BUBBLES AND SPARKS
Here’s a revolutionary way to celebrate Bastille Day (July 14) while ensuring a good view of the fireworks: Ô Chateau (tel.: 01 44 73 97 80) is offering a three-hour Seine cruise that includes appetizers, a one-hour tasting of three wines and a glass of champagne served during the fireworks. €80. Reserve.
WATER VOGUING
Paris now has its own version of the Venetian vaporetto:Voguéo, a line of pretty green, blue and white water buses running between the Gare d'Austerlitz and the suburb Maisons-Alfort, with stops at Bibliothèque François-Mitterrand, Bercy and Port d'Ivry. Tickets cost €3, but holders of RATP subscriptions can use their cards at no extra cost. Following a two-year test, the city will decide whether to make it permanent and add other lines or not.
ACCESSIBLE HOLIDAYS Handicap.fr has launched a new tourism section for people with disabilities, listing over 600 sites and associations, with evaluations from visitors.
Just a couple of hours from Paris by car, on a perfectly flat expanse of land in the Touraine, a complex of farm buildings like many others throughout France sits by the side of a quiet country lane. Someone in a passing car ... click for more
Hot Topics / Politesse
Politeness Counts (Sometimes)
Recently, while I was having an early evening aperitif with two friends in a smart brasserie near Trinité Church, two scruffy tramps entered and sat down at a nearby table. Although they were perfectly discreet ... click for more
Photo: J. Gascoigne
Film
/ Eldorado
On the Road Again
You would think that the road movie genre is well past its sell-by date, but again and again interesting variations on the theme turn up. Eldorado, a new Franco-Belgian film written, directed by and ... click for more
Music
/ A selective guide to this week’s concerts in Paris
Perry’s
Music Picks
Jazz Legends Festival at the Duc des Lombards: The renovated Duc des Lombards is running a “Jazz Legends Festival” at the club in July, with concerts by organist Rhoda Scott, pianist Ahmad ... click for more
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/ English-language events in Paris this week
Parler
Paris
Community Calendar
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The
Parler Paris Weekly community Calendar, in partnership with Paris
Update, provides you with up-to-date information about upcoming events
in Paris's Anglophone community.
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Paris reflections. Photo: J. Gascoigne
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Paris Update
Paris
Update is a free weekly Web newsletter designed to provide the latest
information about what's happening right now in the City of Light
to everyone who loves Paris, whether tourist, frequent visitor or resident. It provides
an insider’s guide to museum and gallery exhibitions (art,
photography, architecture and design), monuments, shopping, restaurants,
hotels and bed & breakfasts, tourism, music, nightlife, entertainment,
hidden treasures and French films, plus the latest info on what
Parisians are talking about and ideas for out-of-town excursions.
On
this page, you'll find a selection of Paris news items and reviews
for the week beginning July 2, 2008. To read articles on Paris from
past newsletters, click on the section titles at the top of the
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Paris reflections. Photo: J. Gascoigne