MisterFresh,
Any tips for non-French speakers in Paris?
Any tips for non-French speakers in Paris?
Quote: (03-01-2013 12:44 PM)MisterFresh Wrote:
Quote: (03-01-2013 12:01 PM)thegmanifesto Wrote:
MisterFresh -
Thanks for the info.
You seem to have a little venom and negativity underlining in your posts.
How about positiving it up a little?
Bust out some concrete data. Which bars, restaurants and nightclubs are best?
Which nights?
Which is the best hood to get an apartment in?
etc
You are right that I have a sweet-and-sour feeling towards my birthplace. However I have lived in other cities which were generally easier, and I think everything I say is grounded in reality. In general, on this forum you will find people that are not fully satisfied with their home, orelse would they have such a strong urge to travel? See what DC natives are saying about DC for example... I'll say that the few American girls that I've met where nice and rather good looking. The grass is always greener, etc.
Nights : Thursday, Friday, Saturday. When I tried to go out on other days, it was empty /closed. On Sunday everything is closed like in a small provincial town. Thursday is student parties.
Afterworks have become trendy in the past few years. This is where people go straight from the office, usually on thursday.
Best spot to get an appartment : ideally, near a metro station, inside the Périphérique, not far from your preferred nightlife cluster.
Paris is a huge city with over 10 million people so you have several nightlife clusters, each of which cater to a specific demographic. I think it's better to think in these terms than in terms of specific location (which will be more or less good depending on the night). So you have in the following areas a few streets with high concentration of bars and clubs:
- Rue Mouffetard area : students.
- Rue Oberkampf area : hipsters. Ex : Alimentation Générale (gotten less good recently)
- Arc de Triomphe / Champs Elysées : upper class, posh clubs, bankers. Ex : Duplex (ok on saturday), Queen
- Odéon : bars for educated people. Ex: Eden Park.
- Pigalle : alternative, immigrants.
- Bastille : students, hipsters.
- Montparnasse : middle-class, students. BackUp is ok on student nights.
- Marais : gay.
- La butte aux cailles (metro corvisart): lots of restaurants and small bars with students.
Sorry for not putting more names but yes Paris is huge and part of the problem is finding the right spot. I've been here for years and I don't pretend to know all the good spots. For each of the areas I mentioned you could write ten pages.
Quote: (03-03-2013 09:16 PM)thegmanifesto Wrote:
Quote: (03-01-2013 12:44 PM)MisterFresh Wrote:
Quote: (03-01-2013 12:01 PM)thegmanifesto Wrote:
MisterFresh -
Thanks for the info.
You seem to have a little venom and negativity underlining in your posts.
How about positiving it up a little?
Bust out some concrete data. Which bars, restaurants and nightclubs are best?
Which nights?
Which is the best hood to get an apartment in?
etc
You are right that I have a sweet-and-sour feeling towards my birthplace. However I have lived in other cities which were generally easier, and I think everything I say is grounded in reality. In general, on this forum you will find people that are not fully satisfied with their home, orelse would they have such a strong urge to travel? See what DC natives are saying about DC for example... I'll say that the few American girls that I've met where nice and rather good looking. The grass is always greener, etc.
Nights : Thursday, Friday, Saturday. When I tried to go out on other days, it was empty /closed. On Sunday everything is closed like in a small provincial town. Thursday is student parties.
Afterworks have become trendy in the past few years. This is where people go straight from the office, usually on thursday.
Best spot to get an appartment : ideally, near a metro station, inside the Périphérique, not far from your preferred nightlife cluster.
Paris is a huge city with over 10 million people so you have several nightlife clusters, each of which cater to a specific demographic. I think it's better to think in these terms than in terms of specific location (which will be more or less good depending on the night). So you have in the following areas a few streets with high concentration of bars and clubs:
- Rue Mouffetard area : students.
- Rue Oberkampf area : hipsters. Ex : Alimentation Générale (gotten less good recently)
- Arc de Triomphe / Champs Elysées : upper class, posh clubs, bankers. Ex : Duplex (ok on saturday), Queen
- Odéon : bars for educated people. Ex: Eden Park.
- Pigalle : alternative, immigrants.
- Bastille : students, hipsters.
- Montparnasse : middle-class, students. BackUp is ok on student nights.
- Marais : gay.
- La butte aux cailles (metro corvisart): lots of restaurants and small bars with students.
Sorry for not putting more names but yes Paris is huge and part of the problem is finding the right spot. I've been here for years and I don't pretend to know all the good spots. For each of the areas I mentioned you could write ten pages.
So which is best?
Quote: (03-03-2013 10:33 PM)LostGringo Wrote:
Book a room at the Hotel Crillon
Take your evening drinks at the Bar du Crillon.
