One of the top French designers, Sonia Rykiel is finally given a long overdue retrospective. Journey through 40 years of her whimsical fashion with her signature horizontal stripes, knits, and rhinestone encrusted velours.
Sonia Rykiel-Till April 19
Les Arts Decoratifs
107 rue de Rivoli, 1st. arr
Metro: Palais Royal- Musee de Louvre
http://www.lesartsdecoratifs.fr
Closed Monday
Ron Arad
Genius furniture designer Ron Arad, who designed modern classics such as the Bookworm Bookcase and Tom Vac chair, is having his first major retrospective.
Ron Arad
Till March 16
Pompidou Centre
Place Georges Pompidou, 4th arr.
Metro: Rambuteau, Hotel de Ville
Closed Tuesday
http://www.centrepompidou.fr
Patricia Kass Kabaret
Singing sensation Patricia Kass is making cold January sizzle with her new show. Cabaret is the theme at the legendary Casino de Paris.
Patricia Kass Kabaret
January 20- 31
Casino de Paris
16 rue de Clichy, 9th arr.
Metro: Liege
Tickets http://www.fnacspectacles.com/place-spectacle/fichesalle/PARIS-CASINO-DE-PARIS-KSINO.htm
Yes, it's cold but what better weather for ice skating. You can show off your figure eights at three locations.
Paris sur Glace
Hotel de Ville- till March 1
Mon.- Fri. 12_M-10PM, Sat. & Sun. 9AM-10PM
Metro: Hotel de Ville
Montparnasse- till March 1
Mon.-Fri. 12PM-8PM, Sat. & Sun. 9AM-8PM
Metro: Montparnasse
Bibliotheque Francois Mitterand- till Jan. 18
10Am-8PM daily
Metro:Bibliotheque Francois Mitterand
Admission free
Skate rental 5 euros
Note: I want to thank everyone so much for their warm holiday emails and comments.Happy new Year and may all your dreams, especially the ones to visit Paris, come true.
I received a very special email from Bill Avedovech in Washington state in which he shares an incredible story about Strasbourg.
I attended the University of Strasbourg in 1965/66 and spent a year and a half in my favorite city in France (although I adore Paris; it's just too expensive), Strasbout. A grammatical mistake landed me a sejour spent with Pierre et Marie-Odile Pflimlin. He was twice Premier Ministre during the 4th Republic, the second time in 1958 (Coty was President) and it was Pierre Pflimlin who called DeGaulle in Algers and asked him to come to Paris and the Fifth Republic was formed. He then became DeGualle's finance minister and then mayor of Strasbourg in 1962.
The grammatical error? My French teacher in the states gave me a contact in Strasbourg (I thought I could learn both French & German) who arranged home stays for foreign students. One of the questions on the questionnaire she sent me was my father's occupation. As it happened, my father was President of the ACA in the state of Washington. Only I used the preposition "a" instead of "dans l'etat de" and of course she thought my dad was President of the National ACA. My choices? I could stay with the Baron & Baroness de Grouvel outside Strasbourg or with Pierre Pflimlin, who was mayor of Strasbourg at that time - 1965, and since their 14 room apartment (at 1 place brandt) was across from the university, I requested to stay with them. They were most gracious to me - even when they discovered my grammatical error. M. et Mme Pflimlin were received by John and Jacqueline Kennedy at the White House a few years earlier.
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
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