Christmas is arriving fast and you still have not finished your shopping? Here are a few ideas for decorating your house or buying last minute presents. I find that it’s fun to give young people a print or a photograph and have enjoyed Roget Viollet, 6 rue de Seine and Documents 15, 15 rue de l’Echaudé, nearby, in the past. … Read More
Teddy Bears are in residence at MAD for eight months!
Everyone likes his Teddy Bear. I still have four which were given to me at a very late age… And the new exhibition of 130 bears at MAD, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, was selected out of 15 000 toys of their collection. It takes place on the third floor of the museum until June 22… This will leave … Read More
There is nothing like cashmere to make you feel better when in pain
Many of my friends eat chocolate or buy a pair of shoes when the sky is low like this week in Paris. One of them just lost his companion of 25 years and we ran into each other at Uniqlo near the Pont Neuf. We were both buying a cashmere sweaters to cheer up. Suddenly the Japanese shop became our … Read More
Christophe Leribault is now an immortal and more
The gala dinner at Château de Chantilly, presided by Prince Amyn Aga Khan was a perfect prelude to the “installation” of Christophe Leribault, President of Versailles, at the Académie des Beaux Arts, the next day. Many guests were present at both occasions and the atmosphere of camaraderie and curatorial excellence prevailed in Chantilly in the Boulle exhibition curated by Mathieu … Read More
St Germain des Prés is still full of surprises
Saint Germain des Prés is still the place to be. At least if you know where to look. I always start at l’Ecume des Pages, the fabulous bookstore next to Café de Flore. This is where I went to buy Christophe Bigot’s new book, “Un autre m’attend ailleurs”, on Marguerite Yourcenar (1903-1987) after hearing him on France Culture. The first … Read More
I look forward to … La Rentrée
As you all know by now, La Rentrée is a major moment in Paris’ artistic and social life. 500 new novels come out, exhibitions are being inaugurated and the opera and concert season starts at Théâtre des Champs Elysées, the Paris Opera and the Philharmonie. The leaves of chestnut trees get brown prematurely, vacations are over and night falls at … Read More
An enchanting English road trip…
As you already now my favorite sports in the summer is to invade my friends’ houses and spend up to three nights with them. Beyond that, like the fish which stinks, it becomes too long. This time, and as in the last thirty five years, my final destination was Land’s End in Cornwall and since all flights from Paris to … Read More
More on the Olympics…
Since I did not attend many of the Olympic sessions except the archery on the Invalides, I spent the week talking to my foreign friends who had come especially from afar. From Melbourne, Rob and Jane were enthusiastic about the win of their friend Jessica Fox at Canoe-Kayak in Vaires-sur-Marne. They spent nine hours altogether in transports and on the … Read More