Paris Personalities

Juan’s La Dernière Goutte

Casablanca had Rick’s Café Américain and Paris has Juan’s La Dernière Goutte, our favorite Paris wine shop.

The refugees that gather on Saturday afternoons at this 6th arrondissement destination when owner Juan Sanchez welcomes one or two of his wine and cognac suppliers for complimentary degustations are not seeking asylum from Nazis-they [...]

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Terence Kenny, Champagne Pannier’s Do-Wop King

Over flutes of champagne Terence and I swapped New York stories, sang accapella doo-wop to the amazement of nearby diners and discovered a shared passion for France and bubbles

 When did you first come to France?

I first came to France in the summer of 1977. I had won a fellowship to [...]

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Bernard Boisson-Maison E. Edmund Audry, Cognac extraordinaire

My Déjeuner with Bernard

A cold December day in Paris and Juan Sanchez had invited the aptly named Bernard Boisson of A. Edmund Audry to present his extraordinary cognacs at La Dernière Goutte’s ritualistic Saturday afternoon dégustation.

Silver-maned, courtly of manner, clad in a tweed blazer and accompanied by Mme. Boisson he was the personification [...]

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Jon Rowley, Oyster Maven

How to Eat an Oyster

Oyster maven Jon Rowley and I each had our first oyster vicariously through Ernest Hemingway in A MOVEABLE FEAST. “As I ate the oysters with their strong taste of the sea and their faint metallic taste that the cold white [...]

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Sanjay, Paris Concierge

From a baggage handler to Chef Concierge of three Left Bank hotels Sanjay is an Americanish success story. We are delighted to welcome him to our team.

From the moment you land at Charles de Gaulle our driver can be there to greet you and speed you on your way to one of our preferred [...]

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Paris Artist Kathy Burke

Paris Artist Kathy Burke also Paints Portraits

Kathy Burke has been painting, living and making a living in Paris for over 30 years–hard to believe when she breaks out into an adorable and slightly enigmatic smile reminiscent of a slightly self-conscious teenage girl.

She paints with acrylics on linen canvas. Her subjects have been individuals, [...]

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Lenny Borger

If you are a fan of classic French Cinema then you’ve no doubt seen the name Lenny Borger credited as the subtitler on many new French films and the revivals of such films as LA GRANDE ILLUSION, RULES OF THE GAME, PEPE LE MOKO, QUAI DES ORFEVRES, RIFIFI and BREATHLESS.

I caught up [...]

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