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  • Coming right up: Paris Ready to Wear

    Fashion Week Paris is just around the corner. Designers, their clients, the media, the city’s businesses are all feeling the excitement. Mark your calendars for September 27 to October 5. Click here for the temporary schedule. For accredited press members the precious invitations are like prizes. A few postcards from last year:

  • Wander behind (usually) closed doors: Journées Européennes du Patrimoine, September 19-20

    The European Heritage Days in Paris are an invitation to discover France’s monuments in a way that is not usually possible. During the course of a weekend places usually closed to the public open their doors for free. Even the Polaine Bakery is on the schedule (reservations required). For 2015, the theme is 21st Century Heritage,…

  • FÊTE DES JARDINS, September 26-27

    Put this on your Paris September agenda. If you’re a garden lover, photographer, traveler seeking beautiful French landscapes, this is the event for you. Gardners are available for questions and answers. Join one of the event tours. Click here for more info: http://www.jardindesplantes.net/fr/visitez/agenda/manifestation-evenement/fete-jardins  and https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.jardindesplantes.net/&prev=search

  • Paris Hostels: super économique way to stay

    One star hotels are always unpredictable: bad neighborhoods, shoddy interiors, thin walls, borderline linens. The alternative: hostels. The best are located in arrondissements  9 to 15 and 17 to 20. I like Yves Robert in the 18th, Saint Christopher’s in the 10th and 19th and Generator in the 19th. They start around $46. Some even have private…