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Le Quartier Juif
By Joseph Lestrange
The ancient Jewish Quarter in Paris has become the Jewish block, rather like many Chinatowns in America. Times change, which is a polite way of saying prices rise, but unlike rising tides rising prices raise only some boats and sink others. Perhaps that is as good a definition of history as we'll ever know. Paris's quartier juif has been in the Le Marais since the thirteenth century, changing shape, dimension, and atmosphere over the years, but always there, more then less then more now barely there at all. Last Updated ( Tuesday, 19 August 2008 )
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Top 10 Hostels in Paris
By Sarah Gilbert Fox
So many of us want to travel to Paris. But in a time when air prices are sky high and the floundering dollar leaves Paris nearly unattainable, we’ve all got a little penny pinching to do. As long as you’re a seasoned traveler or with a large group, hostels are a great alternative to see the city and save a bundle. Last Updated ( Tuesday, 19 August 2008 )
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Perfect Little Paris Secrets
By BP Editor
Elisa Kitson created The KitSon, a Paris-based forum where leading CEOs, politicians, scientists, and journalists meet to share their views "off the record." Bonjour Paris asked Ms. Kitson to tell us of her perfect little Paris secrets. We weren't let down! Last Updated ( Sunday, 17 August 2008 )
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Have You Seen This Man? Buzz
By Margaret Kemp
Pascal Henry, 46, handsome, separated from his wife in Geneva, should have a free subscription to BP if we ever find him. He's a man after our own heart. Why? Last Updated ( Sunday, 17 August 2008 )
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Top 10 Paris Cinemas
By Sarah Gilbert Fox
In one of the most romantic cities in the world, there are bound to be a ton of charming cinemas. However, the problem of rifling through the phone book to figure out which silver screen is ideal for a unique date night can be solved right here. Last Updated ( Sunday, 03 August 2008 )
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Museums, Historic Houses, & HOME
By Jacquelyn Goudeau

Opening doors that separate worlds. I did not grow up going to many museums. They were around but there were other things that caught my interest back then. When I moved to the Bay Area of California, the Oakland Museum of California History became a sort of artistic and spiritual home for me.
Last Updated ( Sunday, 17 August 2008 )
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Writers In Paris: Literary Lives in the City of Light
By Jesse Kornbluth
How many streets in the city you live are named after writers? In Paris: more than 400. David Burke seems to have walked them all. And that's just for starters. He also seems to have read all the books by those writers, cross-referenced their friendships, and then figured out a clever way to summarize his knowledge in a modest 240 pages, with 125 photos along the way.
Last Updated ( Saturday, 12 July 2008 )
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Galleries Lafayette, City of Paris, Neiman Marcus
By Jacquelyn Goudeau
The other day I wandered up to San Francisco’s Union Square, and into Neiman Marcus department store, which opened in 1982. In the front of the store is a fabulous rotunda which came from another store in town, which was called The City of Paris. The store had belonged to the Verdier family originally of Nimes, France. Two brothers were the first to come, in May of 1850, bringing with them all kinds of finery that the French community might need, especially since the Gold Rush was on. There has been a French community here since 1831, which was very involved in development of the city…not just for themselves but the whole community. Last Updated ( Saturday, 12 July 2008 )
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Arioso and Rue de Rome, Part of the Parisian Soundtrack
By Nam Giang
My first glimpses of Paris through the window of the RER B metro probably seemed more poetic than they should have been because I was serenaded by a tango on the accordion. While everyone else looked away with stony faces when the man walked by with his change cup in hand, I happily gave the traveling musician some money, because he single-handedly made my first Parisian metro ride ten times better through his music, and that particular tango will forever have a place in my imaginary soundtrack of life in Paris. Last Updated ( Friday, 01 August 2008 )
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Pixie de la Légion d'Honneur
By Joseph Lestrange
Up out of the Métro at Javel-André Citroën and I am bemused. Who but the Parisians would name a subway stop for both the neighborhood where household bleach was invented and the celebrated inventor of the double helical gear? The tiles along the platform are no whiter than any tiles in other Métro stations, and any homage to gears or cars is too subtle for me to notice. Last Updated ( Saturday, 12 July 2008 )