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Funny Girl in Paris

I first saw the film Funny Girl in 1969, at the impressionable age of 13 and was blown away. The film had an immeasurable impact on my psyche and I had never before witnessed such a spellbinding force of nature on screen such as Barbra Streisand.  I eventually wore out my eight-track soundtrack, learning every lyric, gesture, pause and breath by heart. 

When I saw the Theatre Marigny was mounting a production in Paris, I was ecstatic. It’s almost inconceivable that there has never been a Broadway revival since it was first staged in 1964 and now it was coming to Paris for the first time. Whoopee! 

Certainly my expectations were high and I was also biased by the Streisand effect, so this was going to be a tough test to win me over. 

Before the curtain opened, the house lights dimmed to a soft light and as the orchestra played the overture, my pulse started to race with excitement hearing some of my favorite tunes, live. 

The first act was well performed and staged. Christina Bianco had all the right qualities to play Fanny Brice- funny, brash, feisty, vulnerable, and nervy, and performed her songs well, but she didn’t seem to have that je-ne-sais-quois charisma needed to bowl us over. Also sometimes the orchestra seemed to be playing a beat too fast and if felt like Bianco was sometimes one beat behind trying to catch up. Nicky Arnstein, played by Ashley Day, is a handsome hunk with impeccable manners and effortless charm, who serves his role well. Not until the end of the first act did Bianco really start commanding the stage with a rebel rousing, can’t-keep me-down rendition of Don’t Rain on My Parade, which brought the house down with an avalanche of well-deserved applause. 

It’s only the second act the production comes into its own. The perfect marriage starts to split at the seams and in the dramatical moments in between the songs, Bianco and Day, show off their excellent acting chops, sometimes moving me to tears. Bianco beautifully fulfills her part in the second act as the mature Fanny Brice, still a fumbling mess around her beloved Nicky Arnstein, trying with all her might to love and keep her man, no matter what. He ends up going to jail for eighteen-months for embezzlement and his sudden and surprise visit to Fanny in her dressing room comes just a few minutes before she is to go on stage. He announces that he wants to end the marriage because she will never understand him and in return Fanny, with heartbreaking vulnerability attempts one last desperate act to save her marriage, before she realizes it’s over. She then goes on to sing a heart-warming and sometimes heart wrenching version of The Music That Makes Me Dance.

I was humming all my favorite tunes from the show on the metro coming home and Bravo! to Christina Bianco for creating a fierce and formidable Fanny Brice, making her a memorable Funny Girl. 

Do not miss this production if you are in Paris or if you have to, make a special trip. 

Funny Girl 

Playing until January 5, 2020

Marigny Theatre

Champs Elysees 

https://www.theatreinparis.com/show/funny-girl?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Dynamic%20Retargeting%20-%20all%20products&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI48Ks3fTk5QIV1YTVCh06owTDEAAYASAAEgIOSPD_BwE

In my latest  A Bite of Paris video, I've taken a break from food tasting to visit my friend Jessica at La Vaissellerie, my favorite tabletop, dish ware, and kitchen shop, located in the Marais. 

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGfIOVl7188&feature=youtu.be 

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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.

 

Eiffel Tower 130th Anniversary

The Eiffel Tour/Tour Eiffel/ La Dame du Fer (The Iron Lady, not to be confused with the derogatory name given to Margaret Thatcher) celebrated its 130^th anniversary last week on May 15. 

To mark the historic occasion, the city hired the famous set and lighting designer Bruno Sellier, who designed the Notre Dame light show in 2017 and 2018, to design a special light show. The show was only displayed last Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday night, at 10, 11, & 12PM. 

I went to Place Trocadero on Friday night to catch the 10AM show. Apparently, I was the only person who though of doing this; Exiting the metro, it was a swarm of people trying to claim their spot on the plaza of Palais de Challiot, which has one of the best views of the Eiffel Tower. 

At 10PM, the usual five-minutes of the sparkle lights went off, and after a long wait (Impatient ex-New Yorker I still am, I said WTF, waiting for the show to begin). It was worth the wait, and the light show was beautiful and exhilarating, with a color range from black, to cobalt blue, hot pink, red, and gray. The lights moved so rapidly up and down the tower, that sometimes I hardly had time to capture it with my camera. 

Do you have some favorites here? 

