Bonjour Paris Editors    Work out sessions at the Louvre for the Olympics, prices dropping on Airbnb listings, air traffic controllers striking at French airports, and more news.

Pat Hallam    Immortalized in a François Truffaut film, Parisians once sent letters across the city via la poste pneumatique, a system that used compressed air to propel cylindrical containers through a tube network.

Marian Jones    Fountains are an integral part of the Parisian streetscape. Currently some of the most iconic are being renovated by the city as part of a strategic Plan Fontaine.

Jill Amari    With the Summer Olympics quickly approaching, here’s a look behind the scenes at how Paris is preparing for the biggest event of the year.

William OSuch    In his latest dispatch, street photographer William O’Such trains his lens on Parisian shoes, a magnificent variety reflecting citizens’ personalities.

Bonjour Paris Editors    The Michelin Guide launches hotel accolades, another hybrid croissant pastry hits the scene, Ethiopia wins big at the Paris Marathon, France fines patients who don’t show for doctor’s appointments, and more news.

Anne Price    As France celebrates the th anniversary of Impressionism, Anne Price examines the historic importance of Montmartre for these artists.

John Eigenauer    In France, the national lottery can make people fabulously rich, and also benefit charitable causes. But did you know about its historic link with the legendary seducer Casanova

Marian Jones    In her latest walking tour, Marian Jones heads to the Picpus Cemetery, home to Lafayette’s tomb and the graves of executed victims during the Reign of Terror.

Pat Hallam    The luxury brands on the Rue Saint Honoré are the inheritors of a fashion industry invented more or less single handedly by one man in the th century.

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Margaret Kemp    A new chef at Le Bristol, the pie king’s Paris address, a terrific new table in the th, and more restaurant news from the City of Light.