FRENCH WEINER
Paris’ would-be mayor bids his election campaign adieu after all-too-revealing Anthony Weiner-esque messages hit social media. He has neither confirmed nor denied they’re of him.
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CREEPY
For decades, Gabriel Matzneff got a pass from French culture mavens as he extolled the pleasures of sex with underage boys and girls. No longer.
VIVE LA FRANCE
Formerly known as the Cabaret of Assassins, this long-running cabaret is the scourge of selfie stick-wielding tourists expecting France to bend to modernity and online reviews.
Liaisons Dangereuses
“Lapérouse is thus one of those addresses of libertinism that makes Paris the ‘capital of gastronomy’ as much as ‘the brothel of Europe.’”
OH MON DIEU
Open again after a three-year restoration, the goings-on in these posh suites are as steeped in mystery and scandal as the doomed queen herself.
WHAT HAPPENED?
The massive fire that destroyed much of Paris’s famed Notre Dame cathedral Monday night left destruction and hope.
HOLY HELL
A sudden blaze overtook the historic church and captivated the world, threatening to destroy centuries of precious history.
INTOLERANCE
A video depicting a shocking hate attack against a transgender woman in Paris is serving as a wake-up call for France.
LA CATASTROPHE
Increasingly violent confrontations have startled the nation, but they may be even more shocking to a global audience for whom Macron has become an icon of reason and prudence.
LEGEND
The most glamorous of Left Bank hotels reopened this month after a long renovation, but the ghosts of its legendary past can still be felt.
