Women in Hip-Hop: The B-girl Be Festival
When it comes to women in hip-hop, don't call it a comeback. Women have been here for years.
When it comes to women in hip-hop, don't call it a comeback. Women have been here for years.
F. Kaid Benfield | Posted 11.16.2009 | Green
The Jardin du Luxembourg embodies a variety of vistas and experiences, from the majestic old Luxembourg Palace (now the seat of the French Senate), to the pond in the center where kids play with toy boats.
Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 11.15.2009 | Business
I think I am. We earn a lot less salary-wise, but my child is in a great public school, we have great health care, live near free parks, museums, and the pollution level is down.
Charlotte Safavi | Posted 11.11.2009 | Living
I'm in love with another man. Let me call him Daniel. I met him through my husband Ron. He introduced us at Marseille airport and then offered him a ride to the village where we were staying.
Beth Arnold | Posted 11.11.2009 | World
It was a beautiful bang of an evening with swishy chorus girls covering luminous curvy skin with a parade of splendid costumes. Modern burlesque diva Dita Von Teese headlines this extraordinary show at the historic Casino de Paris.
Michael Henry Adams | Posted 11.10.2009 | New York
New York has a way of continually affording one with opportunities to ask questions like, "What becomes a legend most?"
Zandile Blay | Posted 10.20.2009 | Style
Designer Fannie Kirst's catwalk shows only feature the gray haired and gorgeous. Her elderly models (youngest is 60, oldest is 80) elegantly sashay down the runway in a series of knee length shift dresses.
Beth Arnold | Posted 10.20.2009 | World
Sorbonne Confidential is the fictionalized story of Laurel Zuckerman's actual experience working to become a teacher of English in the maddening French school system.
Gioia Diliberto | Posted 09.27.2009 | Style
Michelle Obama seems acutely aware of the image she projects with her clothes. It was 104 degrees at the Grand Canyon, and maybe she just wanted to be comfortable.
Posted 09.19.2009 | Business
Oslo, Copenhagen, Zurich, Geneva and Tokyo are more expensive than New York, according to a new study released Wednesday by UBS. The study analyzes...
Barbara Probst Solomon | Posted 09.18.2009 | Entertainment
This past weekend, I was dumbfounded at the movie vision of a 1948 Paris resplendent with sumptuous food portrayed in Julie & Julia. That year much of Europe was suffering from starvation.
Huffington Post | Posted 09.12.2009 | World
A Paris swimming pool has refused to allow a young Muslim woman to swim after she tried to enter while wearing a burqini, a full body covering that re...
Beth Perry | Posted 09.15.2009 | Style
Inhaling the smell of freshly bubbled cheese, I knew my search was done: Four-thousand miles from home in the City of Love, I'd finally found The One.
Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 09.10.2009 | World
France may be in a slump, with a hyper-kinetic president intent on structural reforms to counter mounting deficits, but it remains the number one international destination for visitors offering more delights than can be fathomed on a 20-day visit.
Alex Henry | Posted 09.07.2009 | Living
What might happen if the entire world tried switching from coffee to tea for, say, a week?
Chantal Sicile-Kira | Posted 09.04.2009 | Politics
I can't afford to volunteer for the community anymore. Got to spend every free moment earning money or taking care of my mom and son.
Flora Lazar | Posted 08.24.2009 | Chicago
The high priests of French gastronomy may not have been convinced that American chefs have arrived, but the market itself has spoken. For the last year there's been a six-month wait to get a table at a young Chicagoan's Paris restaurant.
Joan Z. Shore | Posted 08.23.2009 | Media
My memories of Walter Cronkite are very precious. We met just over 30 years ago, when I was a junior correspondent in the Paris bureau of CBS News.
New York Times | Matthew Saltmarsh | Posted 08.16.2009 | Style
The French lower house narrowly approved draft legislation on Wednesday that would further loosen rules -- cherished by many traditionalists -- that r...
The News Room | Posted 08.15.2009 | Green
Velib, Paris' public bicycle rental program, celebrates its second birthday today. Velib or "bike freedom" distributes 20,000 bicycles across Paris at...
The Huffington Post | Posted 08.14.2009 | World
The Paris tourist board has taken the bizarre decision to combat falling tourist numbers and a reputation for unfriendliness by launching a smile camp...
Huffington Post | Morgan Korn | Posted 08.14.2009 | World
Many couples are eschewing traditional wedding venues and instead choosing to exchange vows in unique and tropical destinations. Here is the HuffPost'...
Diane Tucker | Posted 08.19.2009 | World
Updates, and video screen grabs from the ceremony in Paris, follow the post. AUSTIN, TX -- When a reporter asked Vaclav Havel to comment on Iran's p...
Michael Likosky | Posted 08.12.2009 | Business
To protect American workers, in the luxury sector and elsewhere, our government trade negotiators should revisit outsourcing rules.
AP | JENNY BARCHFIELD | Posted 08.07.2009 | Style
PARIS — During a recession, how do you hawk a dress that costs more than many cars? That's the dilemma facing the handful of luxury labels that...
Lauri Lyons | Posted 11.18.2009 | Entertainment