Archive for February, 2012

The lowdown on brunch in Paris

Monday, February 27th, 2012

We're one day late for the hungover-from-Saturday-night crowd, but in case you want to plan ahead for next Sunday's feast, I Heart Paris (unlockparis.blogspot.com) offers up a growing list of spots around Paris where you can get brunch. Replete with reviews, pictures and location information.

unlockparis.blogspot.com/search/label/brunch

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Le mur des je t'aime Paris Montmartre

Monday, February 27th, 2012

Le mur des je t'aime is located in Paris Montmartre next to the métro Abbesses in the Square Jehan Rictus.

Metro: Abbesses

Admission is free

Site: lesjetaime.com

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Henry Miller's Paris

Sunday, February 26th, 2012

Kreg Wallace has put together a fantastic resource for Henry Miller fans who wish to retrace the author's footsteps. Called Miller Walks (millerwalks.com), it's a clean, well-curated page with pictures, addresses of his favorite and most detested haunts, his domiciles, snippets of texts from his novels and more. It's a nice homage to Henry Miller, one of the great, if not the greatest, expat American authors to discover his muse in the city on the Seine.

millerwalks.com
Twitter: twitter.com/millerwalks

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Paris apartments turned into pinhole movie projectors

Friday, February 24th, 2012

Paris apartments turned into pinhole movie projectors

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Paris apartments turned into pinhole movie projectors
‪This video is a part of a pinhole movie project based on the principle of the Camera Obscura. An apartment is completely darkened. A hole is made in a window, letting lights from outside coming in. Projections are taking place everywhere inside.‬ ‪Stenop.es is looking for amazing places in order to continue its visual work. Contribute now on ‬stenop.es

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Inside the world's most exclusive chocolate club

Friday, February 24th, 2012

Clotilde Dusoulier, the author behind chocolateandzucchini.com, takes us behind the scenes of the world's most exclusive chocolate-lovers' club, Club des Croqueurs de Chocolat (croqueurschocolat.com).

The Club des Croqueurs de Chocolat is comprised of 150 passionate amateurs, who in 27 years and 130 meetings, have tasted over 1000 chocolates and products containing cocoa or chocolate. No association in the world has such an experience. Founded in 1981 by some crazy friends of chocolate, the Club gathers real connoisseurs who, five times a year, get together to enjoy chocolate in its various forms (tablets, candy, snacks, truffles, sweets, etc..), Pastries , cakes and biscuits, mousses and creams, ice cream and all sugar products containing cocoa and chocolate.

http://chocolateandzucchini.com/archives/2012/02/chocolate_appreciation_society_club_des_croqueurs_de_chocolat.php

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Video tour of the permanent collection of the MAM (French)

Thursday, February 23rd, 2012

More info and exhibitions at the Musée d'Art Moderne: http://www.paris-museums.org/museums_more.php?id=138

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Collections permanentes du Musée d'Art Moderne
© Succession H. Matisse, pour l’œuvre de l’artiste.

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