If you want to see out a year with the glitziest of bangs, or set the most beautiful scene and tone for a new one, there’s only one city in which to be! New Year’s Eve If you’re the organised type, you’ll find many great options in advance of the night … Check out which […]
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My Paris: Author Jane Paech
South Australian-based Jane Paech might reside half a world away from Paris these days, but she knows the City of Light more than most — having lived à la parisienne for six years, she has been a regular visitor to her spirit city ever since. Her knowledge of and passion for Paris are beautifully, eloquently […]
Five of the Best: Paris Museum Cafés
In France, food is art on a plate. So it makes sense that some of the most memorable eating experiences can be found in some of Paris’s most delectable museums … Rose Bakery, Musée de la Vie Romantique Rose Bakery, with its perfumed teas and olde-worlde cakes (think marble-swirled, berry slathered in pink icing, and […]
Staircases as Art: The Fanciest Flights in Paris
Leave it to the French to turn such a thing of practicality into one of beauty. These six sets take stairs take to a whole new level of gorgeousness. Musée Picasso This is one of the most beautifully preserved Parisian staircases, and — with its lacy balustrade and floridly carved ceilings overhead — one of […]