My good addresses

Restaurants, cafes, hotels, boutiques, museums and cultural venues: here I list my favorite places in Paris, London and elsewhere.

Flashy decor by Pépé Ronchon Vino, an Italian restaurant and wine bar in Paris 9

Food

Pépé Ronchon: Pizza or Vino?

Entrance to the Yukio Nakagawa installation by Comme des Garçons at Dover Street Market Paris

Culture

Visit of Dover Street Market Paris: Fashion and Art in the Marais

A selection of lighting at Fleux in Paris

Culture

Fleux Paris: my first visit to its Marais design shops

Red Fiat 500 in the Merci Paris courtyard, outside the Used Book Café

Culture, Lifestyle

Discover Merci: the must-visit store in Paris

Perfumes, candles and accessories at Pieds Nus

Fashion

Pied Nus: a shop where I could spend hours in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence

Black-and-white portrait in the David Armstrong exhibition at LUMA Arles

Culture

David Armstrong and Maria Lassnig: two exhibitions at LUMA Arles

Art and photography books displayed in the LUMA Arles bookshop

Culture

The books I bought at the LUMA Arles bookshop

Concrete bookshelves and wooden tables inside the Drum Café at LUMA Arles

Culture

Working from the Drum Café at LUMA Arles: a Monday with Minuit d’Orsay

Monumental pink artwork among the greenery at LUMA Arles

Culture

A Sunday at LUMA Arles: lunch, exhibitions and the bookshop

Portrait of Virginie in the Maison Mirbel boutique in Marseille

Culture

Maison Mirbel: meeting Virginie on the fourth floor of the Cité Radieuse

Hotel Le Corbusier in the Cité Radieuse in Marseille

Culture, Lifestyle

Staying at the Hôtel Le Corbusier in Marseille: my honest review

Books, vintage camera and paintings under the red staircase of a duplex in the Cité Radieuse

Culture

Inside a lived-in duplex at the Cité Radieuse

Exhibition on Wyndham Lewis, vorticism and the magazine BLAST at Tate Modern

Culture

My day at Tate Modern

Swan with its cygnets on the water at Hampstead Heath in London

Lifestyle

A day in Hampstead: the Heath, village streets and places I loved

Red military jacket and British-style clothing inside Modfather at Camden Market, London

Fashion

Modfather Camden: The Vintage Shop I Had to Visit in London

Interior of SOMA Soho in London with a metal counter and orange light.

Food

SOMA Soho Review: Is This London Cocktail Bar Worth It?

Decoration with wood, books and touches of green in the bedroom

Lifestyle

Alfred Hotels Toulouse Review: One Night Before Biarritz

Brunch at Café Berry in the Marais with Turkish eggs, granola, grilled cheese and green juice.

Food

Café Berry Paris: My Favourite Brunch in the Marais, Ten Years On

Hôtel Amour Paris sign

Food

Hôtel Amour Paris Review: Dinner, Prices and Why I Still Prefer Nice

Spaghetti and meatballs and a carafe of red wine at Polpo Soho restaurant in London

Food

Where to Eat in London: Four Restaurants I’d Go Back To

Open kitchen counter at Ozone Shoreditch London, eggs benedict and coffee

Food

Where to Have Breakfast in Shoreditch: Ozone Coffee and Beigel Bake

Facade of Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club at night in Soho London, red neon

Culture

London — my favourite places, my corners, my version of the city

Breakfast at Le Festival restaurant in Avignon, croissant, bread, Charentes-Poitou PDO butter and strawberry jam

Culture

Where to sleep and where to go in Avignon during the Festival 2026

Rue d'Avignon packed with crowds during the Festival, black-and-white summer atmosphere

Culture

Avignon Festival 2026: my local perspective on the city in July

Double exposure photograph of the Palais des Papes and the Rhône in Avignon during the Festival

Culture

Festival d’Avignon 2026: dates, programme and atmosphere from Avignon