Tag: paris
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Kartell, Rue du Bac, Paris
The area around Rue du Bac/Blvd St Germain in the 7th arrondisement is where furniture stores congregate in Paris. Several manufacturer have their showrooms here. We passed Cappellini, Knoll, and Cassina but went into Kartell because we are interested in their Tati lamp. Kartell, based in Milan, is known for their plastic furniture. Founded in…
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Passage 53, Paris
Passage 53 is one of several restaurants that our local friends (D & C) made a reservation for the four of us for our week in Paris. The restaurant is quite difficult to find as it is hidden in the oldest arcade in Paris (Passage des Panoramas) among specialty shops that sell stamps and postcards.…
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Astier de Villatte, Paris
This is our first visit of Paris after a long while. IT and MW had visited this city many times and knew it better than us. So we followed them. Astier de Villatte is a lifestyle store on Rue Saint-Honoré not far from the Palais-Royal. I(Chris) spent almost an hour in this shop while IT…
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Rue du petit pont #2, Paris
We spent a week in Paris in the beginning of June. Since there were a total of four of us, we decided to rent an apartment again – like what we did in Vienna and Barcelona in past years. This arrangement saved us money, gave us more room to move about. Apartments in Europe are…
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Roland-Garros 2013, Paris
This is the first time for us to attend the French Open Tennis tournament (see earlier post about Serena Williams). The Stade Roland-Garros is situated at the outskirt of Paris on the west near the Porte d’Auteuil. The entrance to Roland-Garros was about 10 minutes walk from the train station. There were no lines to…
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Serena Williams at Roland-Garros 2013
The French Open Tennis 2013 concluded today with Rafael Nadal winning the men’s final. Yesterday, Serena Williams beat Maria Sharapova to win the ladies’ final. Congratulations to both winning players who proved their longevity. We had a chance to see the French Open in its first week (Day 4) and saw Serena Williams in her…