Greetings from Le Mini Palais, Paris (3 avenue Winston Churchill, in the 8th arrondissement). More on Le Mini Palais here, here, and here.

Along with the Little Prince, the beloved Babar series is among the most widely read and enduring French literature of all time for children. Jean de Brunhoff created the character of Babar in 1931 with “The Story of Babar.” A young elephant sees his mother shot by a hunter and flees to the city to […]

La Grande Épicerie de Paris, on the ground floor of Le Bon Marché Rive Gauche (24 Rue de Sèvres in the 7th), has long been one of the best food halls in Paris. Now shoppers can get the same quality at the new La Grande Épicerie de Paris Rive Droite, on the Right Bank of the Seine. […]

A charity auction held each year at the Hospices de Beaune raised $16 million this year. Decanter’s Chris Mercer reports that the auctions most valuable lot sold for $495,000. He writes: The Hospices de Beaune 2017 auction raised a record 13.5 million euros (£12m, $16m), according to auction organiser Christie’s, beating the previous record set in 2015. Top […]

Le Bon Marché (24 Rue de Sèvres in the 7th arrondissement) is the world’s first department store, and its food court, La Grande Epicerie de Paris is the best park lunch in Paris. Read more about the best gourmet food halls in Paris here.

There are so many reasons that require international perspective as your investment horizon expands. And needless to say, it can be difficult to gain perspective by sitting home. Debbie and I have found after repeated trips that the world comes to Paris! More than any other international base we would wish to consider, Paris stands […]

Around the corner from the great Hotel Lutetia in the 6th arrondissement, sits Le Cherche Midi (22 Rue du Cherche-Midi), one of Paris’ best bistros.

A Paris lunch time best, the food and wine bar at Le Bon Marché (24 Rue de Sèvres in the 7th).

One of the best paris cafes is Café des Musées, at 49 rue de Turenne in the 3rd Arrondissement. Read more about Café des Musées here.

Oysters and Chablis in the sun across from Bellota-Bellota (64 Rue de Seine in the 6th arrondissement).