Paris – City of Less Light for Christmas 2022, but it won’t dim the joy. Due to the energy crisis, the Paris 2022 festive season will have a little less illumination in the City of Light. Local authorities are reducing the amount of festive-lit decorations this year to save energy and cut costs. They sayContinue reading “Paris – City of Less Light for Christmas 2022, but it won’t dim the joy”
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Why Parisians adore Josephine Baker
Why Parisians adore Josephine Baker. Why is Josephine Baker still so revered in Paris? American-born Freda Josephine McDonald (1906-1975) married her second husband, entertainer William Howard Baker, in 1921 when she was fifteen years old, keeping his name for life, despite her subsequent marriages. She first arrived in Paris in 1925 at the age ofContinue reading “Why Parisians adore Josephine Baker”
L’Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped, Paris, September 2021 – love and romance!
L’Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped, Paris, September 2021 – love and romance! A love affair and a love of Paris: the creative union of Christo and Jeanne-Claude brought a dream to reality. Bulgarian-born artist Christo (1935-2020) died on 31 May last year, but his partner Moroccan-born Jeanne-Claude (1935-) and her installation team continued their plans toContinue reading “L’Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped, Paris, September 2021 – love and romance!”
Avenue des Champs-Élysées in Paris will become an “extraordinary garden”
Avenue des Champs-Élysées in Paris will become an “extraordinary garden” The “most beautiful avenue in the world” – the famed Avenue des Champs-Élysées – is not seen as beautiful to many Parisians. They view it as an overcrowded tourist attraction that is now drab and unexciting. According to the architects commissioned to revamp the Avenue,Continue reading “Avenue des Champs-Élysées in Paris will become an “extraordinary garden””
L’Avenue des Champs-Élysées, 8th Arrondissement – June 2019
Photographer: Martina Nicolls
Hotel Lord Byron
On 20 October 1932, the Joyce family moved into the Hotel Lord Byron at 5 Rue Chateaubriand in the 8th arrondissement, on an S-shaped street one block from the Avenue des Champs-Élysées, but on the northern side. Far from the Seine, and twenty-five minutes to the Eiffel Tower, it was, however, closer to the Arc deContinue reading “Hotel Lord Byron”
Hotel Le Belmont
The lease on their Passy apartment expired so the Joyce family decided to holiday in England. On 17 April 1932, James Joyce, Nora, and daughter Lucia went to the railway station in Paris with their luggage, but Nora had a severe crying episode which put a stop to their plans. They took a taxi toContinue reading “Hotel Le Belmont”
Hotel La Résidence
James Joyce married Nora Barnacle in England on 4 July 1931, after living with her for twenty-seven years. His children, Giorgio and Lucia, attended the wedding. Joyce intended to move permanently to London, but a few months later, he decided to return to Paris. He arrived in Paris in September 1931. James and Nora JoyceContinue reading “Hotel La Résidence”
Hotel Grand Powers
Before the Joyce family left to go to England, they spent almost two weeks in the Hotel Grand Powers in the 8th arrondissement at 52 Rue Francoise 1er in the 8th arrondissement. They intended to relocate to London permanently. Hotel Grand Powers still exists. It is located at 52 Rue Francois 1er near the AvenueContinue reading “Hotel Grand Powers”