Paris, France — The athletes are the stars of the Olympic Games but they compete for what are perhaps the most coveted medals in the world: the Olympic gold, silver and bronze. […]
Olympic Outing: Minting the Medals
Olympic Outing: Flying Photos with ForgetMat
Levitation Photography. Flying Photography. Movement Art. French athlete, dancer, choreographer and artist Mathieu Forget, known as ForgetMat, has developed a singular and unique style of photography in which he literally springs forth […]
Moulin Rouge: The Sails Are Back and Awaiting the Olympic Torch
Paris, France —After suddenly and mysteriously losing its wings last April 25th, the celebrated windmill of the Moulin Rouge is back in shape. The wings or sails had fallen off overnight for […]
Olympic Outing: The Best of the Bicycle
Sceaux, France — A bicycle built for six. How about a steam powered bicycle, perhaps less polluting than an electrical bicycle. Or perhaps a rather unstable looking penny-farthing, better known as a […]
An Olympic Outing with an American Artist
Paris, France — She holds an olive branch in one hand and a glowing flame in the other. The monumental official Olympic sculpture for the Paris Olympic Games was created by the […]
An Olympic Outing: Richard Orlinski’s Pop-up Shop
Paris, France — He is regarded as one of the best selling of the contemporary French artists. Richard Orlinski is famous for his endearing sculptures, often monumental in scope. He has opened […]
Olympic Outings: The Crillon’s Special Skateboard Art
Paris, France — Olympic spirit is rapidly spreading in Paris as the city, the host of the 2024 Summer Olympics, prepares for the games. Even one of the town’s most luxurious hotels […]
Olympic Outings: Cocktails at the Castille
Paris, France — The countdown to the Summer Olympics Games in Paris is underway and one of the best places to become an Olympian yourself is on the inner courtyard patio of […]
A Gourmet Gazette Fine Fare Find: Olympic Olive Oil
Back in the good old days of Antiquity the city of Athens held its own « Olympic Games » every four years known as the Panathenaea festival which celebrated the city’s protective deity Athena with […]
Fencing, Anyone?
Paris, France —As Paris and all of France gears up for the Olympic and Paralymic Games, sports are even making their way into the country’s monuments. The Centre des Monuments nationaux, the […]
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