Out of the ancient and proper 17eme arrondissement there is a new wind blowing and it smells like young, fresh (coffee) breath. Dose, dealer de cafe is an urban cool coffee shop cut from simple, clean pine and laid with cool blue tiles. The tiny tables are made of flexible hexagons that swing in and out as needed. The tiles an unpatriotic star and stripe print you might find at Kann concept store, which is just down the rue. Calm blues and creamy whites, a portrait of two pineapples in pen[...]
Will there be a burst in the Paris coffee bubble? I hope not! Recently there seems to be a coffee shop craze in Paris, far from the meager beginnings that I reported over 4 years ago. As a lover from the days with Telescope in the south ?and Blackmarket in the north, Paris has moved on up cherie! With even an annual French Aeropress championship I'm happy to see a new one pop up here and there. So in keeping in line with all?that's fit to eat, drink and wander and coffee shop hopping is on[...]
There's a new coffee shop in Paris towwwwnnn! Hardware Societe is blowing up the Instagram world and we had to go in for a quick treat. Address: 10 Rue Lamarck, 75018 Paris Phone:01 42 51 69 03 And it's a few minutes walk from our apartment in Montmartre so we decided to stop by for a coffee. Hardware Society is sort of something out of a Monocle Guide book - seriously - you know what I mean? The yearly issue that tells you about the cool trends and tips to better living. The whole w[...]
Don't pack your Paris trip without a light jacket! Yes it's gotten warmer here and the cherry blossoms are still on the trees (barely) but the weather can be a bit temperamental these days. As per usual, we've compiled the best of things to do every month and this May you'll be happy to find the regular where to eat, drink and stay, but also a list of museums with gardens to wander if you're in the mood to get lost in some pretty Parisian places. We just got to 5000 likes on Facebook and I[...]
Address: Mama Shelter???109 Rue de Bagnolet, 75020 Paris Phone:?01 43 48 48 48 Feeling: Funky chic Mama Shelter is a fun design hotel in the Gambetta / Saint Blaise area of Paris, designed by French darling Philippe Starck. We're talking ping pong and fuseball tables, cartoon chairs, and a rooftop that opens up in the summer time to the petite centure old railway lines. It's one of those places that people keep talking about for years from the funky interiors decor that mixes[...]
82, avenue Denfert-Rochereau Paris 75014 is the home to La Lingerie Restaurant - an old Parisian hospital now turned into a communal eatery, thrift shop and even piano learning room. You'll find lots of space to struggle up in their sofas - or wander around in one of the many rooms or just chill in the main dining area. When we went last week we went to the back after passing through the massive room filled with chairs and tables. Rather to another room that ran vertically along the main room..[...]