I Prefer Paris

Winner of Eye Prefer Paris Subscription Contest 2011

Eye Prefer Paris on Twitter

I just launched a fun new daily Twitter post- Paris Photo du Jour. Every day I will post a photo of Paris. Follow me on Twitter - http://twitter.com/eyepreferparis

I want to thank everyone so much for taking the time to send your lists for my subscription contest. I appreciate you spreading the word.

The winner is Julie Brumlik from Miami, Florida. Thanks Julie and I will have your copy of the wonderful Bonne Femme Cookbook: Simple, Splendid, Food that French Women Cook Everyday by Wini Moranville sent to you soon. Enjoy it and let me know if you make any of the recipes.

If anyone else wants to order the book, go this Amazon link-http://www.amazon.com/Bonne-Femme-Cookbook-Simple-Splendid/dp/1558327495/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1318338491&sr=1-1

 

 

In addition to my Eye Prefer Paris Tours, we now offer Eye Prefer New York Tours, 3-hour walking tours of New Yorkís best neighborhoods including Soho, Meatpacking/West Village & Tribeca. Tours cost $195 for up to 3 people and $65 for each additional person.Come take a bit of the Big Apple on an Eye Prefer New York Tour!

Come experience my blog ìliveî with my Eye Prefer Paris Tours, which are 3-hour walking tours I lead. 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.Tours cost 195 euros for up to 3 people, and 65 euros for each additional person. I look forward to meeting you on my tours and it will be my pleasure and delight to show you my insiders Paris. www.eyepreferparistours.com
 

 

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 Charlotteís 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, and Friday
Minimum of 2 students, maximum 6 students.

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

Eye Prefer Paris Contest: New Subscribers

I realize it's been a while since I have had a new subscribers contest and figured it was time for one. I know many of you forward my blog posts to friends, family, and fellow francophiles and many thanks for that. The next logical step would be for them to subscribe.

I am obsessed with increasing my subscriber numbers for a myriad of reasons but one big reason is to attract advertisers. Right now I have 5522 subscribers and my goal is 6500 subscribers by the end of the year.  So please support my obsession and subscribe everyone on the planet you know to my blog.

I will make it simple for you: Please send me a list of the e-mails you want me to subscribe and I will personally subscribe them. My email is rn88@rcn.com. Once I sign them up they will receive an email saying this:
Please check your inbox for a verification message from “FeedBurner Email Subscriptions”, the service that delivers email subscriptions for Eye Prefer Paris. You will need to click a link listed in this message to activate your subscription. If you don't see a confirmation e-mail in a reasonable amount of time please check your bulk/spam folder.

The winner of the contest is the person who has the most people click the activation link. The grand prize is a copy of The Bonne Femme Cookbook: Simple, Splendid, Food that French Women Cook Everyday by Wini Moranville. I just received a copy of The Bonne Femme Cookbook and I have not been this inspired to cook again since my catering days in New York before I moved here. I spent an hour looking through the surprisingly easy to execute recipes that are the staples of most French women. I highly recommend buying this cookbook with 250 mouthwatering, no fuss recipes which are easy to prepare with ingredients that are readily available at your local market.

Wini Moranville, is a food and wine writer and restaurant reviewer. She has spent over 20 summers in France learning the art of simple French cooking which she lovingly shares.

Click here to order from Amazon. Also check out Wini's yummy blog http://chezbonnefemme.com/

I will announce the contest winner next Wednesday, so send me your list right away.

Love the cover

 

In addition to my Eye Prefer Paris Tours, we now offer Eye Prefer New York Tours, 3-hour walking tours of New Yorkís best neighborhoods including Soho, Meatpacking/West Village & Tribeca. Tours cost $195 for up to 3 people and $65 for each additional person.Come take a bit of the Big Apple on an Eye Prefer New York Tour!

