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The Paris Traveler

June 2nd, 2008

Bon Marché and Michel Tcherevkoff

 
 Le Bon Marché, considered the world’s first department store, offering “the good market” or “the good deal” was founded in 1838 by Aristide Boucicaut.  It is touted as the first “space” dedicated specifically to shopping and was the first to incorporate iron work (thanks to Gustave Eiffel) to create an open space while using less […]

By Kim -- 3 comments

January 13th, 2008

Clairefontaine vs Rhodia

The title sounds like some big heavy weight fight being held in some casino in Las Vegas, but really it is a much gentler battle between–notebooks!  Back to school shopping is a big deal in our house.  We all love buying new pens, pencils, folders and notebooks.  A new semester starting this past week meant new […]

By Kim -- 3 comments

September 18th, 2007

This Is Paris To Me

I recently sent one of my poems (not this one) to be included in the Jack Kerouac exhibit that will be taking place on the 23rd of September in Paris at the Cabaret Pirate in front of the BNF (Bibliothèque Nationale de France), which got me to thinking….  How could I have not seen that […]

By Lynn -- 0 comments

July 16th, 2007

The Best Of Paris

The Travel Channel at b5media has another theme day. Our mission:  write your best article on, or about, the best of something.  Well when you’re talking about Paris, trying to pick the best of anything is like asking a parent, “Which child do you love best?”
Impossible to answer, right?! As any well-adjusted parent will tell you, they “love […]

By Lynn -- 17 comments

June 2nd, 2007

Top Places to Satisfy Your Appetite

As everyone knows, Paris is the center of the gastronomic world, but not just for its wonderful restaurants, top culinary schools, or open air markets, but also for some of the best food emporiums you can find. Many of these places cannot be categorized simply as a grocery store or a bakery; food museums come […]

By Lynn -- 4 comments