La Cave Nansouty - The latest Montmartre Bar à Vin

It is difficult to think that with price a premium for space in Paris that something new could pop up. But certain areas of Paris such as the North face of Montmartre are seeing quite a lot of transformation with the appearance of new restaurants and cafes and bars, notably wine and champagne bars. We already wrote about the Champagne bar on rue Custine called, Call me Bubbles some time back and now it's the turn of a wine bar that is also situated in rue Custine.

Friday Foto: Ah Montmartre Views!

Feels Like Home in Paris is delighted to announce the arrival of two new properties available this Summer!

Here are two photos to get you just as excited as we are:

The Actor's Studio boasts a spectacular view of the city with the Eglise Saint Jean in the foreground and the Eiffel Tower backdrop, this is the stuff of films.

Less than 5 minutes away from Sacre Coeur Basilica is the beautiful Atelier Montmartre, which rented with us back in 2007 and has made its come back this Summer. You can view Sacre Coeur from the living room windows!

Visit our site for details on both these Summer rentals.

Pizza anyone? Dining at Pizzeria Maria Luisa

The city of Paris does not seem to be short on pizza dough. There are dozens and dozens of pizzerias throughout from the chains to the artisanal to the unique and the 10th district boasts some at least two nice options that I like but I certainly haven't explored them all. To think that there was a time that I hated pizza. A time when this great bread was foreign to me. Thank goodness those dark days are over.

Sipping on Saturday: Les Vins du Chateau du Petit Thouars

When I took on our first property in the Marais, I searched and searched for what to call it. I love trying to come up with a name that I hope will be catchy for future guests and which has some sort of significance. The apartment is located on rue du Petit Thouars close to metro Temple and like all street names in Paris, or all in France for that matter, it is named after either a person, a battle or a region. In this case, it is a name of a person. So who was this du Petit Thouars (the street name is actually written Dupetit Thouars - the spelling which was used during the Revolution)? Aubert du Petit Thouars was a botanist (hence why I went with Fleur du Petit Thouars as the name of the apartment), who specialized in orchids and is responsible for identifying and cataloging quite a few. This is a family history rich with admirals, captians and scientists.

But this is a post about wine. So forgive the divergence and bear with me.