For anyone who may have missed it, I am posting a link to Liz Alderman's New York Times Travel piece from February 1st. Place des Vosges, Marais Most of you know that the Marais is chez moi, and I never run out of new corners of the district to explore. Liz lives only...
There has been a lot of talk recently about Paris's new "Dean & DeLuca" gourmet food market, La Maison Plisson. So I decided I should stop by and check it out! La Maison Plisson is a restaurant and a food store, offering fresh produce, baked goods, cheese,...
After five long years of renovations, the Marais's Picasso Museum finally reopened to the public on October 25, 2014, and at more than double its pre-renovation size. The museum claims to have over 5,000 works of Picasso, not including numerous archived works....
It's been a little over a year since I moved from Saint Germain to the Marais. Here is a sampling of my "favorites" so far. I admit they are a bit 4th arrondissement-centric, as that's where I live! THAI MASSAGE – There’s a fantastic Thai massage parlor, Thai...
Cave Elzevir in the northern Marais offers wine tasting courses in both French and English in the wine shop's 17th century stone-vaulted cellar. The cozy space offers an intimate atmosphere in which to learn and of course taste-test. Courses last 2 to 2 ½ hours and...