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August in Paris- My Marais Apartment for Rent August 16 to August 29 

I am renting my Marais loft from August 16 to August 29 (Dates are flexible). Contrary to popular myth that Paris is closed in August, most shops, restaurants, and attractions are open in Paris, especially in the Marais. The weather is usually beautiful, temperatures in the high 70s to low 80s Fahrenheit during the day, dropping into the mid 60s at night. In case in gets warmer, I have an air conditioner in the bedroom and a large fan in the living area. 

Minimum rental period is 7 days/one week, price 1500€ for 7 days/one week, 2900€ for 14 days/2 weeks. 

Conveniently located by the Saint Paul metro, in the heart of the Marais, the apartment is a spacious one-bedroom 750 sq. ft. loft  with 12 ft. ceilings, decorated in chic Mid-Century Modern furniture and sleeps two people in a Queen size bed. Amenities include 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 a large elevator

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

If you love salted butter caramels, please watch my newest A Bite of Paris video about Henri Le Roux, the man who actually invented the salted butter caramel.

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https://youtu.be/Am22oSA_UYc

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Guys and Dolls

I am always happy as a clam when American musicals come to Paris, as it’s one of the things I truly miss about living in New York. In past years I’ve enjoyed productions of Sunday in the Park with George, My Fair Lady, Sweeney Todd, The King and I, West Side Story, and An American in Paris. 

This season Guys and Dolls, the quintessential American musical is making its premiere in Paris. 

I went to see it last Friday night and was overjoyed. The production from beginning to end left a smile on my face and I hummed the tunes for hours on end after I left the theater. 

Based on Damon Runyon’s tales of New York City from the 1930s, the story follows a group of outcasts, gamblers and hustlers coming up against the stiff morality of the Salvation Army. Try as they might, the Salvation Army characters eventually succumb to their immoral underlings. 

The cast is uniformly excellent, hitting all their marks, but the true star of the show is Ria Jones, as Adelaide. Her flare, timing, and wit as the lovable, lamentable Adelaide was superb, adding that little bit of extra je-ne-sais quois that gives her star power. She reminded me a bit of the brassy Ethel Merman, especially with her curly auburn mop and large voice. 

I forgot how many consistently great songs Guys and Dolls contains from longing ballads like I’ll Know and I’ve Never Been in Love Before, to the finger-snapping anthem Luck Be a Lady, to musical comedy classics such as Adelaide’s Lament and Marry the Man, and the clever If I Were a Bell. 

The exuberant and athletic choreography by Stephen Mear gives the show an extra shot of energy, to an already fast moving show and the costumes vary, sometimes spot on for the period but in brash colors, sometimes cheap looking, looking like the production gave the costume designer a limited budget. 

Guys and Dolls is the feel good hit of the season, a much-needed respite from the disconcerting times we live in. 

Guys and Dolls 

Until July 28, 2019 

Théâtre Marigny 

Carré Marigny 75008

Metro: Champs Elysees-Clemenceau

https://www.theatremarigny.fr/

Last two weeks to see my photo show. 

100th Anniversary WWI Memorial Concert at Royal Opera Versailles

On November 10 and 11 a very special event will commemorate the 100^th anniversary of the end of WW I.

The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra will perform a concert lead by Maestro Franz Welser-Möst who has created a program called Prologue, Devastation, Hope, Contemplation to reflect on the somber occasion. 

Internationally known musicians and singers who are from countries involved in WW I will perform including French-Danish soprano Elsa Dreisig, the Russian mezzo Ekaterina Gubanova, the German tenor Daniel Behle and the American bass Ryan Speedo-Green.

The two performance concert will be presented at the gorgeous Royal Opera house at Versailles and the second performance at 3PM will be broadcast live in 46 countries including France (France TV) and Germany (ZDF). 

There are still a limited amount of tickets available for the November 10 concert at 8PM. If you are interested in attending, click here to send an email with your inquiry.

Here is the scheduled program. 

