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ISSUE: November 1, 2009

Articles about the Louvre

Kate Hudson Takes Le Vacation - 5-15-2004

Whether its for falling in love or filming a movie, this beguiling actress favors Paris.

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...a place you never miss? “the Louvre, because you’ve got to go to the...

...Louvre, because you’ve got to go to the Louvre, even if it’s just that every time you...

...like to spend some time living there. After the Louvre, I’d probably go get a hot chocolate...

Shooting The Mona Lisa - 6-15-2001

It’s summer. Nikon-chested hordes will be snapping pictures of everything in sight. It’s time for Photography- Free Zones. Before the summer travel season gets underway, let me, a seasoned travel writer, provide you with a travel tip: ...

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... Zones. Let’s say you’re at the Louvre looking at the Mona Lisa. You’re...

...the next famous painting? At least the Louvre prohibits the use of flash, which is something.

Check In - 11-1-2001

PARIS HOTEL HIPS UP Paris’ Hotel Montalembert, in the vanguard of chic boutique hotels when it opened in 1990, recently sharpened its edge with an update that gives the Left Banker fresh new appeal. Out are the signature strip...

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...cafe — all a short stroll from the Louvre. From $278. 011-33-1-45-49-6868,...

Never Can Say Goodbye - 1-1-2002

Actually, it turns out, I can. And am. Boohoo, and hot diggity. I’m singing to my enchiladas. Not loud or anything. The guy at the next table can probably barely hear me. With the melted yellow cheese from its two rolled tortillas bubbl...

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...For that moment, this little dive is the Louvre and these enchiladas its Mona Lisa. I slip the...

Gear - 10-1-2003

WATCH WHERE YOU’RE GOING! Sure, you can make the well-worn trek to the Mona Lisa in the Louvre with your eyes closed. But try finding the Venus de Milo in there. Better consult the MUSEUM FLEXIMAP ($10). The new laminated series in...

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...can make the well-worn trek to the Mona Lisa in the Louvre with your eyes closed. But try finding the Venus...

Eau De Bbq - 7-15-2004

I won't argue if you should claim that the smell of summer is the grassy scent of a freshly mowed lawn. I also won't argue if you say a whiff of swimming pool chlorine best expresses the season. For me, though, the smell of summer is...

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...of slow-smoked Texas brisket. But just because the Louvre is the world’s finest museum...

Out There - 8-15-2004

Far, far beyond the $7 plastic lawn chairs in aisle 10 of your local grocery store, a wonderland of well-designed alfresco furniture beckons. But is it better to go sublimely campy or seriously classic? We compare. On your right, designer Richard Sc...

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...The 1966? Exhibited in museums the likes of the Louvre and MoMA. The Lazy CF Ranch chair? It looks like...

The Windblown Itinerarian - 5-15-2005

In front of me is an itinerary. It is for a trip to New York City. It is categorized by day. It is subcategorized by time and event. It is color-coded. The shocking thing is, it is mine. The first step to solving a problem, they s...

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...lead them. While in Paris, they know about the Louvre, but they’d just as soon sip wine...

Alien No More - 3-15-2007

On one of her first visits to Paris, The TV Sets Sigourney Weaver grew homesick for New York. Now she can't wait to get back to the City of Light.

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...we just kind of ran around Paris and went to the Louvre and things like that, but with a different...

Paris Through The Night - 12-1-2007

It's three a.m. Want some onion soup and oysters? Feel like shooting some pool? How about getting a haircut? No problem. The City of Light hums at all hours.

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...Carrousel, the garden between the west wings of the Louvre. (There’s no merry-go-round; the place...

Parisian Plan - 12-15-2007

Julianna Margulies charts a course through her favorite French city.

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...you’re dressed up and in the area of the Louvre, stop at the fashion-industry-friendly Hôtel...

Lorraine Bracco's Paris - 10-15-2001

The sultry Sopranos star takes you on an insiders tour of the City of Light.

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...There’s also a nice little cafe near the Louvre pyramid. It’s called Le Café Marly. It...

Menu - 2-1-2003

French Toast You may not be aware of just how many cocktails were created in Paris — most of them during the Prohibition Era in the U.S. — but we do have the French to thank for the sidecar, the Bloody Mary, the French 75, and the mi...

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... off the Rue de Rivoli within walking distance of the Louvre Museum, came up with a lovely bubbly cocktail...

Shania Twain's Paris - 5-1-2003

The pop princess who hails from Canada, kick-started her career in Nashville, and now lives in Switzerland, finds time for a romantic weekend in Paris.

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...ible.” Art “We always go to the Louvre. It’s so famous, and everybody goes...

Michael Stipe Sings A Song Of Paris - 6-1-2005

The R.E.M. frontman has traveled the world over but says he's most in tune with the enchanting French capital.

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...TAKE THE RAIN Just walking through the Louvre and the garden is really extraordinary.

...it’s raining, to walk the gardens of the Louvre is nice, because the air is really clean and it...

For The Love Of A Corkscrew - 10-15-2005

It's the crucial instrument for the true oenophile - a handcrafted Laguiole corkscrew and our author's on a quest to find the perfect one.

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...Musée Hennessey in Cognac and Café Richelieu in the Louvre. “We worked together to design a...

An American (family) In Paris - 2-1-2006

The Bachelor’s Chris Harrison isn’t looking for someone to give his final rose to. He found her long ago. But he only recently found the perfect place to take her and their two young children: the City of Light. It’s a brisk autumn nigh...

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...you have kids, you don’t do the Louvre,” says Chris. “You do the...

...says Chris. “You do the park outside the Louvre.” Chris went to the Musée...

Van Going - 5-1-2006

Vincent van Gogh’s dramatic and daring paintings deserve — no, demand — to be seen up close and in person. Here is one man’s quest to visit the world’s three major collections of van Gogh’s work. In three days.

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...Musée d’Orsay, then wandered over to the Louvre, where I spent the rest of the afternoon. That...