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Tuileries Garden

The (or Jardin des Tuileries en francais), located on Paris’s Right Bank is bordered by the Louvre on one side, the Orangerie and Jeu de Paume on the other (of French Revolution fame), and the impressionist Musee d’Orsay is just across the Seine River, ...

From PARISGIRL, BootsnAll Travel Network,  2 Jul 2009

June in Paris

begins the popular and busy summer season in the City of Lights, when the weather is wonderful and there’s a festival going on every time you turn around. Of course, word has gotten out about how lovely Paris is in June, so you won’t be the only one ...

From PARISGIRL, BootsnAll Travel Network,  5 May 2009

Metro ticket tip

This is bullsh*t. Nonmagnetic metal can’t demagnetize. If it could, all your refrigerator magnets would go dead in days or weeks. We’ve been to Paris several times over the last few years, and every time stayed in a b&b hosted by the wonderful Marie ...

From PARISGIRL, BootsnAll Travel Network,  4 May 2009

Swine Flu in Paris

As of today (May 4,’09) there are four reported cases of swine flu in Paris. (One couple had recently returned from a trip to Mexico). The buzzword here is ’serenity and vigilance’. Tomorrow a campaign to encourage healthy practices such as washing ...

From PARISGIRL, BootsnAll Travel Network,  4 May 2009

Paris in May

Anyone who has visited has probably wondered why on earth the song is about April, when May is clearly the nicer month in this beautiful city? There’s no accounting for song lyrics (something about poetic license), but maybe the song about April will ...

From PARISGIRL, BootsnAll Travel Network,  24 Mar 2009

French Female Vocalists: New Directions with LN

How many French female vocalists can you name? Think fast. After Edith Piaf, Patricia Kaas and Carla Bruni, maybe you’re searching… For whatever reason, even though American singers can have a big following in France, female vocalists from the ...

From PARISGIRL, BootsnAll Travel Network,  18 Mar 2009
Related Topics: Edith Piaf,  Carla Bruni-Sarkozy,  Myspace

Getting the Bum’s Rush? Not only tourists get it in Paris

Perhaps you may be one of the unfortunate visitors who have been snubbed at some of Paris’s famous right bank cafes? Never fear. You aren’t alone. There appears to be a trend that, nowadays, if you don’t intend to sit down and consume an entire meal at ...

From PARISGIRL, BootsnAll Travel Network,  8 Mar 2009

Snow in Paris: Just an Illusion?

If there’s one thing more of an illusion than fashion in Paris - it must be snow. Don’t try to tell any of the Parisians trying to make their way to work Monday morning about the snow being a mere figment of their imagination. Metro lines ran more ...

From PARISGIRL, BootsnAll Travel Network,  3 Feb 2009

Super Hot: Vincent Meillon

Voila - il y a quelque chose qu’on aime chez Vincent Meillon. Parisgirl shares with you her latest ‘favorite’ French vocalist - Vincent Meillon. Is this maybe the contemporary Tom Jones of the French music ...

From PARISGIRL, BootsnAll Travel Network,  17 Dec 2008
Related Topics: Tom Jones

Solid Gold: Holiday Treats at Duty-Free CDG

Did I say solid gold? We can dream. It’s solid chocolate, not solid gold - and at 3 Euros per ‘coin’ this makes a fine souvenir from France for either Christmas stocking stuffers or Chanukah ‘gelt’. I came across these solid chocolate coins at one of ...

From PARISGIRL, BootsnAll Travel Network,  16 Dec 2008

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