Then, solo or with your new friend, move next door to the Buddha Bar. Take a seat at the bar, select vintage or NV from the extensive champagne list........ and hold court.
When you meet the model of your choice, take her to Laurent - two Michelin stars - for lunch or dinner the next day. You can walk from the hotel.
Dress very well.
Quote: (03-04-2013 04:54 AM)MisterFresh Wrote:
Quote: (03-03-2013 10:33 PM)LostGringo Wrote:
Book a room at the Hotel Crillon
Take your evening drinks at the Bar du Crillon.
Then, solo or with your new friend, move next door to the Buddha Bar. Take a seat at the bar, select vintage or NV from the extensive champagne list........ and hold court.
When you meet the model of your choice, take her to Laurent - two Michelin stars - for lunch or dinner the next day. You can walk from the hotel.
Dress very well.
aka Fat Saudi Game
Quote: (03-03-2013 10:33 PM)LostGringo Wrote:
Quote: (03-03-2013 09:16 PM)thegmanifesto Wrote:
Quote: (03-01-2013 12:44 PM)MisterFresh Wrote:
Quote: (03-01-2013 12:01 PM)thegmanifesto Wrote:
MisterFresh -
Thanks for the info.
You seem to have a little venom and negativity underlining in your posts.
How about positiving it up a little?
Bust out some concrete data. Which bars, restaurants and nightclubs are best?
Which nights?
Which is the best hood to get an apartment in?
etc
You are right that I have a sweet-and-sour feeling towards my birthplace. However I have lived in other cities which were generally easier, and I think everything I say is grounded in reality. In general, on this forum you will find people that are not fully satisfied with their home, orelse would they have such a strong urge to travel? See what DC natives are saying about DC for example... I'll say that the few American girls that I've met where nice and rather good looking. The grass is always greener, etc.
Nights : Thursday, Friday, Saturday. When I tried to go out on other days, it was empty /closed. On Sunday everything is closed like in a small provincial town. Thursday is student parties.
Afterworks have become trendy in the past few years. This is where people go straight from the office, usually on thursday.
Best spot to get an appartment : ideally, near a metro station, inside the Périphérique, not far from your preferred nightlife cluster.
Paris is a huge city with over 10 million people so you have several nightlife clusters, each of which cater to a specific demographic. I think it's better to think in these terms than in terms of specific location (which will be more or less good depending on the night). So you have in the following areas a few streets with high concentration of bars and clubs:
- Rue Mouffetard area : students.
- Rue Oberkampf area : hipsters. Ex : Alimentation Générale (gotten less good recently)
- Arc de Triomphe / Champs Elysées : upper class, posh clubs, bankers. Ex : Duplex (ok on saturday), Queen
- Odéon : bars for educated people. Ex: Eden Park.
- Pigalle : alternative, immigrants.
- Bastille : students, hipsters.
- Montparnasse : middle-class, students. BackUp is ok on student nights.
- Marais : gay.
- La butte aux cailles (metro corvisart): lots of restaurants and small bars with students.
Sorry for not putting more names but yes Paris is huge and part of the problem is finding the right spot. I've been here for years and I don't pretend to know all the good spots. For each of the areas I mentioned you could write ten pages.
So which is best?
This is the best;
Book a room at the Hotel Crillon
Take your evening drinks at the Bar du Crillon.
Then, solo or with your new friend, move next door to the Buddha Bar. Take a seat at the bar, select vintage or NV from the extensive champagne list........ and hold court.
When you meet the model of your choice, take her to Laurent - two Michelin stars - for lunch or dinner the next day. You can walk from the hotel.
Dress very well.
Quote: (03-04-2013 01:06 PM)thegmanifesto Wrote:
Quote: (03-03-2013 10:33 PM)LostGringo Wrote:
Quote: (03-03-2013 09:16 PM)thegmanifesto Wrote:
Quote: (03-01-2013 12:44 PM)MisterFresh Wrote:
Quote: (03-01-2013 12:01 PM)thegmanifesto Wrote:
MisterFresh -
Thanks for the info.
You seem to have a little venom and negativity underlining in your posts.
How about positiving it up a little?
Bust out some concrete data. Which bars, restaurants and nightclubs are best?
Which nights?
Which is the best hood to get an apartment in?
etc
You are right that I have a sweet-and-sour feeling towards my birthplace. However I have lived in other cities which were generally easier, and I think everything I say is grounded in reality. In general, on this forum you will find people that are not fully satisfied with their home, orelse would they have such a strong urge to travel? See what DC natives are saying about DC for example... I'll say that the few American girls that I've met where nice and rather good looking. The grass is always greener, etc.
