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 Cathartic Colors of Qotbi
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 […]
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 […]
A Foray into Photography at Paris Photo
Paris, France — Graceful swans, a dynamic duo of boy and dog on roller skates, the concerned environmental photography of Sebastiao Salgado and William Klein’s Atom Bomb Sky were just a few […]
Critic’s Choice: the Staley-Wise Gallery at Paris Photo
With A Gourmet Gazette Gallery Paris, France — Paris Photo, one of the leading fairs devoted to photography, returned to the spectacular venue of the restored and re-opened Grand Palais in Paris […]
Luminous Lithuania
Paris, France — It was among the first countries to become independent from the ex-Soviet Union in 1991 and the last country to be Christianized in Europe in 1387. The energetic and […]
