Egypt Holiday Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
A popular travel itinerary runs from Amsterdam tours to London bus tours, to Paris city tours. These cities are all cultural Meccas of fashion, music, architecture and culinary arts, which would make a very well-rounded trip of Europe. Most people take just a little less than two weeks on their European vacations and book through [...]
Artdaily (Free subscription) | yesterday
CANBERRA.- The National Gallery of Australia 's blockbuster exhibition "Masterpieces from Paris: van Gogh, Gauguin, Cézanne and beyond" will be on show from December 4, 2009 to April 5, 2010. The exhibition will showcase 112 Post-Impressionist works from the Musée d'Orsay in Paris and includes famous masterpieces by Vincent van Gogh, Paul Gauguin, Paul Cézanne, Georges...
Extravagant Nonsense (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Republic of Ireland striking star Robbie Keane insists he had a "grand time" in Paris in spite of his side's heartbreaking World Cup 2010 qualification play-off defeat. Hampered by the loss of their trademark luck, the Irish were denied a trip to South Africa by a William Gallas goal, scored after Thierry Henry had tossed the ball from hand to hand like a pizza chef flipping dough. Amazingly,...
I V Y Paris (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
Text by Stephanie Wells James Ensor’s works on display at the Musée d’Orsay until February 4th, are the painterly equivalent of a firm handshake and mischievous smile. His fixation on the lighter side of death and fixation with mortality is...
davidthedesigner (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Bienvenue a my little stint on David's blog. In fact, it's not even a stint, really. It's just after I emerged as the lucky winner from David's splendid hat, he asked if I'd report back from my Eurostar jaunt with...
Thinspired (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
I’ve decided to jump on Janetha’s Flashback Friday train that so many bloggers are riding! The place: My first trip to Paris. The time: June, 2007. The trip was a present from Matthew for my college graduation. Among other things, Matthew had planned a dinner cruise along the River Seine. I didn’t know what to expect, [...]
The Life and Times of the 21st Century Housewife© (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
I find one thing very ironic about Paris - the food is so amazing and yet so many of its women are beautifully thin! And the incredible thing is, if you go to any restaurant in Paris you see lots of thin women in them not just eating, but really enjoying their food and wine. I may not know quite how that is possible, but I do know for sure that Paris is full of food lovers, both tourists and locals,...
Entartete Musik (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
I am reading Alan Hollinghurst's The Folding Star again. Finding myself wanting to read his stylish prose again, but having read The Swimming Pool Library twice before, finding The Spell not quite worthy enough of re-reading and thinking The Line of Beauty irritating beyond permission, it was an obvious choice. As the nights draw in, its dark North European atmosphere seemed perfect. Set in an
Travels with a Sketchbook in....... (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Louvre: crowds lining up to see the Mona Lisa and Venus de Milophotos copyright Katherine TyrrellOn the Wednesday, after my A day in the Musee d'Orsay, I spent a day at the Louvre Museum.I find the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Kiss And Makeup (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
When you hear about the artistry of perfume, it's usually about the scent itself. But Prada Parfums is getting praise for the packaging of its Infusion de Fleur d'Oranger fragrance. And the highest sort of praise there is for...
Paris Through My Lens (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
As a rule I shy away from photographing great works of art. I feel that they should be viewed in person and certainly my photographs could never do them justice. I've made an exception today, but perhaps I shouldn't have. I'm not sure. That said, here I am posting two pieces from the Musée d'Orsay. I liked the sculpture against the architectural details of this former railway station turned...
Fin de Cinema (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Le voyage du ballon rouge [ Flight of the Red Balloon ] – dir. Hou Hsiao-hsien [Edited together from previous entries] There are so many singular aspects of Flight of the Red Balloon , Hou Hsiao-hsien’s first film made outside of Asia, to marvel at that it's almost stupefying that the film encompasses them with such ease. Firstly, there's Mark Lee Pin Bing's cinematography, with is so ravishing...
Disco Nap (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
I went to Paris a few weeks, and the trip was accompanied by the usual quandaries about packing. I knew the weather would be chilly (10 degrees) I plumped for my red coat with blue rosette. On winter breaks, it is often your coat that ends up in all the photos so it is worth wearing [...]
Travels with a Sketchbook in....... (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
Sacré Cœur and the butte Montmartre from the roof terrace of the Musée d'Orsay (aka the sketch I wish I'd done while I was there! - see below)copyright Katherine TyrrellOn our second day in Paris I... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Making a Mark (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
Here's the third in my series of posts about the Musée d'Orsay in Paris. Today I've got a video of the paintings of Claude Monet. This is the link to Claude Monet Paintings in the Musée d'Orsay on... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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