Chers Amis de L’Ecole du Bon Gout. When I was in Paris last fall visiting Musee Carnavalet, I had the truly delicious experience of seeing the two newly reopened 17th century rooms which had been closed for almost a decade of restoration.These rooms are virtual “treasure boxes” of 17th century architecture, fine art and decorative…
Tis the season of…
Chers Amis de L’Ecole du Bon Gout, Bonjour !Like it or not the summer is history and “Old Man Winter” is knocking at the door! So with the earlier nightfall and naturally less time spent outdoors, we have more indoor activities and seasonal winter treats. One of my favorite winter treats is the increased use of…
A “New” Treasury of the Louvre
Chers Amis de L’Ecole du Bon Gout, Last month when I was in Paris, I had the great treat of visiting (for about 5 hours!) the newly reconfigured 18th c decorative arts galleries of the Musee Louvre. These had been closed and under renovation for almost a decade.The Musee Louvre was actually begun in 1793…
The Forever Chic “Color”: BLACK
Chers Amis de L’Ecole de Bon Gout, Bonjour d’Uzes!This spring I had the pleasure of seeing at the Louvre an exhibition entitled : “Les Secrets de la Laque Francaise”, which explored the popularity of lacquer work, imported from far East, starting in the 16th Century. These exotic imports spawned the development of European made copies…
Exercise your creative expression by “accessorizing”!
Chers Amis de l’Ecole du Bon Gout, Bonjour d’Uzes! After enjoying Jean DeJean’s new book “PARIS”, I decided to reread another of her books “The Essence of Style: How the French Invented High Fashion ,…….” ”.Of the many topics she illuminates, I found the “new” 17th century development of “accessorizing” ones outfits most interesting. Certainly…
PARIS , The first modern city!
Chers Amis de L’Ecole du Bon Gout! Bonjour! I have just finished reading another tantalizing and amazingly perceptive book by Jean DeJean, entitled “How Paris became PARIS”.Of the many subjects she addresses in her portrait of 17th century Paris becoming the worlds first modern city, under the inspired guidance of Louis XIV, is the first…
Plain or SPLENDID ???
Chers Amis de L’Ecole du Bon Gout! Last month, when I was in Paris, as usual I visited one of my favorite museums: Musée Carnavalet . Possibly in some attempt to be creative, the curators had subtracted various splendid pieces normally in the period room settings and substituted furniture from the 1990’s . The flyer…
Time to have MAGIC dining !!
Chers Amis de L’Ecole du Bon Gout, Bonjour!Ones attitude about “time” is very flexible. Today many people live like they have a “poverty of time”! What gets one to that place is debatable! One possibility could be: our expectations of instant everything, conditioned by all our “electronic helpers” from the push button washing machine, all…
Dining in Style!
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Where it all begins!
Chers Amis, Bonjour and bravo for today is the 7th year anniversaire of L’Ecole du Bon Gout!! With the idea of promoting the future of good taste, I would like to address today where it all starts. Childhood is a period when so many life time perceptions, habits, attitudes, values and ways of…
