Archive for October, 2008
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008
Travel Tips Entrances To The Louvre
When the Pyramid was new, it took literally hours in line to get into the Louvre through the main entrance. … Line ups can be long at the Louvre but there are multiple entrances. … [From Daily Photos & Frugal Travel Tips » Blog Archive » Entrances To The Louvre, Paris, France ]
No Comments » - Posted in For tourists only, Museums and Monuments, Tips and Tricks by Paul
Friday, October 17th, 2008
Exchange Rates Graph (American Dollar, Euro)
Oil is down in the $70s risking to lull us again into energy complacency, and now the dollar is rising against the Euro. … While Europeans have jumped in to address their financial markets issues more aggressively than the US, they have no central authority to target shoot the trouble areas. And any one country not stabilizing its own banks runs the risk of unwittingly being the weak link for the Euro as a whole.
No Comments » - Posted in Economy and Exchange rates by Paul
Saturday, October 4th, 2008
Extraordinary, Phasntasmatic and Fetishistic
Seeing a place through a singular lense of a person, especially the infamous and original designer Jean-Paul Gaultier, is to uncover a wholly different city. The New York Time article ‘Fashionista Paris‘ was fascinating and it conjured up for me, another Paris, than the one I know. It reminded me how a place, a memory, [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Travel with Kids by Jasmine
Friday, October 3rd, 2008
More Must See Places in Paris France from Otel.com Blog
1) Le Fumoir a tart café with book lined walls and an eclectic mix of indie Parisians and hip cat’s hints at thirties culture indie rock goodness. … 3) Le Café Charbon is a wonderful restaurant not to be missed and dating back to the 1900’s with a plethora of chandeliers and shiny ornate mirrors. … Go here expecting to pay out of pocket the experience is well worth it when your greeted by over a hundred different new acts every night and as many scantily clad girls that can fit in one room without paying them.
No Comments » - Posted in General by Paul
Wednesday, October 1st, 2008
“Jacques Prevert, Paris la belle,” an exhibition at Hôtel de Ville - Hotels Paris Rive Gauche
As part of Prévert trivia, I also learned that he lived near our apartment on the rue de Vaugirard and studied at the Catholic school on the rue d’Assas (directly in front of our apartment) when his family moved back to Paris 1907. Here’s all the essential information for the exhibition “Jacques Prevert, Paris la belle” When: 2′th October 2008 to 28th Fébruary 2009 Where: Hôtel de Ville, Salle Saint-Jean, 5 rue Lobau, 75004 Paris. Métro Hôtel de Ville (lines 4 & 11) Opening hours: open every day except Sundays and public holidays from 10am to 7pm (last ticket at 6.15pm) Admission: adults 0 euros, kids 0 euros, students 0 euros, goldfish 0 euros.
