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February 25 - March 4
Cows, chickens, piggies and food, food, food at the annual Salon International de l'Agriculture, at the Paris Porte de Versailles conference center, 9am-7pm (March 2nd until 11pm). Entry €12. Celebrate the diversity of French agrigulture in over 1000 stands and 4500 animals. Not convinced? Check out the article from the 2009 show here.
March 25
Mark your calendars for the next SOS Help Spring Book Sale, today from 12 pm to 4 pm at Orrick Law Offices (31, avenue Pierre 1er de Serbie, 16th). Paperbacks are only 1€ and hard covers are 2€. To donate books in good condition, you may drop them off at the venue Saturday, March 24, 12-4pm or Sunday, March 25, 12-4pm.
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Saturday, August 6, 2011 
In this issue:
Do-Gooder Shopping Fix #1: Retro Glasses
Free Museums This Sunday
Paris Airport Lounges
Do-Gooder Shopping Fix #2: Books & CDs
Restaurants Open in August
Paris Beach Atmosphere
Buy Your Tickets Now for Fall Shows
Get Someone Else to Pay Your Parking Tix
Back in the USA: Heather's Fall Tour
The Secrets of Chantilly & Disneyland Paris
FDR Metro Station gets a Face Lift
Tuesday, March 1, 2011 
This month I’ve added restaurant reviews for the Atelier Joël Robuchon Etoile (the latest location near the Arc de Triomphe), the Artcurial Café (in the auction house of the Hotel Dassault on the Rond-Point des Champs Elysées) and La Bauhinia (the Franco-Asian haute cuisine restaurant in the newly-opened Shangri-La Hotel.
I also left a 1-star review of Koba on Yelp.fr, a Japanese restaurant I used to love, but which has gone downhill in a totally disturbing way over the past year.
Artcurial, Joel Robuchon, Koba, Paris, Shangri-La, dining, restaurant, reviews | in Eating & Drinking Friday, August 27, 2010 
Part 2 of this Disneyland Paris survival guide includes tips on using the FastPass, eating at Disneyland, and some seasonal information. And more Disney pics, of course!
Saturday, August 1, 2009 Heather's favorite "green" eating in Paris, from vegan bistros and organic restaurants to health food stores and outdoor markets...
bio, dining, green, market, organic, restaurant, vegan, vegetarian | in Eating & Drinking, Shopping Thursday, July 2, 2009 The Value Added Tax (TVA en français) in French restaurants has just been lowered from 19.6% to 5.5%. What does this mean for you, the consumer? It means that prices in your local French bistro may go down a few euros. Or not...
TVA, VAT, dining, restaurant, taxes, value-added tax | in Eating & Drinking, Euro Savings Contact * About * Editorial Policy * Copyright © 1999-2012, Heather Stimmler-Hall. Secrets of Paris is a registered trademark. * Powered by SquareSpace