Come experience my blog ìliveî with my Eye Prefer Paris Tours, which are 3-hour walking tours I lead. 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.Tours cost 195 euros for up to 3 people, and 65 euros for each additional person. I look forward to meeting you on my tours and it will be my pleasure and delight to show you my insiders Paris. www.eyepreferparistours.com
 

 

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 Charlotteís 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, and Friday
Minimum of 2 students, maximum 6 students.

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

Fifth Anniversary Quiz Winners

I want to thanks everyone for taking the time to answer the quiz from last week.
And the winners are ……
 

Grand Prize- My two-hour Eye Prefer Paris Marais tour- Barbara Lallas.

Prize 2 An Eye Prefer Paris photo print- Kara Houston

Prize 3 Michael Weinstein

An E-book or hard copy of Around and About Paris, Volume 1 by Thirza ValloisE,one of the best historical guidebooks of Paris. 

Prize 4 Duke Ferguson
A signed copy of Timeless Paris, the gorgeous new book of Paris photos by photographer Marian Crostic.

Prize 5 Jeanne Vickery

A copy of of the soon to be released English version (July 5) of Stuff Parisians Like by Olivier Magny, owner of O'Chateau wine bar, which is filled with entertaining and hilarious observations about Parisians.

Congratulations to all of you! Also, thanks to Lynn Bryant and Stephen Silcock for answering all the
questions correctly.

I will post photos from my 5th Anniversary party last night (which was a blast!) next week.

 

In addition to my Eye Prefer Paris Tours, we now offer Eye Prefer New York Tours, 3-hour walking tours of New York's best neighborhoods including Soho, Meatpacking/West Village & Tribeca. Tours cost $195 for up to 3 people and $65 for each additional person.Come take a bit of the Big Apple on an Eye Prefer New York Tour!

Come experience my blog ìliveî with my Eye Prefer Paris Tours, which are 3-hour walking tours I lead. 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.Tours cost 195 euros for up to 3 people, and 65 euros for each additional person. I look forward to meeting you on my tours and it will be my pleasure and delight to show you my insiders Paris. www.eyepreferparistours.com
 

 

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 Charlotteís 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, and Friday
Minimum of 2 students, maximum 6 students.

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

Eye Prefer Paris 5th Anniversary

Yesterday, June 26, 2011 was the 5th anniversary of Eye Prefer Paris. Here was my first post from 2006:

About This Blog
This blog is about how a native New Yorker dreamed of moving to Paris …… and what he discovered once he got there. Come live this Paris dream vicariously through the eyes(and ears) of Richard Nahem. He writes his blog from his 18th century apartment overlooking tree-lined Place St. Paul in the fashionable Marais district of Paris.

I am still living in the same apartment and discovering Paris all the time. I think that's been my drive and inspiration for the last five years and nothing thrills me more, even now, than coming upon an undiscovered Paris treasure. I continue to be surprised, daily, by the beauty, the splendor, the mystery, the frustration, the quirkiness, the impossibility, the humor, the unpredictability, the surprise, the unexpected, the noise, the serenity, and the curious ways of the French I still can't figure out, in this magical city.

I want to thank and acknowledge my loyal readers and subscribers - I happily reached 5,000 subscribers this month- for reading of my adventures four times a week.  I hope I have fulfilled my  promise to you, making it possible to live the Paris dream vicariously through my eyes these past five years. I also want to thank those of you who emailed or commented last week about the upcoming celebration event with such warm wishes and sorry I couldn't  answer all of you individually.

In keeping with the theme of five, I am giving away five terrific prizes to the first five people that correctly answer all the questions of the Eye Prefer Paris Quiz below. Alright, all of you EPP lovers, let's see who are the five most knowledgable.

Grand Prize: A two-hour Eye Prefer Paris Marais tour, showing the winner all of my favorite Marais haunts.

