Little known amongst visitors to Paris (and indeed many Parisians who neglect to venture into the further reaches of the 20th), the rue de la Mare, rue des Cascades and rue de l’Ermitage area (between Jourdain and Ménilmontant) is a lively artistic community home to a wealth of ateliers (workshops) and studios, tucked away in [...]

The secret to Cosi is simple. The ingredients are the freshest you’ll find apart from a farm. The quality of the ingredients used at Cosi is incomparable and most of them are organic. The bread is homemade right there behind the counter in a brick oven, always warm and delicious. Although, it’s not like a baguette [...]

The ambiance of this place is both chic and low key. It’s owned by a very nice and friendly couple. One is the chief and the other takes care of the service. The chef is very enthusiastic and you’ll see it by yourself because kitchen is open. He is paying a lot of attention to select [...]

Parc Monceau is a little jewel. Not just a park in the normal sense, this one was designed to fit with the beautiful Hausmannian-style buildings that surround it. Although not very big, it has all elements that makes it nature at its best: curving water basins, gravel lanes, neatly arranged rose gardens and spacious grass fields. [...]

The Russian born artist and sculptor Ossip Zadkine settled in Paris in 1910. In 1928 he moved to the rue d’Assas where he lived and worked in the (now museum) house/studio until his death in 1967. Zadkine was part of the Cubist movement (1914-25) and his work is thought to have [...]