Nights : Thursday, Friday, Saturday. When I tried to go out on other days, it was empty /closed. On Sunday everything is closed like in a small provincial town. Thursday is student parties.
Afterworks have become trendy in the past few years. This is where people go straight from the office, usually on thursday.
Best spot to get an appartment : ideally, near a metro station, inside the Périphérique, not far from your preferred nightlife cluster.
Paris is a huge city with over 10 million people so you have several nightlife clusters, each of which cater to a specific demographic. I think it's better to think in these terms than in terms of specific location (which will be more or less good depending on the night). So you have in the following areas a few streets with high concentration of bars and clubs:
- Rue Mouffetard area : students.
- Rue Oberkampf area : hipsters. Ex : Alimentation Générale (gotten less good recently)
- Arc de Triomphe / Champs Elysées : upper class, posh clubs, bankers. Ex : Duplex (ok on saturday), Queen
- Odéon : bars for educated people. Ex: Eden Park.
- Pigalle : alternative, immigrants.
- Bastille : students, hipsters.
- Montparnasse : middle-class, students. BackUp is ok on student nights.
- Marais : gay.
- La butte aux cailles (metro corvisart): lots of restaurants and small bars with students.
Sorry for not putting more names but yes Paris is huge and part of the problem is finding the right spot. I've been here for years and I don't pretend to know all the good spots. For each of the areas I mentioned you could write ten pages.
So which is best?
This is the best;
Book a room at the Hotel Crillon
Take your evening drinks at the Bar du Crillon.
Then, solo or with your new friend, move next door to the Buddha Bar. Take a seat at the bar, select vintage or NV from the extensive champagne list........ and hold court.
When you meet the model of your choice, take her to Laurent - two Michelin stars - for lunch or dinner the next day. You can walk from the hotel.
Dress very well.
Is that an example of best?
Or most expensive?
Quote: (03-04-2013 01:53 PM)Bad Hussar Wrote:Well I did meet a Russian girl in Paris, and she was pretty hot. She was a tourist. I also met younger Russians in a bar in Mouffetard (Erasmus students from St Petersburg). And a 2 set in the suburban train. Oh and another with which I practiced Russian for about 2 months. Keeping in touch with them through Facebook in case I go to Russia. Come to think of it, you are probably right. The fascination between France and Russia is mutual and has lasted for a long time.
Mister Fresh
What is Paris like for meeting Russian girls? Is it true that Paris, and France, is the preferred destination for rich Russians who want to travel and live outside Russia for a while? I understand that even in the cold War France and Russia, or rather Soviet Union, had cordial relations. It sounds to me like Russians would take quite easily to Paris. In my mind the mentality is similar.
Quote: (03-04-2013 02:42 PM)LostGringo Wrote:
MF is wrong on one account, the rag heads prefer to stay at the Ritz, as it owned by one of their own - Al-Fayed. He's right in that your competitors will not be amateurs when it comes to cash..........
Quote: (03-04-2013 03:51 PM)MisterFresh Wrote:
Quote: (03-04-2013 02:42 PM)LostGringo Wrote:
MF is wrong on one account, the rag heads prefer to stay at the Ritz, as it owned by one of their own - Al-Fayed. He's right in that your competitors will not be amateurs when it comes to cash..........
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%B4tel_...#Ownership
Sadly half of Paris is owned by oil princes. They are amongst the very few who can afford the best of French luxury.
Even the Paris football team has been bought by the Qatar Emir.
Quote: (03-02-2013 06:37 PM)cardguy Wrote:
Sorry for the sidetrack. But I want to ask something.
How does being an artist in France work? MisterFresh touched on this in his post. How does the government sponsor art? Do you have to be a member of the Academy - and then you get paid a wage? Or does the government just buy whatever you make for a flat fee per item?
I was reading about it in a book but it didn't go into any specifics. And I have tried using google to find this information - with no success.
Here in the UK - the free market reigns. If you can't sell your art at auction. You are fucked. Unless you have rich parents. Having said that - I guess alot of artists double up as writers and teachers. So that must help.
From what I read - this means the contemporary art scene is more vibrant in the UK than it is in France. It is more dynamic since there is no safety net provided by the government.
Anyway - I would be interested to know more since it it is curious that France and the UK fund art in such different ways.
Quote: (03-05-2013 02:47 PM)Greek kamaki Wrote:
Pick up artistry counts as art in France?
Quote: (03-01-2013 08:20 AM)MisterFresh Wrote:
It has happened to me that I was in a club (Rex), opened 10 sets, and all of them were foreigners. Not sure there even was one French in the whole club.
Quote: (03-02-2013 05:58 AM)gadabout Wrote:
^ nonsense. You could say that about anywhere. Paris has a healthy alternative scene with many student bars and clubs.