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Roland Garros 2012 — Top Places to Visit

By David Dadoun | Published: May 18, 2013
The French Open begins its 122d year at Roland Garros in Paris on Sunday, May 26, with the Men’s Championship Match held on June 9.  What is not so well known is that nearby is the haute Village d’Auteuil, in the 16th arrondissement, which offers an array of great restaurants, bistros, brasseries and fashion shops for those in [...]
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Paris Taxi Drivers

By David Dadoun | Published: May 1, 2013
Paris taxi drivers are sufficiently notorious that they have been featured in films such as “2 Days in Paris”, where the driver hits on a French woman while her American boyfriend is oblivious to his French pick-up lines.  So it is no surprise that when we took a taxi for a drive to Brasserie Lipp [...]
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L’Ecailler Du Bistrot (11eme)

By David Dadoun | Published: April 20, 2013
When I first came to Paris, I mistakenly thought that the seafood in Paris could not match the freshness or quality of the what was available in Seattle, my hometown.  I was wrong. The Parisians take seafood seriously and the chefs bring it to an entirely different level. Oysters (huîtres), prawns (gambas), shrimp (crevette), lobster [...]
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Rue Cler

By David Dadoun | Published: March 13, 2013
One of the best gourmet shopping markets (marchés) in Paris is on Rue Cler, the same area Julia Child shopped when she lived in Paris in the early 1950s.  What is interesting about Rue Cler is that many of the same shops Julia favored and frequented are still in operation today.  The added advantage of Rue [...]
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Shopping in Le Marais – Vintage Fashion

By Lauren Grasso | Published: March 3, 2013
We’ve hit those winter weeks when the ceaseless cold has us both frustrated and bored by repeating the same “closet staple” warm sweater. How to spruce up the wardrobe to survive through March? Head to the Marais for fabulous vintage fur. Chanel’s Fall-Winter collection for this season suggested we dress as Share on Facebook
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Black Truffle Season In Paris

By David Dadoun | Published: February 22, 2013
Winter season may be viewed as a lowlight for fresh harvests from the earth, but the most prized and expensive bounty is cultivated from December through early February — the black truffle.  More expensive than caviar, black truffles sell for over 1,000 Euros a kilo, fine restaurants share, for a short period of time this [...]
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