The other night, I headed to the Alliance Française de Chicago for a lecture and book signing by New York Interior Designer Peggy Drue Baird, author of Bringing Paris Home. Ms. Baird gave a terrific talk about how she became interested in French culture and how she incorporates French style…

Recently, I visited the Jacquemart-André museum, the former home world travelers and art collectors Nellie Jacquemart and Edouard André. The home is a wonderful example of late 19th architecture. It was designed by architect Henri Parent and constructed during the Second Empire when Baron Haussman was creating his grand boulevards and Monceau…

The Chateau de Chantilly is enormous and impressive. It sits on nearly 20,000 acres in the middle of one of largest forests in the country. As with many of the chateau in France, Chantilly began as a defense fortress constructed in the middle-ages. It was transformed into a magnificent residence…

Last night, the Les Amis de l’Opéra and The American Friends of the Paris Opera & Ballet co-hosted a Soirée de Gala celebrating the New York City Ballet’s opening of the 2008-09 Season in Paris. The excitement of the evening began on the steps of Palais Garnier when arriving guests making their way into the opera house were…

Americans have stormed the Bastille! Well, only figuratively…The New York City Ballet has been invited to open the 2008-09 Season with a series of performances at the Bastille Opera from September 9 to 21. This is the first time in 43 years that the NYCB has performed in Paris and…

The art market came alive in Paris last night as hundreds of dealers, collectors, curators and art aficionados poured into the Grand Palais to view some of the most exceptional objects on the market today. Once again, the Biennale did not disappoint even the most discerning visitor. Recently renovated, the…