Paris, France – He was one of the great Parisian figures of the night and quite simply one of the great figures of Paris. Michou whose Montmartre cabaret of the same name […]
On a Blue Note
Marriage with Mellerio
Paris, France – When royalty and aristocrats choose an engagement ring, they will often journey to the rue la Paix in Paris just footsteps from the Place Vendôme to the legendary high […]
Brief Bites: An Ice-cream Idyll from the Crillon
Paris, France – A good old-fashioned ice-cream truck has pulled up onto the posh Place de la Concorde in Paris. The venue, one of the most beautiful in the French capital is […]
Family Affair: The Marvels of Mauviel
It all began back in 1830 in the Bay of Mount Saint Michel region when Ernest Mauviel founded his kitchen utensil making workshop whose products are known throughout the world today in […]
Perfect Perfumes
Azure. Azure blue, a color that takes its name from the intriguing blue stone the lapis lazuli and which is closely associated with the Mediterranean Sea and in particular the French Riviera, […]
Lasting Lapis Lazuli
The dreamy brilliantly blue gem lapis lazuli has intrigued mankind since Antiquity. It has been known for at least 6,000 years and draws its name from the Persian word lazhward meaning blue […]
Champagne Time With…
Pertois-Lebrun The champagne house of Pertois-Lebrun delightfully brings out only Blanc de Blancs Grand Crus champagnes from its home base in the town of Cramant in the aptly named Côte des Blancs […]
A Moment in Time: Air Time
This is a clock that lives on air. It is a simple mechanism invented by the engineer Jean-Léon Reutter in 1928 and brought out by the Swiss watchmaker Jaeger-LeCoultre in the 1930s. […]
Zenith: Reaching for Stars in the Sky
The Defy Midnight Timepiece from the House of Zenith Photo Courtesy Zenith The Swiss watchmaking house of Zenith is placing women’s watches in the forefront and with its elegant new Defy Midnight […]
Brief Bites: The Caviar Sandwich
Paris, France – Leave it to a Parisian institution to come up with a caviar sandwich, and that on traditional French baguette bread. Prunier is offering a nice French change of pace […]