Prize 2: An 11X14" Eye Prefer Paris photo print from one of my past blogs

Prize 3: A E-book or hard copy of Around and About Paris, Volume 1 by Thirza Vallois, one of the best historical guidebooks of Paris. http://www.thirzavallois.com/

Prize 4: A signed copy of Timeless Paris, the gorgeous new book of Paris photos by photographer Marian Crostic
http://mariancrostic.com - You may also order the book by emailing Mcrostic@aol.com

Prize 5: A copy of of the soon to be released English version (July 5) of Stuff Parisians Like by Olivier Magny, owner of O'Chateau wine bar, which is filled with entertaining and hilarious observations about Parisians.
http://us.penguingroup.com/nf/Search/QuickSearchProc/1,,stuff%20parisians%20like,00.html?id=stuff%20parisians%20like

There are eight questions spanning five years of my blog and to help you just a little bit, I put the year the story was posted after each question. Subscribers, an easy way to access my postings is to go directly to the blog www.eyepreferparis.com. From there, look on the right sidebar under archives, and you will find archives from every month since July 2006. Another shortcut is to go to the categories list and access postings from there. For example, for a question about a Parisian of the Month, click on Parisian of the Month and all of them will come up. You can email the answers to r.nahem@gmail.com and the deadline is Wednesday, July 6. Contest winners will be announced next Thursday, July 7.  Good luck and I look forward to your answers.

1. Which Parisian of the Month lived in Milan and was a fashion director in Casablanca? (2011)
A.    Susan Oubari
B.    Snooki 
C.    Meg Zimbeck
D.    Rebecca Leffler

2.What Hammam did I go to for a massage and manicure? (2007)
A.    Hammam at the Mosque
B.    Hammam St Georges
C.    Les Bains du Marais
D.    Continental  Baths

3. What gallery did my partner Vincent have a show at? (2010)
A.    IBU
B.    NEC
C.    Dutko
D.    Peanut Gallery

4. What is the name of the woman who dresses like a schoolgirl with blond pig tails and has a famous chocolate shop in the 9th arr.?(2009) Hint: It was a posting in one of my Sweet Weeks.
A.    Madame Defarge
B.    Madame Grés
C.    Madame Acabo
D.    Madame Lecoq

5. What Lunch with Lynn restaurant had such small portions that we had to go have a snack after because we were still hungry? (2011)
A.    Chez Julien
B.    Tierney & Co
C.    Chez Janou
D.    Le Burger King

6.What fashion show did I go to and had backstage access to? (2010)
A.    Chloe
B.    Givenchy
C.    Yves St. Laurent
D.    Juicy Couture

7. What is the name of the little girl that did a Marais tour from Marseilles? (2009)
A.    Sophie
B.    Madeleine
C.    Shakira
D.    Isabel

8. What city did I travel to, to see an outdoor light show on ancient buildings with my friend Heidi? (2008)
A.    Oslo
B.    Chartres
C.    Reims
D.    Duluth

Please mail answers to r.nahem@gmail.com 

I would love for you to celebrate my fifth anniversary with me, so please join me at the fabulous, newly opened O'Chateau wine bar on Wednesday, July 6 between 7PM and 9PM. The address of O'Chateau is 68, rue Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Metro: Louvre-Rivoli or Etienne Marcel. I look forward to seeing you and meeting some of my readers I have never met before. Please RSVP to r.nahem@gmail.com

Love from Paris
Richard

 

In addition to my Eye Prefer Paris Tours, we now offer Eye Prefer New York Tours, 3-hour walking tours of New York's best neighborhoods including Soho, Meatpacking/West Village & Tribeca. Tours cost $195 for up to 3 people and $65 for each additional person.Come take a bit of the Big Apple on an Eye Prefer New York Tour!

Come experience my blog ìliveî with my Eye Prefer Paris Tours, which are 3-hour walking tours I lead. 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.Tours cost 195 euros for up to 3 people, and 65 euros for each additional person. I look forward to meeting you on my tours and it will be my pleasure and delight to show you my insiders Paris. www.eyepreferparistours.com
 

 

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 Charlotteís 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, and Friday
Minimum of 2 students, maximum 6 students.