Ludwig van Beethoven
Missa solemnis, extract: Agnus Dei

Claude Debussy
Nocturnes, extract: Sirènes

Ralph Vaughan Williams
Dona Nobis Pacem, extract: Dirge for Two Veterans

Charles Ives
The Unanswered Question

Maurice Ravel
Concerto pour piano en ré majeur pour la main gauche

Richard Wagner
Crépuscule des Dieux: Marche Funèbre

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Ouverture de la Flûte enchantée

Gustav Holst
Les Planètes, Mars

I am so pleased to have Ann Mah as my guest this week at on A Bite of Paris. We went to Le Mistral, her favorite Paris bistro and had their signature dish, aligot, a rich, creamy mix of whipped potatoes and cheese from the Aveyron region.

Click here   or link below to watch Ann and I enjoy aligote.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiRHIW7Oitw&t=4s 

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 

 

China Light Show Calais

Like I said last week when I saw Dame de Coeur, I am a sucker for any kind of light show and I received another invitation for a different kind of show, the China Light Show in Calais. 

I was invited to the opening last weekend, and took a train from Paris to Calais, an hour and forty-five minute ride. 

The show is based on the Chinese tradition of light festivals presented for hundreds of years on the 15^th day of the first Chinese month.  Chinese lanterns were lit to bring good luck for a bountiful harvest and to please Taiyi, the god of the sky. 

China Light Festival B.V. has brought the tradition to Europe, already organizing shows in Belgium and the Netherlands before coming to Calais this year. 

The show is displayed in Parc Saint Pierre, in the middle of the city, a short walk from the railroad station. 

Strolling through the park in the crisp, night air with a half-moon hovering above, I was enchanted by a fairy tale land of flowers, animals, and adorable figures infused with dazzling colors. A massive 300-foot dragon overwhelmed the park with a tail that went on forever and a menagerie friendly of owls, lions, tigers, ostriches, swans, panda bears, and peacocks greeted me. I stayed for almost two hours to fully absorb the 400 figures. 

I stayed overnight at the basic but comfortable Ibis Styles Hotel centrally located, just up the road from the park, and the train station. 

A special thank you to Solange Leclercq from the Calais Tourist Office and Juliette Hurez from the Scherzo Agency for providing my arrangements to visit Calais. 

 

China Light Show Calais

Until January 1, 2019 

Open 6PM-9:30PM, Wednesday to Sunday

Closed December 25 & 31 

https://chinalightcalais.fr/en/china-light/

 

Ibis Styles Hotel 

https://www.accorhotels.com/fr/hotel-7209-ibis-styles-calais-centre/index.shtml 

I am so pleased to have Ann Mah as my guest this week at on A Bite of Paris. We went to Le Mistral, her favorite Paris bistro and had their signature dish, aligot, a rich, creamy mix of whipped potatoes and cheese from the Aveyron region.

Click here   or link below to watch Ann and I enjoy aligote.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiRHIW7Oitw&t=4s 

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 

 

 

Dame de Coeur 2018: Part Two

The continuation of the Dame de Coeur spectacle was inside Notre Dame Cathedral, where colored lights of gold and royal blue illuminated the walls, vaulted ceilings, nave, choir, columns, organ, and the ceilings. 

Dame de le Coeur plays two times a night, 7:30PM and 9:30PM, until October 25. 

Entry is free but you must access a ticket online and a donation to the cathedral is requested. 

Click link below to order tickets

https://damedecoeur.placeminute.com/spectacle_son_et_lumiere/dame_de_coeur_le_spectacle_monumental_de_notre-dame_de_paris,1,26320.html

I am so pleased to have Ann Mah as my guest this week at on A Bite of Paris. We went to Le Mistral, her favorite Paris bistro and had their signature dish, aligot, a rich, creamy mix of whipped potatoes and cheese from the Aveyron region.

Click here   or link below to watch Ann and I enjoy aligote.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiRHIW7Oitw&t=4s 

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 

Dame de Coeur 2018

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I am a sucker for any kind of illumination or light show, as I have posted about many of the ones I’ve seen over the years in Invalides, Chartres, and Avignon. 

Last Thursday night, Notre Dame had one of the grandest of all. The masterpiece of Gothic architecture was the ideal façade for a light extravaganza. Bruno Seillier is the creative wizard behind most of the illumination presentations I’ve seen, including Avignon and Invalides. Due to the success of the first Dame de Coeur last year, Seillier was invited back again to prepare another show. 

It was a brisk, clear night and a half moon shared the stage ready for the big event to come. The square in front of Notre Dame was filled cheerful adults and children, patiently waiting for the show to begin. A group of excited adolescents sitting next to me were raring to go and standing in front was a group of nuns looking just as excited. 

