La vie parisienne

Some Parisian buildings are adorned with an inscription or plaque indicating the birthplace of a famous person. These can be found throughout the city, for example at 6 Rue Brochant, where the singer Barbara came into the world, at 10 Rue Saint-Joseph, where Emile Zola was born, and at 56 Rue Notre Dame de Lorette, […]

If you don’t know it’s there, you’ll probably miss it, because no one would expect to see the work of one of the greatest artists of the 20th century hanging above an ordinary restaurant. In the heart of the Latin Quarter, once a gathering place for intellectuals and artists and now filled with souvenir shops […]

Exciting news: We’re going on vacation in August (don’t worry about your personal guide, our business stays open during the summer, we’ll just be working from the beach)! Fine, but why should you care? Because a while ago we bought these tickets to the Olympics that we no longer need, and instead of selling them, […]

Destock Colis in Champigny-sur-Marne, a mundane suburb of Paris, is a hoarder’s dream. Hundreds of abandoned parcels, most of them, dare we say all of them, filled with junk, are stacked in a nondescript shop on one of the small town’s main avenues. These lost or unclaimed packages are for sale by the kilo. Buying […]

Always a magnet for creatives and artists, the city has had more celebrities in it than People magazine. Here are a few examples of their former homes so you can unleash your inner fangirl/boy/person and hit the Parisian walk of fame. Coco Chanel 31 Rue Cambon, 1st In 1910, the designer opened her first shop, […]