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1 week ago | 
afar.com | Sophie Friedman
A century ago, the French Riviera beach town of Juan-les-Pins was the playground of American expats who swam in the crystal-clear Mediterranean, drank way too much, and, in the case of one F. Scott Fitzgerald, produced two novels: The Great Gatsby and Tender Is the Night. At least one battered paperback copy of The Great Gatsby sat on my living room bookshelf when I was growing up in New York.
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1 week ago | 
flipboard.com | Sophie Friedman
6 hours agoDuring the Covid pandemic, New York-native Marc Zinaman embarked on a personal project. Sparked by his interest in Studio 54, the fabled nightclub associated with 1970s disco, he decided to research all of the urban addresses connected to New York’s historic queer scene. “That initial curiosity …
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3 weeks ago | 
afar.com | Sophie Friedman
Get Your BearingsPort location: Ships dock at the Marseille Provence Cruise Terminal, Môle Léon Gourret, 4.5 miles north of the city center.
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4 weeks ago | 
theinfatuation.com | Emily Monaco |Sophie Friedman |Sara Lieberman
The Eiffel Tower gets over 6 million visitors a year, and where there are tourists, there are tourist traps—a lot of them. The 7th is home to countless bistros unabashedly microwaving croque monsieur and factory-like crêperies piling industrial grated cheese on galettes that have been sitting around since morning. So let us help you avoid them. In this guide, we’ve zeroed in on the best of the neighborhood’s top French restaurants, including the legendary Le Jules Verne in the actual Eiffel Tower.
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1 month ago | 
yahoo.com | Sophie Friedman
"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links."The airport lounge is your reward for successfully navigating check-in, security, and sometimes long lines at immigration. Tucked away from the low-level chaos that is every airport terminal (even in the nicest airports), the lounge is a place to decompress from getting to and through the airport; a temporary office, a chance to shower, work out, or have a genuinely good meal.
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1 month ago | 
afar.com | Sophie Friedman
The Lot region, east of Bordeaux, is home to inky dark wines and improbably perched villages like Rocamadour. Photo by Steven Allen/Shutterstock Making (and drinking) some of the world’s best wine is a point of pride for France, which is neck-and-neck with Italy every year for most wine production globally. Among the best-known wine regions are the Loire Valley, Burgundy, and Bordeaux, but wine is everywhere in this country. It’s time to raise a glass to France’s underrated wine regions.
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1 month ago | 
theinfatuation.com | Sophie Friedman
When you make the 10-minute train ride to Antibes to visit the Picasso museum, prioritize a meal at Jeanne. At this wine bar run by two sisters (and named after their late mother), you’ll eat vegetable-forwarded plates served in earth-toned bowls made by the ceramicist just up the road.
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1 month ago | 
theinfatuation.com | Sophie Friedman
Table 22’s sister restaurant is a fun mood where wine bar cool meets fine dining—there’s a wall of framed street art and a soundtrack that includes throwbacks like Indeep’s “Last Night a DJ Saved My Life.” Dishes are just the right side of formal, which means scallops layered with paper-thin truffles, but also karaage chicken or sides of waffle fries. Uva attracts all types—smartly dressed Swiss retirees, families with teens, and 30-somethings set on trying everything on the menu.
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1 month ago | 
theinfatuation.com | Sophie Friedman
Following the success of her Marché Forville stand, chef Sophear Hou opened a second Houumy a 10-minute walk from the train station. Hou typically holds court in the tiny open kitchen of this sit-down spot, cheerfully carrying on a conversation with regulars while whipping up an impressive range of dishes spanning Japan to Vietnam, like chewy udon, wonton soup, and bò bún that deliver on texture with its crispy spring rolls, smooth rice noodles, and crunchy carrots and bean sprouts.
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1 month ago | 
theinfatuation.com | Sophie Friedman
If you don’t have time for the hour-and-a-half train ride to Italy, just head to Nivà Gelateria instead. The long lines at this Turin import’s Centre Ville ice cream shop attest to how good it is (there’s a second outpost around the corner, so you can walk by both to scope the wait time).
