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L’HÔTEL DE LA MARINE – A TOUCH OF VERSAILLES IN THE HEART OF PARIS

Th Hotel de la Marine faces onto Place de la Concorde. If you’ve been to Paris more than once, very likely you have been past the Hôtel de la Marine.  This is not a hotel in w…

LA SAMARITAINE, AN ICONIC PARISIAN DEPARTMENT STORE REBORN

The beautifully restored Art Nouveau interior of La Samaritaine.  La Samaritaine has finally re-emerged, like the phoenix rising, if not from the ashes, from a long hibernatio…

A PARISIAN LANDMARK REIMAGINED: LA BOURSE DE COMMERCE–PINAULT COLLECTION

La Bourse de Commerce-Pinault Collection.  Over the last two years, despite the severe COVID restrictions, Paris somehow managed to work on a number of extraordinary cultural…

LA GALERIE DIOR – A HOMAGE TO THE ARTISTRY OF THE ‘MASTER OF DREAMS’

Poster of the 1947 Bar Suit from the ‘Corolle’ collection by Christian Dior.  Near the top of our list of must-sees on our recent visit to Paris was the Christian Dior museum…