At promptly 8PM, the lights in the square went dark, then a moment of silence and suspense came, and after the roar of music and thunderous voices spilled out of the loudspeakers.

The theme was about WW I and below is a short synopsis from the Dame de Coeur website. 

On a battlefield in 1917 we are in the dark, about to attend a meeting between a young French nurse and a dying American soldier. At the twilight of his life, he tells her he regrets he never could visit Notre-Dame. Through a historical, and mystical dialog, these two souls find each other to access together to Notre-Dame mystery that’ll be their “Dame de Coeur”.

The light sequences were breathtaking, changing ever so briskly, I hardly had time to focus my camera before the next came and went. All the nooks and crannies of the intricate stonework of the cathedral with saints, angels and stained glass windows were saturated with the most gorgeous colors and patterns. 

After 25 minutes of the razzle and dazzle, it appeared that the show was over. But low and behold, the middle doors of the cathedral dramatically parted and a white mist seeped out. It was an invitation to come inside the cathedral, as there was another light show awaiting us. More about that tomorrow, sorry to keep you hanging. 

Dame de Couer is a twenty-five-minute show and features seventeen sound and light scenes plus eight projectors placed in the Notre-Dame plaza and 80 inside the cathedral.

Dame de Coeur plays two times a night, 7:30PM and 9:30PM, until October 25. 

Entry is free but you must access a ticket online and a donation to the cathedral is requested. 

Click link below to order tickets

https://damedecoeur.placeminute.com/spectacle_son_et_lumiere/dame_de_coeur_le_spectacle_monumental_de_notre-dame_de_paris,1,26320.html

I am so pleased to have Ann Mah as my guest this week at on A Bite of Paris. We went to Le Mistral, her favorite Paris bistro and had their signature dish, aligot, a rich, creamy mix of whipped potatoes and cheese from the Aveyron region.

Click here   or link below to watch Ann and I enjoy aligote.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiRHIW7Oitw&t=4s 

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 

Jean Paul Gaultier Fashion Freak Show

It’s the feel good event in Paris this fall: Jean Paul Gaultier Fashion Freak Show. 

The autobiographical extravaganza is a labor of love by the bad boy of fashion, Jean Paul Gaultier. He took over four years to develop the show and is the creator, director, set designer and bien sur, costume designer. 

The opening video takes place in an operating room, where a teddy bear has a serious surgery: A seven-year old Gaultier deconstructs his beloved toy and sews a bra with cone cups on to it. A fashion designer is born!  

A few moments later, a clever scene, circa 1962, shows Gaultier swept away by a television broadcast of the Follies Bergere, as he dreams to one day be part of the show. He finally comes full circle to realize his dream. 

The rest of show, mostly through recorded music and some live vocals, video, and energetic choreography by extremely talented dancers, illustrates Gaultier’s career and personal life including his rise to fashion fame with its ups and downs, good and bad press, the love of his life, dealing with AIDS, plastic surgery, and working with celebrities such as Madonna and Catherine Deneuve (who is in one of the video’s). 

 Moi, doing a star turn in the lobby

Of course, the genius of Gaultier’s clothes and accessories, comes through in every scene, again reminding us what a prolific and unique talent he is and the lasting impact he has made on fashion for five decades. 

Nile Rodgers, the brilliant musical director, worked with Gaultier to choose the infectious, mostly golden oldies dance music from the 70s, 80s, and 90s including artists and groups such as Madonna, Grace Jones, Chic, Sylvester, Daft Punk, Kylie Minogue, and Mylene Farmer. I softly hummed along with the music in my seat, while tapping my feet, remembering the tunes from my disco glory days.

Gaultier’s message about embracing our physical differences and finding beauty outside the norms of society, and celebrating freaks, weirdo’s, and agitators, clearly comes through. 

I left the theater uplifted, joyous, and inspired. Kudos to Jean Paul Gaultier for a terrific, fun filled evening.  

The show is in French and English, but the French parts are easy to follow. 

