La vie parisienne

So you’re coming to Paris without speaking a word of French? Oh, we see, you like living on the edge. We’re kidding, of course; the cliché of the monolingual Parisian is long outdated. Thanks to social media and Netflix, most of Gen Y and Z know at least some English, and many are fluent. Still, […]

If you search the Internet for things to do on international couple’s day, you’ll probably find these very things mentioned. Trust us, it’s almost a guarantee of a subpar time. Here’s why, and a suggestion for what you could do instead. Don’t: go to a restaurant After New Year’s Eve, Valentine’s Day is probably the […]

As one of the world’s leading cultural centers, the city’s entertainment calendar is so rich that you can barely take two turns without crashing a performance. We may be exaggerating, but Parisians love the arts, and theater is no exception. Catching a play during your stay is never a bad idea, whether it’s a classic […]

In France, we celebrate Epiphany (also known as Three Kings’ Day ) on January 6th by doing what we do best: eating. In this case, a delicious pastry called galette des rois. The golden-brown cakes are made of puff pastry with a sweet almond filling and have a little porcelain figure (la fève) hidden inside. […]

New Year’s resolutions are a universal thing. People all over the world set out to change bad habits starting on January 1. The tradition is more than 4,000 years old and dates back to the Babylonians, who paid off debts and returned borrowed items at the end of the year to start the new year […]