Romainville, France — There is a multi-sensorial installation work somewhere between a garden and an exhibition space offering the impression of a walk through a forest, embroidered works on the theme of […]
Grant Giving: A Genesis
A Magical Cortical Kingdom Comes to Life at the Petit Palais
Paris, France — It is a mystical and mysterious feast for the five senses that is being played out in the Petit Palais, a palatial-like building built in 1900 and housing the […]
Wine of the Week: Pouilly-Fuissé from the Orfèvres du Vin
The Orfèvres du Vin (which literally means the goldsmiths of wine) have just brought out an exciting and golden colored Pouilly-Fuissé from the cooperative’s old growth vineyards. The Pouilly-Fuissés are exceptional wines […]
Nurses, the Silent Heroines of the Great War
Meaux, France —The war raged. The wounded and suffering arrived, massively in 1914. World War I in France would become a turning point for the nursing profession, a profession which at that […]
A Gourmet Gazette Fine Wine Find: The Wild Wines of the Astonishing Ardêche
Rochecolombe, France — The wilds of the ancient land of southern Ardêche in southern France are filled with unbridled waters, rushing waterfalls, the rugged Cévennes mountains, courtly castles and vestiges of the […]
Living Amber
Paris, France — It was considered to be talismanic, able to bring supernatural benefits and protection to its wearer, including immortality, this glowing organic « gem » that is amber. It can generate static […]
There is Never a Bridge Too Far…in Paris
Paris, France —These are mesmerizing photographs. Black and white long-exposure photographs taken with black and white film placed into the back of a large-format Mamiya camera, one of the finest of the […]
It’s Champagne Time with Comtes de Champagne Grands Crus Blanc de Blancs 2013 from the House of Taittinger
It was a very good year. It was more than a very good year, for 2013 was an exceptional year for champagne(s). The hot, dry and sun-filled summer began in mid-April. Champagne, […]
A Gourmet Gazette Fine Gourmet Find: Ice Mama’s Ice-Cream
Paris, France — A new exceptional ice-cream parlor has just opened up in Paris offering homemade delights made with the finest of seasonal and at times uncanny ingredients. Stand-outs tasted by our […]
The Tropical Autumn: A Sacred Season of Striated Shades of Greens and Reds, and More, Much More
Paris, France — Iridescent undergrowth, a rainbow of colors, secret jewel orchids, the ground-dwelling, healing, potentially cancer curing periwinkle, the peaceful passiflora, and of course the beguiling begonias all await to be […]
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