Category: Paris
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La Mangerie – Kid Friendly Brunch, Paris
La Mangerie, is a family restaurant in the heart of the Marais, in Paris, which now has a kid friendly brunch! And wanted to share this with you all as the “go-to place” to take the kids if you are traveling to Paris this summer. It’s been four years now that La Mangerie has been dishing…
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Paris by Chanel – Inside Chanel
I just had to publish this video on Bellissima Kids – a very stylish and upbeat history of the House of Chanel. And I can’t resist because when I was a young fashion design student, Coco Chanel was one of my idols. So much so that I named my first and second rundown student cars…
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Best Things to Do in Paris with Kids this Summer
Bateaux Mouches The French capital is actually a very child-friendly place to visit. Most Parisian kids don’t have garden apartments, so the city ensures there are plenty of things to do for youngsters outside the home. Every arrondissement has spaces with playgrounds, and in the big parks like the Jardin du Luxembourg and Buttes-Chaumont, pony rides, sandpits, swings,…
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Aurélie Mathigot – Tapestry Art, Paris
The French artist Aurélie Mathigot creates unique tapestries which are a symphony of fibers. She embroiders, weaves, knits, crochets and even beads these photographs of landscapes to highlight a fleeting luminescence or detail or mood. And her current exhibition is called “Des fils, des histoires, des histoires qui défilent”, which means more or less, “Some yarns, stories,…
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Paris with Kids: by Kim Horton Levesque
I miss Paris. I spent six years of my life living there when I was single and kid-free and it is my “Heart City”. So, I was delighted to receive this charming book in my mailbox: “The Little Bookroom Guide to Paris with Children” by Kim Horton Levesque. I feel a scenario coming on where…
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Flying Houses by Laurent Chehere
My little boy was thrilled by this fabulous exhibition at the Docks au Cité de la mode et du Design of these surreal flying houses at the Quai d’Austerlitz by photographer, Laurent Chehere. They of course, remind us of the film “Up”, sans the balloons. We are transported with each photo to another world.…
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MUSEE DE LA MAGIE, PARIS
This post is from Vanessa Salamanca our artist correspondent in Paris-here’s a link to her work. Located in the Marais, one of Paris’ historical districts is a unique, little-known museum. As you descend a discreet flight of stairs leading into the Musée de la Magie, you enter another world. Upon arriving, a strange hand emerging…