February Eye Need to Do's: A Little Night Music, Cookbook Festival, & Chinese New Year

 

A Little Night Music

Sondheim's glorious musical ode to the Ingmar Bergman film Smiles of a Summer's Night is having an all star revival. Greta Scaatchi and Leslie Caron are the dueling divas, Desiree and Lady Armfeldt and Lambert Wilson plays the man in the middle. Isn't it rich, are we a pair...

Feb. 15-20
Theatre du Chatelet
1 Place du Chatelet, 1st. arr.
Metro: Chatelet
http://www.chatelet-theatre.com/2009-2010/

Johan Creten Dark Continent

Johan Creten's evocative, stunning sculptures are inspired by Freud's famous metaphor. He discovers the hidden power of the earth behind the fragility of ceramics.

Till March 13

Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin

10 Impasse Saint-Claude, 3d arr.

Metro: Chemin Vert, Bastille

www.galerieperrotin.com

Paris Cookbook Festival

All you cookbook lovers will have a readable feast at the Paris Cookbook Festival. Four days of wall to wall celebrity chefs and food writers from all over the globe from Mexico to Lebanon.The prestigious Gourmand World Cookbook Award will be awarded.

February 12-15
Le Centquartre
104 rue d'Aubervilliers/5 rue Curial, 19th arr.
Metro: Crimee
Open 9:30-6:30, except Sunday till 5PM
Admission: 8 euros
http://theethnicpariscookbook.blogspot.com/
http://www.cookbookfair.com/

Chinese New Year Parade

It's the year of the tiger on the Chinese calendar, so you better watch out. There are two parades, the massive one in the Chinese area in the 13th arr. and the Dragon Parade in the 3d arr. Hold that tiger!

Dragon Parade
Starting at Hotel de Ville
Sunday February 14, 2PM
http://www.chine-informations.com/actualite/programme-et-defiles-du-nouvel-an-chinois-a-paris_17471.html

Thanks so much for all your thoughtful Birthday wishes.

Coming soon: Eye Prefer New York Tours

New! Eye Prefer Paris Cooking Classes
I am happy to announce the launch of Eye Prefer Paris Cooking Classes. Come take an ethnic culinary journey with me and chef and caterer Charlotte Puckette, co-author of the bestseller The Ethnic Paris Cookbook (with Olivia Kiang-Snaije). First we will shop at a Paris green-market for the freshest ingredients and then return to Charlotte’s professional kitchen near the Eiffel Tower to cook a three-course lunch. After, we will indulge in the delicious feast we prepared along with hand-selected wines.

Cost: 185 euros per person (about $240)
Time: 9:30AM- 2PM (approximately 4 1/2 hours)
Location: We will meet by a metro station close to the market
Class days: Tuesday,Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
Minimum of 3 students, maximum 6 students.

Click here to sign up for the next class or for more info.

I am pleased as punch to announce the launch of Eye Prefer Paris Tours, which are 3-hour walking tours I will personally be leading. The Eye Prefer Paris Tour includes many of the places I have written about such as small museums & galleries, restaurants, cafes & food markets, secret addresses, fashion & home boutiques, parks, and much more.

I look forward to meeting you on my tours and it will be my pleasure and delight to show you my insiders Paris.
Check it out at www.eyepreferparistours.com