Hotel Paradis

November 4, 2015 by PiPaParis

So the trip to Paris is booked, only where to stay? Good question with over 4.000 hotels of which most of them are either outdated or overpriced! We discovered Hotel Paradis, a clean boutique hotel with 38 rooms in the 10th arrondissement and close to our favorite quartiers Le Marais and Canal Saint Martin. You will love the retro interior of the hotel with all vintage furniture, which was decorated by designer Dorothee Milichon. Rooms starting from only €97 and […]

Categories: SLEEP + STAY • Tags: 75010, hotel, paradis, Paris, pipaparis

Au Passage

March 8, 2015 by PiPaParis

We are very happy with the so called neo-bistrot movement which started several years ago in Paris! Chef’s returning back to basic where good food is the starting point and not too snobby. Restaurant Au Passage was founded in 2010 and can be seen as one of the front-runners of the movement, so when we visited Paris last time right after Christmas, we had to go there! Unfortunately they were fully booked that night, but we tried our luck for […]

Categories: LUNCH + DINNER • Tags: 75011, Au Passage, Edward Delling-Williams, Paris, pipaparis, restaurant

Isabel Marant Pop-Up

December 19, 2014 by PiPaParis

Isabel Marant, the queen of the effortless Parisian look, doesn’t need an introduction. A pop-up store of the brand has just opened at the Joyce Gallery near the Louvre. Here a select edit of the pre-collection Spring/Summer 2015 is presented. The store concept was realized by Arnold Goron, who’s been working with Isabel Marant since 2009. Central in the store is a colorful patchwork fabric which divides the store like a theater curtain. If you want to balance your shopping with a more cultural activity, you can visit the […]

Categories: SHOP + SPEND • Tags: Store, shop, Paris, 75001, fashion, pipaparis, shopping, Isabel Marant, Pop-up, shoes, Marant, Joyce Gallery, Arnold Goron

KB CaféShop

November 28, 2014 by PiPaParis

Where to drink a good cup of coffee in Paris? Well here, at KB CaféShop in SoPi! Run by French owner Nicolas Piégay who learnt the craft of coffee in Australia. Hence also the name: KB stands for KookaBurra, a bird native to Australia. Part of the trendy Parisian neo coffee scene, KB is now one of the few places to get a good café latte or espresso macchiato. KB is  located at the corner of the bustling Rue the Martyrs. Always busy, yet not […]

Categories: COFFEE + BRUNCH • Tags: 75009, breakfast, buvette, cafe lomi, coffee, espresso, hotel amour, KB Cafeshop, kookaburra, Lunch, Pigalle, rue des martyrs, SoPi

Autumn Expositions

October 16, 2014 by PiPaParis

As the summer has ended and the autumn is knocking on the door, we decided to write a post on which museum to visit when it is raining this fall and winter. Of course there are the incredible permanent collections of the Louvre, Musee D’Orsay and Musee de l’Orangerie, but what are the must see’s this autumn? The Grand Palais is famous for its great expositions and for the first time in 20 years they are hosting a major retrospective of […]

Categories: DO + SEE • Tags: art, Centre Pompidou, de Saint Phalle, exhibition, fall, grand palais, Jeff Koons, Niki

Why the world is longing for Paris Fashion Week

September 24, 2014 by PiPaParis

The coming days it’s time again for the entire fashion circus to move to Paris, as Paris Fashion Week is around the corner. Kicked off yesterday until October 1st, the leading French fashion houses will showcase their Spring/Summer 15 collections to the press and buyers. After New York, London and Milan, why are we still so eager to see what the fashion shows in Paris have in store for us? Why the fashion world is longing for Paris Fashion Week…. Paris Fashion = Art […]

Categories: INSPIRATION + EDITORIAL • Tags: chanel, christian dior, fashion, grand palais, issey miyake, jardin des tuileries, jean paul gaultier, louis vuitton, marc jacobs, nina ricci, Paris, paris fashion week, raf simons, streetstyle, valentino

