(Photo via WorldRedEye ) This Thursday begins the FNAC Live Festival , otherwise known as the best set of free concerts in Paris. Get y...

As I've mentioned before, Paris still has quite a lively and interesting literary community of expats, many of whom read their work a...

(Photo by J. Albertos via Vigoenfotos ) La Défense is not exactly the kind of place you'd expect to have a jazz festival. The sky-s...

I hesitate to share this cheap nosh with the world, because the place is so tiny and so cheap and so good. But that's also why I have...

For a Cheapskate like me, the Paris soldes are the most wonderful times of the year. Due to some kind of silly law, retailers are only ...

(Photo via Foodspotting ) When a fellow expat blogger wrote to me to tip me off about an all-you-can-eat buffet in Paris, I was wary b...

(Still from one of my favorite Seinfeld scenes ) So, I have been in Paris for well over a year now and though my language skills have v...

(Photo by Audrey via Flickr ) The longer I live in Paris, the more I love the Hôtel de Ville. More specifically, the plaza of the Hôtel...

After the success of last year's effort to install random pianos around the city, the part-community service, part-art installation, ...

(Photo via Sortir à Paris ) The finest way to enjoy a jazz concert is en plein air . Beginning this weekend, the fifth annual Paris Jaz...