Visiting the Eiffel Tower on a hot hot day? Cool off across the street at the Gardens of the Trocadero and wait for the canons to spout water 12 meters high. The basins below spray water four meters high, one of the last remnants of the Universal Exposition of 1889. Walking directions in the new…

The english translation of “leche-vitrine” is “licking the windows”, something like drooling when you spot a cream filled religieuse, thick apple-custard tart slice or rows of dayglow macaroons. Here’s a list of some of the best (high end) patisseries in Paris: Jean-Paul Hévin, 231 rue Saint-Honoré, Métro: Concorde, Tuileries Pain de Sucre 14 rue Rambuteau…

To get here exit at metro Quinet or Raspail. Some familiar names to search for: Frédéric Bartholdi (1834–1904), sculptor of the Statue of Liberty; Charles Baudelaire (1821–1867); Simone de Beauvoir (1908–1986); Samuel Beckett (1906–1989); Constantin Brâncuşi (1876–1957); Brassaï (1899–1984); Claude François Chauveau-Lagarde (1756-1841), lawyer, defender of Marie-Antoinette; Alfred Dreyfus (1859–1935); Jules Dumont d’Urville (1790–1842), explorer…

Upcoming concerts in May: St. Germain des Pres Ascension Concert, May 18, 20:30, 44 euros. Click here for tickets by e-mail. Mozart Requiem at La Madeleine Church, May 19, 21:00, performance of Mozart’s final composition. Click here for tickets by e-mail. Heavenly.