I Prefer Paris

Snow in the Tuileries 2018

Some of my personal favorite photos have been the snow shots in the Tuileries in 2010. I always wanted to shoot more but it hasn’t snowed at that level since then.

Yesterday afternoon at about 1 PM, I was at lunch and snow started to fall. Usually, it doesn’t stick but as I watched from the window of the restaurant I could see it accumulating on top of the cars. So, right after lunch I ran like a bat out of hell to the Tuileries with my camera in tow and was in all my glory playing in the snow with my camera.

It’s supposed to snow again tomorrow, so I’m keeping my fingers crossed that it does, so I can snap more photos.

Would love your feedback on these.

If you would like to order a print of any of these photos, please email me at [email protected] for prices and sizes.

I am happy to say I was a guest on The Earful Tower podcast with Oliver Gee this week. Please click here and have a listen. I am on towards the end of the podcast with a story about Parisian food markets.

Come experience Eye Prefer Paris live with Eye Prefer Paris Tours, which are 3-hour walking tours I personally lead. Eye Prefer Paris Tours include many of the places I have written about such as small museums & galleries, restaurants, cafes, food markets, secret addresses, fashion & home boutiques, parks and gardens and much more.  In addition to my specialty Marais Tour, I also lead tours of Montmartre, St. Germain, Latin Quarter, in addition to Shopping Tours, Gay Tours, Girlfriend Tours, Food Tours, Flea Market Tours, Paris Highlights Tours, and Chocolate & Pastry tours.

Tours start at 225 euros for up to 3 people, and 75 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 

  Click here to watch a video of our famous Marais tour

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: 195 euros per person (about $210)

 

 

 

 

 

Eye Prefer Paris Book of the Month November 2017: Left Bank by Agnes Poirier

I am happy to announce my first book selection of 2018. Left Bank- Art, Passion, and the Rebirth of Paris, 1940-50 by Agnes Poirier.  In Left Bank, rather than writing an academic analysis or a work of fiction, Poirier takes us on a kaleidoscopic tour of the personal lives, artistic endeavors, and political beliefs of the characters that made Paris so alive. 

After four years of devastating occupation by the Nazis, Paris rebuilt itself into a dazzling capital of art, philosophy, and political thought. The city was flooded with expatriates and renegades such as Marlon Brando, Miles Davis, Jean Cocteau, Richard Wright, Simone de Beauvoir, James Baldwin, Samuel Beckett, Saul Bellow, Camus, Sartre, Picasso, and Norman Mailer. These men and women argued, loved, and fought with each other creating new ways of thinking along the way.

The publisher has been kind enough to offer a copy of Left Bank to Eye Prefer Paris. The first person to write a comment in the “COMMENTS” section at this link will win a copy of Left Bank.

Please click the icon below to order Left Bank on Amazon.
Please note: The book officially goes on sale on February 13, but you can pre-order it.

I am happy to say I was a guest on The Earful Tower podcast with Oliver Gee this week. Please click here and have a listen. I am on towards the end of the podcast with a story about Parisian food markets.

Come experience Eye Prefer Paris live with Eye Prefer Paris Tours, which are 3-hour walking tours I personally lead. Eye Prefer Paris Tours include many of the places I have written about such as small museums & galleries, restaurants, cafes, food markets, secret addresses, fashion & home boutiques, parks and gardens and much more.  In addition to my specialty Marais Tour, I also lead tours of Montmartre, St. Germain, Latin Quarter, in addition to Shopping Tours, Gay Tours, Girlfriend Tours, Food Tours, Flea Market Tours, Paris Highlights Tours, and Chocolate & Pastry tours.

Tours start at 225 euros for up to 3 people, and 75 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 

  Click here to watch a video of our famous Marais tour

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: 195 euros per person (about $210)

February 2018 Eye Need to Do’s: Dutch Artists in Paris, Sheila Hicks, Corot, and Swan Lake

I am happy to say I was a guest on The Earful Tower podcast with Oliver Gee this week. Please click here and have a listen. I am on towards the end of the podcast with a story about Parisian food markets.

Dutch Artists in Paris -1789-1914
A new exhibition explores the similarities between Dutch and French artists from the late 18th century to early 20th century.French artists showcased are Géricault, David, Corot, Millet, Boudin, Monet, Cézanne Signac, Braque, and Picasso and Dutch painters include Van Spaendonck, Jongkind, Van Gogh, Van Dongen, and Mondrian.

February 6 to May 13
Petit Palais
Ave. Winston Churchill, 75008
Metro: Champs Elysees-Clemenceau
http://www.petitpalais.paris.fr/en/expositions/dutch-artists-paris-1789-1914

Sheila Hicks. Lignes de Vie
American artist Sheila Hicks is known for her textile sculptures by twisting, folding and manipulating wool, cotton and linen into stunning art pieces. Lignes de Vie/Life Lines gives Hicks her first Paris retrospective and where she has lived since 1964.

February 7 to April 30
Centre Pompidou
Place Georges Pompidou, 75004
Metro: Hotel de Ville or Rambuteau
http://bit.ly/2nkpuup

Corot. Le Peintre et Ses Modèles’
60 figurative paintings highlights the more intimate work of Corot. Iconic pieces include Femme à la Perle (Woman With a Pearl), Dame en Bleu (Lady in Blue), and Italienne (Italian Woman).

February 8 to July 8
Marmottan Monet Museum
2, rue Louis-Boilly 75016
Metro: La Muette
http://www.claudinecolin.com/en/1622-corot.-the-painter-and-his-models

La Traviata
Placido Domingo lights up the opera stage for select performances as Giorgio in La Traviata directed by Benoît Jacquot.

Opera Bastille
Place de la Bastille, 75011
Metro: Bastille
https://www.operadeparis.fr/en/season-17-18/opera/la-traviata

My Apartment for Rent March 24 to April 2

I am renting my apartment out from March 24 to April 2, with a minimum of 7 nights. Price $190 per night,10% if you rent it more than 7 nights.

Centrally located in the heart of the Marais near the St. Paul metro station, it's a spacious one-bedroom 750 sq. ft. loft style apartment with 12 ft. ceilings, decorated in chic Mid-Century Modern furniture and sleeps one or two people in a Queen size bed. Amenities include A/C, washer/dryer, 16" flat screen TV, dishwasher, internet connection/Wifi and free long distance calls to the U.S.  The apartment is located on the second floor with an elevator.

Photos upon request. Please email me at [email protected] if you are interested.

Come experience Eye Prefer Paris live with Eye Prefer Paris Tours, which are 3-hour walking tours I personally lead. Eye Prefer Paris Tours include many of the places I have written about such as small museums & galleries, restaurants, cafes, food markets, secret addresses, fashion & home boutiques, parks and gardens and much more.  In addition to my specialty Marais Tour, I also lead tours of Montmartre, St. Germain, Latin Quarter, in addition to Shopping Tours, Gay Tours, Girlfriend Tours, Food Tours, Flea Market Tours, Paris Highlights Tours, and Chocolate & Pastry tours.

Tours start at 225 euros for up to 3 people, and 75 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 

  Click here to watch a video of our famous Marais tour

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 th