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The Grand Palais turns into a Drive-In!

admin — Wed, 22 May 2013 08:00:41 +0000

From June 10 to June 21, 2013, the Grand Palais’ nave turns into the biggest Drive-In ever made in the capital and takes the name of Cinema Paradiso. In association with MK2 and Fiat, movie lovers will be able to watch again classics (from Pulp Fiction to Grease), coiled in Fiat 500, or perched on a hill specially made for the occasion. The nave will thus be able to welcome up to 1,000 persons, on the rhythm of two projections a day. For 12 days, other surprises will be offered to the public: pinball, disco roller (a roller skating rink with a free entrance), American dinner, concept-store, as well as an exhibition dedicated to the evolution of video games, “The Golden Age of Video Game”. So, put on your skates, choose dresses with flounces and other leather jackets, and you will be ready to live with Fonzie and the Beach Boys!

Drive-In Grand Palais – Cinema Paradiso, from June 10 to June 21, 2013.
Open from 11 am to late at night.
Entrance to the event: 10€ (Under 12 year-old: 5€), free animations.
Entrance to the event and to the Drive-In, presales: 19€.
Pass “Moet & Chandon Tasting”, including a Moet & Chandon flute and a parking space: 39€.

Nef du Grand Palais
Entrée Winston Churchill, avenue Winston Churchill
75008 Paris
France

Program and reservation on Fnac’s website.

1083: urban and ecological fashion

admin — Mon, 20 May 2013 14:50:18 +0000

1083, it is the distance between the two most distant cities in France (Menton, in the South-East and Porspoder in Brittany). It is also the name of a brand-new French brand that creates eco-conceived jeans and sneakers, 100% made in France. Did you know that jeans can travel up to 65,000 kilometers during its making? This young brand offers you jeans or a pair of sneakers, made less than 1083 kilometers away from your home! An original concept that has attracted lovers of an urban and ecological fashion.

Beautiful products
1083 offers 100% bio cotton jeans, and eco-conceived sneakers: recycled soles, eco-textile, bio linen laces, tanned leather without chrome 6. They are available from size 4.5 to size 12, and they are unisex models. Moreover, the prices are affordable: 89€ for jeans and 99€ for a pair of sneakers. For the record, a registration number is inscribed on the soles of each pair! It includes the brand’s name (1083), the term “BIF” (for “Born in France”), and the number 26 (manufacture department).

No doubt, this young, dynamic and ecological brand will be able to seduce you!

To buy 1083’s products, go to Ulule. This crowd funding website gives life to numerous projects and takes part in 1083’s growth.

7th edition of the Nature Festival: love bugs!

admin — Fri, 17 May 2013 14:35:30 +0000

For its 7^th edition, the Nature Festival focuses on bugs. Invisible or underrated, they nonetheless take part in nature’s renewal. They truly are the architects or gardeners of the flora. Thus, without earthworms and other soil small inhabitants, soil would remain sterile and compact. They take part in pollination, manure’s manufacture, wood recycling or deterioration of dead materials. During 5 days, free events, organized in the country in Paris and all over France, will help you discover the stakes of bugs’ preservation. The goal is to re-discover nature and to be amazed by it with your family. Will you be part of it?

7^th edition of Nature Festival, from May 22nd to May 26^th, 2013.

Discover the complete list of events taking place in Paris.

Vegan revolution is underway!

admin — Mon, 13 May 2013 13:30:56 +0000

As the vegan revolution seems to be underway, few of us know its origins. The Gavarni Hotel looks into the subject and gives you the key elements!

The origins
The word “vegan” appeared in 1944, thanks to Donald Watson, following an ideological disagreement with the Vegetarian Society. Its exact definition is the following: “way of life looking to expel, as long as it is possible and feasible, any form of exploitation and cruelty to animals, whether it is to eat, get dressed or to any other goal.”

Vegans and vegetarians: same thing?
These two notions are above all very different ways of life and not only diets. To sum up, a vegetarian doesn’t eat meat and, sometimes, fish, shellfish and eggs, but he eats milk products. A vegan goes further by eating only products coming from the soil (fruits, vegetables, cereals etc.). Some people go even further by cutting every sort of products coming from animals (fish, meat, shellfish, milk, eggs, honey). They also refuse to wear leather, wool, silk, feathers and fur. Exploitation of animals or cruelty against them is strictly prohibited for some vegans who then refuse to go to circuses or zoos. However, this way of life is difficultly 100% applicable, hence criticism vegans have to face on a regular basis.

More information about vegans here.

N°5 Culture Chanel: the star exhibition of the Palais de Tokyo

admin — Fri, 10 May 2013 07:30:05 +0000

N°5 by Chanel is without a doubt the most famous perfume in the world. Worn by the biggest stars, it is the object of a free exhibition at the Palais de Tokyo (Palace of Tokyo), until June 5^th, 2013. It is the occasion to discover how it was created.

A star perfume
Thanks to pictures, archives, movies and various objects, the fragrance is here presented as a work of art that recomposes its story through ages. We learn the name of it’s creator, Ernest Beaux, who, with Coco Chanel, imagined its few flowery notes that will make of N°5 a star perfume. Launched on May 5^th, 1921, this perfume with ylang-ylang, jasmine and bergamot notes is being celebrated 92 years to the day after its birth, in one of the most important museums of Paris.

Photo credit: N°5, extract, CHANEL – Daniel JOUANNEAU – Didier ROY

Exhibition “N°5 Culture Chanel”, from May 5^th to June 5^th, 2013.
Open everyday from 12p.m to 12a.m, except on Tuesdays.
Free entrance.

Palais de Tokyo
13, avenue du President Wilson
75116 Paris
France
T.: +33 (0)1 81 97 35 88
Subway: Iena or Alma-Marceau (L.9).