a strategy consultant for 35 years, Henri Guittet, who had a passion for cooking and decided to move into ice cream. He has an office laboratory in the heart of Paris and a truck that travels throughout the capital to sell his new “rock’n roll ice cream”

And the floavors are original: “Smoke on the Water” (vanilla from Madagascar and organic hemp seed) ‘Black Sugar Sex Magic “(dark chocolate and wasabi-ginger),” A Clockwork Orange “(campari orange sorbet and balsamic vinegar), all made with fresh local produce.

Via the website, you can subscribe for a 3 month trial of the new ice cream flavors as they are stationed or delivered throughout the city.

Price: 5 euros for a cup, individual subscription from 20 euros. On the spot: starting at € 3.50 for a cone.

Relay points:

- The Artisan Lafayette: 6 rue Lafayette – 75009 Paris
- Causses: 55 rue Notre Dame de Lorette – 75009 Paris
- Wanderlust: 32 Quai d’Austerlitz – 75013 Paris

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