About Secrets of Paris

American-born travel journalist and guidebook author Heather Stimmler-Hall created the Secrets of Paris in 1999 to share the hidden side of the City of Light. Discover what you've been missing:

* Private Customized Tours
* Free Paris Resource Guide
* Calendar of interesting Paris events
* Opinionated Hotel Reviews
* Monthly Secrets of Paris newsletter
* Secrets of Paris Videos

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Calendar of Paris Events

June 8
Paris dog owners and dog lovers, please join us for a Mon Chien, Ma Ville demonstration at the Mairie du 1ère (the town hall of the 1st arrondissement, Place du Louvre, right outside metro Louvre Rivoli) from 2:30pm with your four-legged friends to lobby the City for more dog-friendly parks and green spaces for them to run free, and to promote "responsible" dog ownership as well. Pedro and Lena will be there! 

June 9
Pastry chef and cookbook author (and Paris Pastry Guide author) David Lebovitz will be signing books today at La Cuisine (80 quai de l'Hôtel de Ville, 4th) from 2-4pm.  Glazed ice cream truck will be there, too! (You can RSVP at the Facebook event page, although it’s not required). 

June 9
Looking for a bit of retro vintage shopping? Check out the Fifties Sound "Vide-Grenier Retro Vintage" with 45 stands selling fashions, accessories, home decor, vinyls and burlesque outfits from 1930s-1980s. Today 10am-8pm at Next Step: 11 cour Debille, 11th, M° Voltaire. The live swing concert with The King Baker Combo starts at 5pm. Entry €2. 

Through June 26
Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the passing of Frenchchanteuse Edith Piaf with sexy cabaret singer Caroline Nin's "Hymne à Piaf", a show using English storytelling and songs en français to remember one of the greatest French singers of all time. Shows are every Wednesday at 8pm at the intimate Essaïon Theatre (6 rue Pierre au Lard, in the Marais, 4th). Tickets are €15-€20. 

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Entries in museums (3)

Tuesday
Feb122013

10 Reasons Paris is still the Most Romantic City

A cruise on the Seine, kissing on the Eiffel Tower, a show at the Moulin Rouge, dinner at the Tour d’Argent...despite the tired clichés, Paris still has all the right ingredients for an unforgettable rendez-vous that fits any couple’s definition of romance.

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Thursday
Oct252012

Newsletter #121: October 24, 2012

In this Issue:

Feeling Good to Support Breast Health
Cup Cakes for the Make-a-Wish
10k to Support Cancer Patients
Jazz at the Ambassador’s Residence
Soup Kitchen Needs Volunteers
Spooky Day of the Dead Events
Favorite Fall Museum Exhibitions
Disneyland Paris 20th anniversary show
Two Free Paris Apps
French Culture through Food & Wine

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Monday
Nov302009

A Weekend in Reims

Updated on Wednesday, March 24, 2010 by Registered CommenterHeather

Earlier this month I spent two days in Reims updating part of the Fodor's France Guide. Check out my informal photo gallery of all the fun places I visited, the chocolates I ate, the Champagne I drank...

It's a hard job, but someone gets to do it! :)


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