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Anne Gelbard and the interior design of La Belle Juliette

You already know that the lovely Anne Gelbard is looking after the interior design of our new hotel, but perhaps you didn’t realise that she’s creating numerous exclusive elements especially for us, making the hotel completely unique… Work on La Belle Juliette continues, and the choice of furniture, fabrics and even paint is being made. [...]

Restaurant Le Pavillon du Lac in the Buttes Chaumont park

We gave you an illustrated tour of the Buttes Chaumont recently, and mentioned that this place was on the verge of re-opening. A couple of months later, with the summer weather in full swing, we couldn’t resist returning to see whether the food is as magical as the setting… There’s something endlessly enchanting about the [...]

Visit the locations in Paris where Inception was shot, just 10 minutes from La Belle Juliette

Christopher Nolan, Leonardo di Caprio and Ellen Page filmed part of the blockbuster – currently n°1 more or less everywhere – on the Left Bank last August. Now that the film’s out, you can visit the places in Paris that you’ve seen in the film… (no spoilers in this article)Filming never stops in Paris, but in [...]

The Louxor, an Egyptian-themed Parisian cinema from the 1920s is reborn!

In an area of Paris that doesn’t have much of note, culturally (despite being very close to Montmartre) this historic building was falling into ruin. The Paris city council has saved it and work has just begun on its transformation… Closed for over 20 years, this exceptional building has been close to meeting a nasty [...]

Superb photos of the Panthéon by parisdeuxième

For his irreverential blog - Paris 2ème – Cedric has the courage to lug his Canon EOS 450D around Paris (and a few other cities) and take some amazing shots. It’s a much bigger beast than the camera we usually use for the blog, so we understand the effort he makes, especially as the resulting photos are [...]

Two baby panthers from a rare breed born at the Jardin des Plantes

Two baby female panthers, Pati and Jaya, have been born at the zoo in the Jardin des Plantes, and you can go and see the cute balls of fluff! They look sweet right now, but wait a few years and they could do you quite a bit of harm with their sharp claws! The clouded [...]

Rashid Rana exhibition Perpetual Paradox at the Musée Guimet until 15th November 2010

The first French exhibition of  the work of Rashid Rana, considered the most important living Pakistani contemporary artist. With his montages of digital images, sculptures and video installations, the work of Rashid Rana is often controversail, even paradoxical. For this important Parisin exhibition, his pieces have been dispersed within the Guimet museum’s permanent collection, allowing [...]

Paris Plages 2010 ? the Paris summer beach! Continues until 20th August!

Originally devised for the Parisians who can’t leave the city during the summer (like, er, us), this yearly event has grown up and chilled out over the last 9 years. Now it has a host of deck chairs, sand (yep!) and events on two sites next to the water. Something for everyone for a whole [...]

The Villette Jazz Festival 2010 from 31st August ? 12th September

It’s the most forward -looking of the Paris jazz festivals, with a mix of styles and even a cycle of films for the kids… Jazz is not dead, it just smells funny! Such is the motto of this ever-interesting festival that spices up its line-up with a zest of hip-hop, nu-style R&B, DJs and a [...]

Free music festival in front of Hôtel de Ville as part of Paris Plages 2010

Sand by the Seine and eight days of free concerts, with all styles on offer and a mini-rave to finish it all off! Paris Plage – as you probably know – is four weeks with no traffic along part of the Seine and tons of sand brought in to make temporary beaches. But there’s a [...]