Sure, Paris is home to high fashion … but it also does street style pretty well. There are, of course, the big-name high-street brands, such as Claudie Pierlot and Sézane, but don’t discount Paris as a place in which to do some serious bargain shopping. One of the best stores for petit prices is Monoprix, […]
Paris on a Budget
Five of the Best: Two-Star Paris Hotels
Once upon a time, you could find two-star hotels all over Paris. These days, the old-school institution is a little like that other Parisian tradition of hard-boiled eggs displayed on a zinc counter — tricky to find, but worth the effort of tracking down. (On that note: When you’re next ambling along the market street […]
My Paris: Illustrator Clémentine Campardou
Having moved her life from Paris to Sydney several years ago, Clémentine Campardou now well appreciates the yearning much of the rest of the world has for the City of Light; while she has become very much a Sydneysider (if she’s not in her atelier Blule you’ll probably find her surfing the waves of Bondi […]
The Bouillon: Fast Food à la Parisienne
With every action there’s a reaction. And so, on a Parisian gastronomic landscape that has undergone rapid transformation of late, with cool new cafés and bars ever popping up, there’s now somewhat of a swing back to the old, the traditional, the authentic. A trend back to serving up nostalgic Gallic comfort food (snails, egg […]