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Francois Pinault, Luxury Goods Magnate, to Open Private Museum in Paris
Originally published on The New York Times By DOREEN CARVAJAL Ten years after he gave up in exasperation trying to build a museum for his vast contemporary-art collection, François Pinault, founder of a luxury-goods empire, has finally found a French home. The 18th-century Bourse de Commerce, next […]
English-Language Bookstores in Paris
Originally published on Paste Magazine by Emma Jacobs  They’re a wide-ranging bunch, from chain store to hole-in-the wall. Several are just a short walk from each other on the Left Bank but this list will also take you to the picturesque Marais and wind-swept Place de […]
There’s more to Bordeaux than Bordeaux
Originally published on The Washington Times by Maxine Albert When I think of Bordeaux, an image of tasty grapes come to mind. This is the place of esteemed vineyards, premier crus and coveted domaines such as Chateau Latour, Chateau Lafite Rothschild and Chateau Margaux. On a […]
France Lost Track of 23,000 State-Owned Artworks and Historic Objects
originally published on Hyperallergic by Claire Voon Nearly 23,000 works of state-owned art are missing in France and its overseas territories, lost over time from museums, town halls, and major institutions largely due to poor documentation and even theft. The number arrives from French daily Libération, which […]
Vallee d’Auge in Normandy: Where to Stay and Eat
Originally published on Travelandleisure by Rebecca Rose Your Dream Trip to France is Waiting in Seaside Normandy Parisian tastemakers are reinvigorating an old-fashioned corner of Normandy, adding modern flourishes to a rural French idyll. Christophe Delaune, the effervescent creator of Le Domaine d’Ablon, a group of […]
France’s new cocktail: Rosé Pamplemousse
Rosé Pamplemousse is a homemade regional cocktail -much like some French version of a Sangria- is taking France by storm. It’s easy to make at home and handful of grapefruit-flavored rosé wines have already become available in the U.S.—Meadowsweet Rosé, a brand commercialized by French wine […]
Nimes’ Great Roman Games 2016 edition is this weekend
Give 2 big thumbs up for Nimes’‘Great Roman Games’ invite young and old alike to experience the Roman era during a spring weekend in Nimes Check out the historic reconstruction and the unique show with 500 participants from around Europe, workshops for children and image projections.
A weekend in Lille
Originally published on Lost in cheeseland It’s around this time of year that readers with trips planned to Paris start wondering where they can spend a day or two outside of the city without traveling too far. The most common destinations range from Versailles and Chantilly […]
The 5 best French vineyard hotels
Originally published on The Independent by AOIFE O’RIORDAIN The newest addition to France’s vineyard hotels is the Château Pierre de Serjac a sensitively restored wine-producing estate set in the vine-draped landscape of the Hérault, in the Languedoc. Opened in March, its focal point is a romantic 19th-century chateau […]
French Polynesia is paradise
French Polynesia, or Tahiti as it is also called, is about 17 degrees south of the Equator, half way between California and Australia, in the same time zone as Hawaii and on the same side of the International Dateline as North America. It is comprised of […]