The Orfèvres du Vin (which literally means the goldsmiths of wine) are ringing in the festive season with a delicious sparkling wine from Burgundy. Delicate bubbles, a light yellow color with subtle […]
A Gourmet Gazette Fine Sparkling Wine Find
The Cathartic Colors of Qotbi
Paris, France — Weaving words. Something every writer dreams of doing everyday. Franco-Moroccan artist Mehdi Qotbi has done just that and so much more. At first look it is all a dreamy […]
The Force of Forté
Paris, France —There were projections of art works and installations slipping into performances alternating theater, music, song, documentaries, acrobatics and unique a harpist. The show unfolded in the amphitheater of the National […]
It’s Champagne Time with Notre-Dame and the Tour d’Argent
Paris, France — The splendid re-opening of Notre-Dame offers a time to celebrate and not only the mass. The intricate, impeccable restoration of the Gothic wonder after being ravaged by an insidious […]
Color Me Notre-Dame
Paris, France — It is one of the mythical roadways in Paris, the Quai de Montebello running along the Left Bank of the Seine and which offers unparalleled views of Notre-Dame and […]
Moments in Time: Arctic Skeleton Time from Bell & Ross
Winter is upon us and with it some weather cold as ice. But ice is nice when it’s played into an engaging watch, a case in point being the Skeleton Arctic Blue […]
It’s Champagne Time with Pommery and Those Oysters that Are Right in Season
Reims, France — It is always an imposing and sweeping site turning into the wide driveway of the 19th century Vranken-Pommery Estate in Reims in the heart of Champagne country. The estate […]
Critic’s Choice: Our Cat is Back
Paris, France — One of our favorite characters is back in town just in time for the re-opening of Notre-Dame and he is taking in the town in the most cat-like of […]
Moments in Time: Nosferatu Time with Jaeger-LeCoultre
Berlin, Germany —The celebrated Swiss watch-making house of Jaeger-LeCoultre was looking positively and magnificently Gothic on the red carpet for the much awaited premier of Nosferatu, the set in Germany and Gothic […]
The Bountiful Beauty from and of Benin
Paris, France — The history books recount to us the Kingdom of Dahomey or Danxome, an economically and culturally powerful entity that was located in present-day Benin. Benin might be a small […]
