http://www.cool-paris.com THINGS TO DO IN THE CITY OF LIGHT Sat, 06 Feb 2010 18:11:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In the Aerolineas Argentinas Magazine of Dec 2009 : The sense of smell can stir-up potent memories. Certain aromas allow to relive an infinite array of events, as they transport us to different places and times where memories interact with imagination and fantasy. Paris, apart from being an elegant city par excellence, ... http://www.cool-paris.com/fragant-history/ Due to big renovations Picasso Museum will be closed until 2012. Musée du Luxembourg will also be renovating from Jan 2010 until 2011. http://www.cool-paris.com/some-museums-are-close-to-renovation/ David Britain writing for VINGT Paris Although its location inside Forum des Halles is not the most desirable, Forum des Images is the gem of this underground maze. Nowhere else will you find such an enormously varied film agenda including 1920s silent film, contemporary art house cinema and everything in between. ... http://www.cool-paris.com/forum-des-images/ Anna Bromwich writing for VINGT Paris Perched on Quai D’Austerlitz on the old industrial banks of the Seine is a 21st century Emerald City. The Cité de la Mode et du Design is a converted storehouse wrapped in a vibrant green, wavy skin that was designed to echo the murky Seine ... http://www.cool-paris.com/cite-de-la-mode-et-du-design/ Until the end of the month at Musée des Arts Décoratifs. In the 30's, Madeleine Vionnet was one of the greatest fashiondesigner of Paris. Unfortenately she is not wel known. The musée brings a homage to her by exposing 130 models and textile. Musée des Arts Décoratifs, 70, Rue de Rivoli, 75001 ... http://www.cool-paris.com/madeleine-vionnet-puriste-de-la-mode/ The third Flagship Store international of Uniqlo after New York and London, did open its doors in Paris Oct first. The Japanese Uniqlo, a mix of "unique" and "clothing" is specialised in leasure clothing or casual wear with a lot  basics, cachemires in all kind of colors. This fall they have a ... http://www.cool-paris.com/uniqlo-new-boutique/ In the Vingt I read about an interesting restaurant. The recently re-opened Les Enfants Perdus gives a very good indication of what most of us have known for a while – that the canal-side area north of République is moving up in the world, but this restaurant seems to offer ... http://www.cool-paris.com/les-enfants-perdus/ At Musée Rodin running until Febr 28, this exposition does confrontate two great artists from a different generation. Its proposes a reflexion on the works of Matisse, the big master of Fauvism. Almost  his sculpture and some drawings will be confronted with works of Rodin. The Musée Rodin is one of my ... http://www.cool-paris.com/expo-matisse-and-rodin/ As read at the site of Vingt : In an intimate art gallery Au Bonheur du Jour, directly opposite the site of mythic brothel Le Chabanais presents in explicit detail the history of maisons closes in Paris from 1860 to 1946. The display of carefully chosen vintage photographs, drawings, documents, paintings and ... http://www.cool-paris.com/exposition-maisons-closes-1860-1946/ Every Sunday afternoon at 16 h a special Jazz session is held at the Sunset-Sunside , so families can share jazz music with their children. Sunset-Sunside, 60, Rue des Lombards, 75001  Paris, tel. 01 40 26 46 60 , M° Châtelet http://www.cool-paris.com/jazz-on-lazy-sunday-afternoon/