Dining at Le Cap Estel: La Table de Patrick Raingeard as a romantic retreat in Eze sur Mer
Cap d'Estel is like the head of an eagle reaching out into the Mediterranean. Set between his two powerfully spanning wings of Cap Ferrat and Cap d'Ail… ...
Chez Davia: cuisine Niçoise elevated from rustic tradition to sophisticated perfection
Chez Davia is one of these rare family-owned restaurants today still handed down through generations. Born of Italian emigrants to the Riviera, first their daughter took over, and currently in ...
Le Clown Bar: neo-parisien bistro historically and naturally seduces
Until very late hours after shows, Le Clown Bar used to entertain the artists and clowns from the nearby winter circus (Cirque d'Hiver), the first and grandest of its kind ...
Things Better Done Slowly: poetic Marais cafes and tea rooms
Poetry does not have to be written under your bed covers (well, sometimes I do that too) or in a rusty, with vintage posters laced bohemian poetic Marais hang out ...
OGATA Paris: Japanese house of tea and omotenashi designed for contemporary taste
La maison OGATA Paris is the epitome of wabi rusticity where perfect simple lines of beauty merge with the old spirit of the Marais artistic zeal. There is nothing of ...
Gastronomic ceramics chosen by the greatest chefs in France
Gastronomic ceramics at the greatest restaurants in France tend to be most locally connected in the rural regions where the artisans settle. Like the legendary chef Georges Blanc in Vonnas, ...
Beaune: in the heart of the wines of Burgundy on foot or bicycle
Burgundy, with its fresh and friendly attitude towards wine production, is perhaps the most significant wine region in France...What is amazing about Beaune’s wines is that they can be drunk ...
Arles: soul penetrating light that charmed Van Gogh and now fires up the contemporary art world
Art feeds mythology, and mythology stirs art. For half a century, the world's best photographers descended each summer upon Arles, but not in 2020 as like most group gatherings in ...
Rosé wine: the fresh and fragrant taste of summer all year round
Provence in the South of France is famous for sprawling purple fields of lavender and for the pink-hued rosé wine. The fragrant herb assists to a relaxing sleep, while the ...
