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  • Good news! November 12: Rodin Museum reopens

    It is the first major renovation for the two-story Hôtel Biron, which stands within a seven-acre formal garden in view of the golden dome of Les Invalides. The museum has been closed since January as part of a three-year construction project that is nearing completion, with a public reopening scheduled for Rodin’s birthday, November 12.…

  • On a blustery day this secret ingredient makes French onion soup magnifique.

    You’re walking along the banks of the Seine, a brisk wind blasts at your back, the gusts are getting stronger, your scarf untwirls from your neck and hat goes flying into the water……whatcha gonna do? Head for the nearest brasserie for that French comfort food mainstay: SOUPE A L’OIGNON AU FROMAGE. 7 small yellow onions (about 5 pounds),…

  • Halloween is approaching: costume or couture?

    Sometimes there’s a fine line. Paris Fashion Week delivered some question marks. You be the judge: Eye of newt, and toe of frog, wool of bat, and tongue of dog, Adder’s fork, and blind-worm’s sting, lizard’s leg, and owlet’s wing, for a charm of powerful trouble, like a hell-broth boil and bubble.   -William Shakespeare, “Macbeth”

  • Sailing with Frank Gehry’s masterpiece in Paris: Fondation Louis Vuitton

    It’s genius: daring and innovation punctuated by surprises. A visit to Foundation Louis Vuitton is hard to put into words, you have to climb all the levels, admire the views, the architectural lines, it’s exhilarating.  Frank Gehry’s mission was to “design in Paris a magnificent vessel symbolizing the cultural calling of France. He succeeded.  I’ll let my photos…