The Characters of the Lapin Agile: how genius and wine made a painter out of a donkey
Père Frédé wasn’t the only manager of the cabaret of the Lapin Agile. It was a piece of the craziest…
The Lapin Agile: the killers’ cabaret and the horrible Pantin massacre
Hidden in a corner of the crazy butte of Montmartre there’s a little house with a countryside, wine, laughs, music,…
The Characters of the Lapin Agile: an alert sectioned patient and an unaware millionaire
On the crazy hill of Montmartre, there are a lot of places smelling of genius, cheap wine, art, literature, and…
The Secrets of the hôtel de Lauzun and of the Club des Hashischins
The Île Saint-Louis is a little island on the Seine, less known than the much more famouse Île de la…
The Picpus Cemetery or the Cemetery of the Guillotined
Near place de la Nation, in the XII arrondissement, there’s a private cemetery with a fascinating story. (35, rue de…
The tragic end of the Templars and the Monarchy echoes in Square du Temple
Happily walking through the nice English garden of Square du Temple, in the III arrondissement, it’s difficult to believe that this part…
Compiègne, a palace for those who don’t want to go back to Versailles
Today, the mome-raths decided to show me a palace outside of Paris. But since their paths are never predictable, they…
The Second Cabaret du Chat Noir: the rise and fall of a legend.
The second Cabaret du Chat Noir was at 12 rue de Laval (today rue Victor-Massé, IX arrondissement) steps away from Place Pigalle….
Stories of the Cabaret du Chat Noir: the spirit of Montmartre
In the previous article I talked about the founding of the first Cabaret du Chat Noir, wanted by irreverent Rodolphe…
The mystery of the horizontally growing beeches of Verzy
After a two hours drive from Paris, right after passing Reims, there’s a unique forest where incredible trees grow. It’s…