Articles by lapetite
La Ferrandaise
Posted May 29, 2007 at 02:39 AM
La Ferrandaise — named for a once-endangered breed of cow from Auvergne — specializes in simple, hearty veal and beef dishes, although they also do some lovely lamb and chicken. Still, the bovine influence is made pretty clear by whimsical decor: a series of stunning close-up photographs of [...]
Paris Mode
Posted May 29, 2007 at 03:20 AM
Yesterday, I took a trip to Galeries Lafayette to snap some fashion photos. Les Galeries Lafayette is perhaps the most famous of Paris' "Grands Magasins," or department stores. Ten stories high and filling numerous adjacent buildings, the store is located at 40 Boulevard Haussmann, just behind [...]
Haussmann-free Paris
Posted May 29, 2007 at 03:38 AM
In the mid-nineteenth century, Napoleon III commissioned Baron Georges-Eugène Haussmann to rebuild Paris for the modern era. Up until this point, Paris had been much like other European cities: dirty, dark, disorderly, and in grave danger of fire or plague. But Haussmann changed all that — he swept away most of the teetering medieval [...]
Anonymous Art
Posted May 29, 2007 at 03:30 AM
There were so many ridiculous things going on in Paris this weekend, it was impossible to choose what to do. So… we decided to screw Paris and head out to the funky/bohemian suburb of Montreuil for their Portes Ouvertes: Ateliers [...]
