Louisville's Louis XVI preserved

After some to-ing and fro-ing, it looks like Louisville Kentucky has finally found someone to give that statue of Louis XVI a makeover (and agreed to foot the bill!)

Marie-Antoinette chocs

Sortir à Paris for 18th March has a feature on the Marie-Antoinette "pistoles" one of the first solid chocolates sweets, which was said to have been created by Louis XVI's personal pharmacist Sulpice Debauve.

Louis's bedroom at Versailles

 This spring the Château de Versailles unveils the reconstruction of Louis XVI's bedchamber.

A Day in the 18th century

A new exhibition at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, running 18th February to 5th July,  recreates "a day in the 18th-century" at a Parisian townhouse. Looks gorgeous!