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

Winner of Door of the Month Contest

And the winner of the Door of the Month contest is - drumroll please........
Deb Kanter from Mass. for her photo of this stunning and elaborate door at 29 Ave. Rapp in the 7th arr. Deb's door will be featured next week as the Door of the Month for November and I will write about the interesting history of the door. Deb will also receive a copy of Hemingway's Paris: Our Paris? by H.R. Stonebeck. Congratulations Deb and thanks so much for for submitting your terrific photo. Also, thanks to every one else who took the time to send their photos.

Eye Prefer Paris Photos for Sale

I am happy to announce the sale of prints of my Eye Prefer Paris Photos.  I am offering 17 of my most popular and iconic images for sale including my courtyards, doors, architectural details, statues, and monuments. They will make great holiday gifts for all your Francophile friends, relatives, and colleagues but don't forget to buy some for yourself.

Click here to see photos and for full details including sizes, prices, and shipping. Here is a sample of some of the photos.

 

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 Charlotteís 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, and Friday
Minimum of 2 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.

Tours cost 195 euros for up to 3 people, and 65 euros for each additional person. 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

Eye Prefer Paris Contest: Door of the Month

One of my most popular features is the Door of the Month. Many of you have sent me photos of some terrific doors over the years and some of my tour clients have told me they had photographed doors all over Paris. Now is a chance to show off your door photos. For this month's contest I will choose my favorite door and the winner will not only be rewarded with the honor of being featured as this month's Door of the Month, but will also be given a prize.

The prize is a copy of Hemingway's Paris: Our Paris? by H.R. Stonebeck, Professor of English at the State University of New York, New Paltz. Stonebeck has received numerous awards and honors for criticism, poetry and teaching. Composed during the late 1980s and originally published as a small limited edition chapbook in 1990, Hemingway's Paris: Our Paris? 9000-word prose poem is a masterpiece of both appreciation and analysis by a scholar whose knowledge and love of Paris is as deep,profound and genuine as his knowledge and love of Hemingway.

Please send up to 3 images to r.nahem@gmail.com before next Wednesday, November 17. I will announce the winner on Thursday, November 18.  Below are some past Door's of the Month to give you inspiration. May the best door win!

Eye Prefer Paris Photos for Sale

I am happy to announce the sale of prints of my Eye Prefer Paris Photos.  I am offering 17 of my most popular and iconic images for sale including my courtyards, doors, architectural details, statues, and monuments. They will make great holiday gifts for all your Francophile friends, relatives, and colleagues but don't forget to buy some for yourself.

Click here to see photos and for full details including sizes, prices, and shipping. Here is a sample of some of the photos.

 

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 Charlotteís 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, and Friday
Minimum of 2 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.

Tours cost 195 euros for up to 3 people, and 65 euros for each additional person. 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

New Subscriptions Contest Winner

And the winner of the New Subscriptions Contest is ............ (drum roll please!)
Grace Teshima.

Congratulations Grace and thanks so much for subscribing so many new people.
Please send me your mailing address so you can receive your copy of 24 Hours Paris.

I want to thank everyone else who participated in the contest for taking the time to subscribe others.

I had a few emails from people saying that the instructions I gave were too complicated and time consuming, so I want to apologize for making it that way. I will devise a different system next time. 

Grace Teshima hosts a new vernissage in the heart of Montmartre every month featuring some of the most exciting artists working in Paris today. 

Checkout her Facebook page.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Paris-France/grace-Teshima-Gallery-PARIS-MONTMARTRE/324070655146

Eye Prefer Paris Contest: New Subscribers

Dear Loyal Readers and Subscribers,

I appreciate how much you like Eye Prefer Paris and how loyal you are. I also know that you send my blog to all your friends, family, and colleagues to read.  

