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The blog with Gaul.
A group blog in English about Paris, France. Humorous news and observations about Parisian life, the French and the expatriate experience.
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Can This Be Real?
I know it looks like a painting but it’s not. It’s a photo of l’Assemblée Nationale (French Parliament) dressed with the colors of the European Union that I took last evening (Monda...
Friends don’t let friends drive Segway
I just received a newsletter from the city that’s pimping a “great” way to see Paris.. Seriously folks: don’t do it! Barelling down the sidewalk wearing a helmet and a refl...
Decadence x 2
Jeff Koons knows a thing or two about decadence, so what better place than Versailles and Marie Antoinette’s extravagance to display his outlandish work. Seventeen of his best known sculptures inclu...
A Roman Arena in the Fifth
This past weekend, the Brit and I finally made it to the Arènes de Lutèce, a park in Paris that was once a Gallo-Roman amphitheater. There were some kids who appeared to be training for parkour and ...
Tourist Trap Gets a Makeover
I’m just back from a mythical place in Paris: La Coupole. Located at Boulevard du Montparnasse, this brasserie was created in 1927 and remained one of the hottest places to be seen at until the ...
How I Became a Val Gal
As a fashion editor, I hustled guiltily to the “Valentino: Themes and Variations” show at the Musee des Arts Decoratifs. I knew so little about the Italian couturier who has done an astounding bus...
Gilding the Lily
To celebrate the French presidency of the European Union this year, the Eiffel Tower is lit up with blue lights and golden stars (just for the summer). Makes for pretty cool photos that none of your f...
Daytripping
The weather in Paris for the past few days has been uncharacteristically beautiful - sunny, clear blue skies, and temps hovering around 80F. Too hot for most Parisians who don’t seem to have the...
Eiffel Tower Wedding?
I must get at least 3- 5 emails a week from couples who want to elope in Paris. Since I find myself answering a lot of the same questions week after week, I decided to compile The American Wedding Pla...
Attention Eiffel Pilgrims: Changed Hours
Tomorrow, Bastille Day, the 14th: Last access to the Eiffel Tower is at 6pm and the Tower closes at 8pm. The fireworks show will take place at 10:45pm from Trocadero. Times are subject to change. Oth...
Blue Eiffel
On June 30 at 11 pm the Eiffel Tower turned blue and grew 12 yellow stars… Why? Because those are the colors of the European flag and because France is to take its presidency for 6 months (FYI, ...
It’s Been Unveiled!
The Tour Saint Jacques (Saint Jacques Tower) has been under scaffolding ever since I moved here in 2005. In fact, it’s been hidden for so long, I forgot what it looked like. About a month ago I was ...
200 Years of Guignol
The Jardin d’Acclimatation may be my kids’ favorite place in Paris. It’s a little bit of heaven for the younger set with enough attractions to keep a family busy for the entire day. ...
A Trip to Château de Malmaison
Yesterday the whole family hopped on the subway and then onto a suburban bus to visit le Château de Malmaison, the country home of Josephine Bonaparte. We planned ahead to take the tour with Paris Wa...
Off with Her Hat
Those opposing the new Eiffel Tower “hat” can breathe a sigh of relief. The new hat for the Eiffel Tower is a no-go. Not only that, it was never a GO, nor part of a design competition; it was neve...
Mushroom Top
It’s well known that when La Tour Eiffel was first built for the Universal Exhibition in 1889, Parisians generally seemed to disapprove of it. It was supposed to be a temporary structure but lat...
I Survived Notre Dame on Easter
Okay, it wasn’t an original idea, Notre Dame on Easter Sunday. But with our visiting family we made the pilgrimage, hopping on the RER and popping out at the Notre Dame. We saw a huge crowd out ...
The Price of Beauty
I am no longer able to step into the Hotel Costes without thinking of David Rakoff. He came to Paris with an American magazine to write about the couture shows, which he recounts in the book Don’t G...
Ice-ful Tower
Isn’t it odd to see a mini Eiffel Tower on the first floor of the big one?! And though that is where I took this shot 2 days ago, as I was attending the pre-launch of a new website (Radionomy, a...
The Other George W
No, this place is not called Washington Square but Place d’Iena, but the statue its middle is definitely the one of George Washington. Apparently GW was our friend during the American revolution...
A First-Timer’s Paris
It was Dave’s first trip to Paris. He had to visit the Louvre, see the sights from a bateau mouche, and go up the Eiffel Tower. What I thought would be a sort of dull second-time-around for me turne...