By Benjamin-Emile Le Hay 7/11/12 2:08pm

Bastille Day

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Vive La France!

C’est Quatorze Juillet! Savez-vous ça? For those unable to jet over to Paris or Côte d’Azur for the celebrations, a variety of New York locales are letting les bons temps rouler!

On Thursday, July 12, resto Cercle Rouge (241 West Broadway) will shut down West Broadway between Beach and White Streets in Tribeca to make room for sand pétanque courts. Parents can sip Lillet Rose aperitifs, hear live music, watch cancan dancers and enjoy French cuisine, while the youngsters enjoy pétanque. Read More

By Jennifer Wright 4/18/12 5:20pm

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An Enchanting Child-Themed Art Site – With French Roots – Grows In Brooklyn

Want to celebrate the magical realism of childhood in a more sophisticated fashion than your average Anne Geddes print? Of course you do – unless you really love grinning infants wearing pumpkin costumes. (I have always suspected those children are drugged). Kid-in’s take on childhood is thoroughly grown up.

If there is a child in a pumpkin costume on the site, you can be sure that it was intended as a wry and pointed commentary.

At Kid-in, an online platform on which a wide range of international and local designers and photographers focus their creative efforts on the subject of childhood, you’ll always find something fresh. Read More