 

Jean Paul Gaultier Fashion Freak Show 

Until December 30, 2018

Follies Bergere 32 rue Richer, 75009

Metro: Cadet 

Tuesday to Saturday: 8PM

Saturday and Sunday 3PM

http://jpgfashionfreakshow.com/?lang=en 

Great merch, LOVE the Gaultier doll 

One last star turn at Cadet metro- couldn't give up this opportunity 

My Paris Apartment for Rent –November 18-December 5

I am looking to rent my fabulous Paris apartment in the heart of the Marais near St. Paul metro, anytime between November 18 to December 5 for 7-10 nights. 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 two people in a Queen size bed. Amenities include 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 a large elevator.

The price 7 nights is 165€ per night/1155€, for 10 nights 150€ per night/1500€ Photos upon request.

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

I am so pleased to have Ann Mah as my guest this week at on A Bite of Paris. We went to Le Mistral, her favorite Paris bistro and had their signature dish, aligot, a rich, creamy mix of whipped potatoes and cheese from the Aveyron region.

Click here   or link below to watch Ann and I enjoy aligote.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiRHIW7Oitw&t=4s 

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 

 

10th Anniversary Edition of the Festival "A Shaded View on Fashion Film"

This weekend marks the 10^th anniversary of the Festival "A Shaded View on Fashion Film", produced and created by fashion visionary Diane Pernet. Studying film in college when living in the U. S. , Diane went on to be a fashion designer, writer, journalist and one of the first fashion bloggers, but always maintained her fascination with film. In 2008 she inaugurated A Shaded View on Fashion Film, the first film festival to focus on fashion and style. In the following years the festival was presented at the Pompidou Center in Paris and also traveled internationally to Tokyo, Moscow, Mexico City, Cannes, London, New York, Los Angeles and many other cities. Past guests and jury members have included Jean Paul Gaultier, Mike Figgis, John Malkovich, Tilda Swinton, Steven Meisel, Larry Clark and Chloe Sevigny. 

To celebrate the landmark occasion, the "A Shaded View on Fashion Film" will be a two city event in Paris and Rome, spanning six days.  The impressive list films this year features Karl Lagerfeld, Donatella Versace, Kendall Jenner, Kristen Stewart, Tilda Swinton, Elijah Wood, Amber Valletta; fashion brands such as Prada, Chanel, Bottega Veneta, Vivienne Westwood, and Stella McCartney. The jury president is Rossy de Palma and President of Honour is fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier. 

Diane Pernet, says: "I’ve devoted the past 10 years of my life to fashion film.  But I’m no less excited about it today than I was back when I first sat down at Cinespace on the Hollywood Boulevard in LA to see the curtains lifted for ASVOFF’s precursor event.  Once I brought the festival to Paris, the fashion film genre evolved and ASVOFF evolved with it.  We became part incubator and part accelerator for the genre – and a hub for all the creatives from the fashion, film, art and music industries who weren’t afraid of collaborating, converging and sometimes colliding to make something powerful, exciting and new.”

Paris edition 

October 12, 13, 14 

Club de l'Etoile14 Rue Troyon, 75017

Metro: Etoile 

 Rome edition 

October 20, 21,22 

Videocitta

https://www.ashadedviewonfashionfilm.com

I am so pleased to have Ann Mah as my guest this week at on A Bite of Paris. We went to Le Mistral, her favorite Paris bistro and had their signature dish, aligot, a rich, creamy mix of whipped potatoes and cheese from the Aveyron region.

Click here   or link below to watch Ann and I enjoy aligote.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiRHIW7Oitw&t=4s 

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 

 

 

Chapel at Invalides

Last week I wrote about the 1918- The Rise of the New World spectacle at Les Invalides. An extra added feature after the show was an opportunity to view the chapel of Invalides, which I didn’t get to see.

I went back last Thursday night and I am super glad I did. The chapel was bathed in the soft glow of hundreds of candles. Looking down at Napoleon’s tomb was a WOW! moment, as rows of candles in a circular pattern surrounded the mighty sarcophagus.

In addition to the candles was a light show in the main rooms and the tomb where the colors of red, blue and purple would dramatically evolve every few minutes to create a new atmosphere.

If you are in Paris between now and September 1, move 1918- The Rise of the New World spectacle at Les Invalides to the top of your to-do list.

http://lanuitauxinvalides.fr

Check out my latest episode of A Bite of Paris, where I visit Le Trois Chocolates a yummy chocolate shop 

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https://youtu.be/XdJaECIf09E

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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