Le Dépanneur

September 22, 2014 by PiPaParis

The first times we were visiting Paris, our stay was mainly centered around St. Germain. Slowly that moved to the other side of the Seine towards the Marais and a bit more east to Oberkampf and Canal St. Martin. But now the place to be is definitely SoPi in the 9th arrondissement near Pigalle. We already wrote about Hotel Amour and Buvette and now it´s time for a post about one of our other favorites: Le Dépanneur. Le Dépanneur is an American-style […]

Categories: LUNCH + DINNER • Tags: burgers, Cocktails, depanneur, Dinner, drinks, eat, hamburgers, Paris, Pigalle, pipaparis, restaurant, SoPi, weekend

Ofr

September 8, 2014 by PiPaParis

“The best bookshop in Paris for art, design and fashion“. That’s quite a statement. And yet if you browse around on the internet, that’s exactly what most reviews state about Ofr. This small bookstore in the Northern Marais has everything your creative and literary mind could wish for. Not only does Ofr sell a wide array of books and the most beautiful magazines, there’s also a gallery space hosting exhibitions and events. The phrase on the front window ´Beautiful Books and Ideas´ pretty much covers […]

Categories: SHOP + SPEND • Tags: 75003, architecture, art, books, bookshop, design, fashion, ilikebigbooksandicannotlie, literature, Marais, noma, ofr, Paris, shop

Hôtel Amour

August 26, 2014 by PiPaParis

What would you look for in a hotel when going to in Paris? Probably you’d want to be in a neighborhood with the latest hotspots at walking distance, in a smaller trendy hotel with cool interior and which is preferably also a nice hangout by itself for food or cocktails. Well, check check and double check because Hôtel Amour has it all! Hôtel Amour is a boutique hotel in the 9th, at the heart of ever so popular SoPi area. Around […]

Categories: SLEEP + STAY • Tags: 75009, amour, hotel, Paris, pipaparis, SoPi

Paris Plages

July 27, 2014 by PiPaParis

Finally summertime! But what to do when it is too hot to shop or to visit a museum? To the beach! Oui, Paris has its own beach along the Seine called Paris Plages. Between 19 July and 17 August, the Seine’s right bank between the Louvre and Pont de Sully is being transformed from a high-traffic road into a sandy pedestrian area with pleasure for everyone: You can just lay at the beach, grab a deckchair, hydrate at a refreshment area, […]

Categories: DO + SEE • Tags: beach, Paris, paris plages, pipaparis, plage, sand, summer, sun

Steaking

July 16, 2014 by PiPaParis

Sometimes I ask myself “Yore, suppose you’d start your own restaurant, what would it look like? Well, it should serve at least the best steak in town. Oh, for sure it must have a cigar lounge  with good Cubans for an after dinner smoke. And with cigars there should be a whisky bar as well with the finest drams!” So when I heard such a restaurant recently opened in Paris, it was a must visit for me. Steaking is the […]

Categories: LUNCH + DINNER • Tags: 75006, cigar lounge, cigars, Cohiba, Paris, pipaparis, saint-germain, steak, steaking, Wagyu, whisky

Hai Kai

July 7, 2014 by PiPaParis

Lately, we’ve been exploring the Canal St Martin neighborhood and found some great places which we’d love to share with you of which Haï Kaï is definitely one of our favorites. Still a relatively new restaurant, opened in January 2014, serving beautiful neo-bistro meals for both lunch and dinner by chef Amélie Darvas. The meals are inventive with fresh, high quality ingredients. And also healthy as the seasonal vegetables come from small local organic producers. Together, the ingredients blend remarkably delicious as a truly culinary […]

Categories: LUNCH + DINNER • Tags: 75010, amelie darvas, canal st-martin, Dinner, hai kai, Lunch, neo-bistro, Paris, quai jemmapes