SOL... Semilla...
Bar... Cantine...
A... Vegan...
Resto... boutique...
In the very heart... of the lovely Canal Saint-Martin... à Paris...
A... restaurant...
Of... tiny proportions...
Le Bar des Artisans... owned by Jean François Hämmerie... is a tiny "intime" voyage into exotic far away places...
On... a hot...
Sweltering day... à Paris...
We... discovered an...
Oasis... of Cool...
"Le Café Maure de la Mosquée de Paris"...
A north African café tearoom... which is located within "La Grandé Mosquée de Paris"...
"Le Cour du Commerce Saint-André"...
Is one of the oldest passageways... in Paris...
After a moment's... hesitation...
We entered into the... "passage"...
Suddenly we were transported... into the magical world of "le vieux Paris".
Adoring... the exotic...
We found... the film...
With the beautiful...
Catherine Deneuve...
"Indochine"...
Utterly... riveting...
"L'Hôtel George V"...
Beauty... of beauties...
The... Liz Taylor... of Hotels...
Like a... Diamond...
IT... DRIPS...
GLAMOUR...
"Sur... la route...
Des... Quais"...
On... the road...
To... the quays...
What a day... it has been...
Venturing...
Discovering...
Exploring...
Our New Year's... 2012...
"Huîtres... à Paris"...
"Le Royal Monceau"...
"Dormir... rêver...
Partager... vivre"...
"To sleep... to dream... to share... to live"...
"Le Vrai Paris"..
Café / Restaurant...
It's cold and blustery...
"à Paris aujourd'hui"...
Ralph Lauren...
An American...
in Paris...
"Non... pas... Gene Kelly"...
It's...
"Hôtel Amour"...
The aptly named...
Amour... "Hôtel Amour"...
Only in Paris...
Would such a name exist...
"Les Galeries Lafayette"...
The... "Harrods"... of Paris...
Has recently been refurbished.
It's been cold, dark, rainy and dreary à Paris...
Oh... by the way, you must... must... visit "Grazie"...
It was fascination...
I know....
We arrived at the Hotel Ritz, in his Bentley, at the Place Vendôme...
Early evening...
We went straight to the "The Bar Vendôme" for our usual drinks - Champagne for me, a Vodka Martini for him.
On our second visit to the "Shangri-La" Hotel (Avenue d'Iena, 16th arrt.), we found the beautifully constructed and dazzlingly decorated hotel lacking a few touches - which in our opinion will enhance it:
We were invited to an "intime" dinner at the Relais et Chateaux Hotel Daniel recently (8th arrt.), and were very pleasantly surprised to find it a most charming and friendly of small hotels in the city.