If you have the competitive spirit or just love Eye Prefer Paris and want to spread the word, this month's contest is to see who can subscribe the most new readers. In order to do this, you must got to my homepage, www.eyepreferparis.com, and on the right hand side is a "subscribe" button. Above it , you need to put in the emails of the people you are subscribing, and you will then get a message that reads " Please check your inbox for a verification message from “FeedBurner Email Subscriptions”, the service that delivers email subscriptions for Eye Prefer Paris. You will need to click a link listed in this message to activate your subscription.", which they will receive too. Now for the important part: Make sure you tell whoever you are subscribing, they must click on to that link to verify the subscription and to also check for it in their SPAM filter.

Please email me at r.nahem@gmail.com with a list of the emails you subscribed so I can check to see how many of them verified the subscriptions. Whoever has the most verified subscribers will win this glorious prize: A copy of the new, smart and funny book, 24 Hours Paris which gives readers the best of Paris, beyond the Eiffel Tower. Arranged hour by hour, from 5 am to midnight and back again, the guide showcases Paris’ amazing variety of activities. The user-friendly format lets readers see the top tips for what's happening city-wide at any moment in time. I am pleased as punch that my Eye Prefer Paris Cooking Classes are mentioned in the book.Click here to order 24 Hours Paris. 

I will announce the winner next Tuesday, so good luck and I look forward to happily seeing tons of new subscribers to Eye Prefer Paris.

 

 

 

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, and Friday
Minimum of 2 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.

Tours cost 195 euros for up to 3 people, and 65 euros for each additional person. 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

Graffiti Contest Winners

 
 

As always for my contests, it's has been a difficult to decision to narrow it down to just two winners . Thanks so much to all of you for sending such fantastic photos depicting the vibrant street art & graffiti of Paris.

The first prize goes to Teresa Bury for her photo of graffiti that spells Paris on a side of a truck. I just love the colors and the bold shapes of the letters. (First photo above.)

The second prize goes to Susan Schweitzer for her photo from the Gare de l'Est station. She said that it's actually a poster that someone tore off layers of in a very artistic way. (Second photo above.)

Congratulations Bridget & Teresa and please email me your mailing addresses so I can send your copy of Trap.

Here are the runners-up.

Jazel Kristin 

Maurice Carillo

Laurence Waltman  

Rod Chapman

Jeanne Govert 

Barbara Reininger

Jerry Fielder

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 2 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.

Tours cost 195 euros for up to 3 people, and 65 euros for each additional person. 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

Eye Prefer Paris Contest: Graffiti

Paris has a very active and vibrant graffiti and street art culture. On almost any street you can spot eye catching outdoor art by looking down at the sidewalks, up on the sides of buildings, or in metro corridors.

So this month's contest is for the most interesting and provocative graffiti or street art. Many of you have sent graffiti images for former contests (In fact the last contest about the Marais, the winning photo was of street art),  so you may re-submit them. You can email them to: r.nahem@gmail.com and you may submit up to 4 images till Sunday, March 21. I will choose two winners and post the winners next Monday, March 22.

Now for the BIG  prize: A copy of Trap, a Paris mystery/thriller set in dazzling locations like Montmartre, Place Vendome, and Belleville. Trap is about American Interpol agent Nicki Foster, who is stationed in Montmartre and racing the the clock to stop a serial arsonist. It's part of a series of books from a company Silicon Valley Novel which donates proceeds to charities like Doctors Without Borders and Second Harvest Food Banks. Click here to see their website and to order Trap.

I was walking home from the brilliant Soulages show at the Centre Pompidou last week at night feeling inspired and I saw these striking graffiti drawings on some white metal storefront gates. They reminded me a little of Soulage's early work with strong, wide black brush strokes and I also thought they had a Japanese calligraphy influence to them. There was a pink hue to them which captured them in an interesting light. They are located on rue des Juges Consuls, 4th arr. right by Centre Pompidou, next to the Stravinsky Fountain.

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 2 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.

Tours cost 195 euros for up to 3 people, and 65 euros for each additional person. 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