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“Meet Me at Freddy’s”

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Originally posted September 22, 2017. Greetings from Paris. Yesterday I quietly fled a museum tour Debbie and I were on with a quick text to Deb, “Meet me at Freddy’s.” Located in the 6th, Freddy’s is one of four restaurants owned by Juan Sanchez and his partner Drew Harré. We are frequent visitors to each […]

Paris Silenced in the Age of COVID-19

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In the New York Times, Roger Cohen laments that “Paris is gone for now.” COVID-19 has cut off its “lifeblood.” He writes (abridged): “We’ll always have Paris.” Turns out perhaps the most famous line in the movies was wrong. Paris is gone for now, its lifeblood cut off by the closure of all restaurants, its […]

Paris’ Plan to Turn Champs-Elysees into a 1.2-mile Garden

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Jack Newman reports for the Daily Mail: Paris’s most famous street is set to undergo a £225million makeover to turn it into an ‘extraordinary garden’. The Champs-Elysees, which is normally clogged with traffic, will instead become a 1.2-mile stretch of greenery with tunnels of trees, green spaces and pedestrian zones. Under the plans, the number […]

Welcome Back Le Bristol Paris!

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Welcome Back Le Bristol Paris.–Dick & Debbie Young, USA. The beginning of a new chapter in Le Bristol Paris’ beautiful story Today at 12:00 p.m., the revolving door at Le Bristol Paris will once again begin to turn, revealing a sought-after tranquil destination for the Indian summer, the ravishing renaissance of the garden and its […]

Welcome back to the Ritz Paris

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From the Ritz Paris: Dear friends and guests, After an extended closure, it is our pleasure to announce that the Ritz Paris has once again opened its doors. We are delighted to welcome you at the Bar Vendôme every day. The Bar Hemingway, Salon Proust and Ritz Paris Concept Store will reopen on September 3rd. […]

Breaking News from Paris and Le Bristol Paris

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We just received a note from our friend Leah Marshall, manager of the finest Palace Hotel, that Le Bristol will have a grand re-opening 1 September. We check on all the dozen or so Palace hotels, usually a couple of times a year, and have either stayed at or dined at most. As of today, […]

I Love Dorie and I Love the Sixth in Paris.

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Nobody explains the sixth arrondissement(district) in Paris better than does food maven Dorie Greenspan. Trust me I know. Over the last decade, Debbie and I have probably spent 30 trips to exactly the two-block area in the sixth arrondissement that Dorie describes so wonderfully here. If you are thinking the “Lost Generation of Paris” in […]

Paris Suburb Seine-Saint Denis Has 500,000 Muslims

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Soeren Kern writes at The Gatestone Institute: The French government has announced a plan to boost policing in 15 of the most crime-ridden parts of France in an effort to reassert state control over the country’s so-called “no-go” zones: Muslim-dominated neighborhoods that are largely off limits to non-Muslims. The crime-infested districts, which the French Interior […]

Closed – Le Bristol Paris, France

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In compliance with the French government’s advice on the containment of COVID-19, Le Bristol Paris is closing its doors until further notice. The safety of our guests and teams is our highest priority. These unprecedented circumstances require a strong collective effort and we will continue to follow and apply the government’s directives. We will make […]

Paris Evenings – Deliciously Specific to Time and Place

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From Eater 2/13/20: In Paris, a lot of nights out start like this: squeezing into a small bar around an even smaller table and splitting a bottle of wine, likely French and definitely natural. Sometimes there’s a list, but often the wines are on display on the surrounding walls, their prices of just 20 or […]