Le Tour de France, the celebrated cycling race, started down its long and scenic route on June 29th from Italy, for the very first time, heading out of Florence with the familiar […]
Moments in Time: Tour de France Time
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 […]
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 […]
A Gourmet Gazette Fine Football Fare Find
Paris, France — The Euro football championship is in full swing for the next four weeks and there is something about the event that encourages a fun-filled ambiance replete with fans, fine […]
From Blue to Blue
Paris, France —Yves Klein was a major figure in post-war European art and known for his use of blue in his works. He even developed and patented a color of blue, International Klein […]
Moments in Time: Kate Winslet Time
The Dolce Vita. A time to just be. That’s just the feel you get looking at photographs of Longine’s Ambassador of Elegance, Kate Winslet, wearing the house’s latest models in its Mini […]
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 […]
A Gourmet Gazette Fine Wear Find
From the EP10 capsule collection at Eden Park. Photo ©Courtesy Eden Park. Handout via The Gourmet Gazette Paris, France — As Paris countdowns to the Summer Olympic Games, The Gourmet Gazette took […]
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