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One-pan wonder!
If like me you are finding yourself feeling a bit guilty this January, because you went a little bit mad on food over the festive season and didn’t exercise for a solid four weeks, then you have no...
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THE ODD, THE OLD AND THE PROBABLY VERY COLD: HOMELESSNESS IN PARIS
The fascinatingly vast amount of French homeless dawned on me in a rather swanky Parisian suburb called Neuilly. To give you an idea, last Christmas, its mairie was surrounded by what can only be...
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Homelessness In Paris
Last night was the coldest in Paris so far this year and as I walked home from a bar with my friend around midnight I could feel the chill stinging my legs in the gap between my socks and my jeans....
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Now You Can Get Your Own Wes Anderson Fix
Today I stumbled across this company, Very Troubled Child, (fans will recognise the name from a book in Moonrise Kingdom) who somehow aren’t getting sued whilst selling bags that replicate those...
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Veganism In Paris: East Side Burgers
Nowadays hearing about Veganism and Vegans is the norm. Celebrities like Natalie Portman, Russell Brand, Mike Tyson and even Bill Clinton have adopted a plant-based and animal-free diet. As has Ella...
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Does the ‘Gender Tax’ still exist in France?
Back in the hazy mists of 2014 France’s finance ministry ordered an inquiry into why female shoppers were paying more than male consumers for apparently identical products. Hygiene products such as...
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Chartres: A Weekend Getaway
There are plenty of places you could go to get away from Paris for a day, or even a weekend, if you’re feeling particularly adventurous. There’s Giverny, Versailles, and then there’s Chartres. A little...
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News Round-up: Scooters, Smoking in School and Spelling
Electric Scooters In a bid to cut down on CO2 emissions in the city, from this Summer over 1000 electric scooters will be available to rent. Unlike the Velib system you won’t need a pass, just the app...
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Twin Peaks meets Paris
Did you know that David Lynch actually owns a club in Paris? But it’s members only. BOO! Luckily for us ‘normal’ people throughout the month of February, ‘Le Pavillon des Canaux’ have transformed their...
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Les Petits Soins
For me, a good waxer is better than a good hairdresser. In my experience, not only is it easier to get someone who cuts your hair right, but in desperate times I can resort to trimming my own fringe....
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Chocolate workshops at Edwart Chocolatier
When you get invited on a chocolate-making workshop, you don’t say no. Not even when it’s January, you have New Years Resolutions to stick to, and you really should be rolling out your yoga mat. So...
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Getting the snip
There are so many codes of behavior that getting our haircut forces us to follow; stumbling over which way the robe goes on, describing how we want our hair like Gigi Hadid’s whilst simultaneously...
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What’s On: Galentine’s Weekend
If I write, ‘there’s no better city to be single in than Paris’, then I feel like I’m indulging in this whole Valentine’s nonsense. Over here! Single people! Here are some activities to keep you busy...
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Free Running Club at the Jardin d’Acclimatation
Marathon season is upon us and anyone who throws on a pair of running shoes and drags their bones around the city will have noticed the number of people doing the same thing steadily increasing....
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The Best Art Exhibitions To See This February
Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain DAIDO MORIYAMA and FERNELL FRANCO at the Cartier Foundation Feb 6 – June 5 Forced to flee Colombia as a child, Franco grew up in Cali, learning the skills he’d...
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Secret Paris: Les Pavillons de Bercy
Outside the gates a crowd gathers, children are pushing their faces through the gaps in the metal bars in order to try and catch a glimpse of what awaits inside, and paper tickets flap in the hands of...
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Falafel at L’As Du Fallafel
It’s coming up to my fourth month living in Paris and I still feel like there is so much to explore and try out. Sometimes it can be really difficult to co-ordinate yourself around Paris when you don’t...
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Brexit: What it could mean for those living in France?
Yesterday David Cameron announced that the Referendum on Britain’s status within the EU will take place on the 23rd of June. This comes after a long couple of days in Brussels battling out the new...
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L’Ours Bar
It’s the school holidays and if you’re an au pair you’ve either got a week away from the kids after spending the last six weeks with them, or you’ve got one of the most intense fortnights of the year...
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Doughmade
Just the other day my friend and I were reminiscing about the smell of fresh donuts. It was a classic food-porn conversation that so often happens when one walks past a patisserie here that ended with,...
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