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Ready to Run?
On Sunday, October 9, 2011, 20,000 athletes will enjoy a scenic 20 kilometer racethrough the streets of Paris. Beginning at Place d’Iena below Palais de Chaillot at Trocadéro, the race goes through...
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Ice Skate IN the Eiffel Tower!
What better way to experience the beauty of Paris in the winter than ice skating? Here are some places around the city that offer such fun. The Eiffel Tower’s first-floor skating rink has just opened....
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Paris Yoga
Yoga in Paris is a booming enterprise these days. Recently the clothing shop Yoga Concept opened its doors in the Marais, offering the perfect venue for visitors to get educated, expert advice on where...
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Swim in the Seine
Dreaming of swimming in the Seine River? If you hurry and sign up now, you can join in the Traversée de Paris à la Nage on September 2nd. Inscriptions are being accepted (but almost full!) to swim...
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Learn to Play Petanque!
For something leisurely (and French), stop at the Hotel de Ville where 20 terrains (what do we say in English? Courts? Pitches?) will be set up and ready to use, with the necessary metal boules also...
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News Olympics
You really get a different kind of Olympic coverage on French radio. France Culture just ran a LONG philosophical discussion lamenting both the advent of clothing in the Olympics (athletes originally...
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Paris-to-London Bike Route
I haven’t heard much fanfare about it, but I recently learned that a cycling route between London and Paris opened over the summer. L’Avenue Verte is a 406 kilometer (252 mile) low- to no-traffic...
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Holiday Ideas for this Winter: Master Méribel
Skiing… the word conjures up images of log cabins, exhilarating days, and warm nights spent by blazing fires. There is nothing better than whizzing down a piste in the company of family and friends, or...
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A Secret Gentlemen’s Club
On a curve of the Rue de la Cavalerie, not far from the Ecole Militaire and Eiffel Tower, stands a rather grandiose art deco parking structure. Even more impressive than its exterior though is the fact...
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Disco Skate!
Le Grand Palais is a magical palace in Paris. Built to show off the country’s industrial prowess for the 1900 World Fair, this glass-and-steel marvel now hosts spectacular events throughout the year:...
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Velib 101
There's no way a Parisian driver won't see me! When the weather’s good and the Métros are too stuffily hot or crowded to bear, the absolute best way to get around Paris is in the Vélib’. This clever...
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Renting Velibs Sans European Charge Card
Since July 2007, when the City of Paris inaugurated a wildly successful system of low-cost bike rentals called Velib’ (vel-leeb), it’s really hard to resist the temptation to do so. Quite simply it’s...
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Sports Bars: They Exist
Many travelers over the years have asked me the best place in Paris to catch a televised sports match of their team “back home”. There are quite a few “sports bars” in Paris, but usually you have to...
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Chic Bike Helmets
I’ll admit I never wear my helmet when riding around Paris on Vélib’. Not because it looks stupid, but because it’s inconvenient to carry, and I don’t always know when I’ll be hopping on a bike. But I...
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Rare Patriotism
Dancing in the street at PLace Clichy after France’s defeat of Switzerland in the World Cup last night. “This is the only time when French people get patriotic,” said my friend Pierre, as two guys on a...
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Velib for Velittle Ones
The famous city bike-sharing system Vélib’ is now available for kids. P’tit Vélib’ exists in four sizes (and always with helmets) through special rental centers in the Bois de Boulogne, Bois de...
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South Beach? No–Paris!
The Molitor Pool was originally opened in 1929 in the 16th arr. near Roland Garros tennis stadium and Bois de Boulogne, an Art Deco gem that was the pool of its day and continued to be one of the most...
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Les Hoops
The world’s oldest surviving basketball court can be found in the basement of a building in the city’s 9th arrondissement. But how did Paris come to be one of the earliest homes of a sport invented in...
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Hipsters Take to Petanque
Whether you call it pétanque or boules, the traditional French game with the shiny silvery balls has made a comeback. It used to be the only people you’d see playing in were old men in berets sipping...
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Open-Air Swimming on the Seine
Along the quai in the 13th arrondissement (across from the Bibliothèque François Mitterrand), you will see the entrance to the Piscine Joséphine Baker, a 25 x 10-meter swimming pool perched on the...
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