“Fascination“…

Again…

Turned to… love…

We’re… back…

At the Hôtel Ritz…

Place Vendôme…

Again…

Our usual… rendez-vous…

With…

Love…

The month of Febuary…

“Saint Valentin“…

A moment of… love

Saint James… Paris…

We had a…

Rendez-vous… with…

Visconti’s… “The Leopard”…

Joséphine de Beauharnais‘… panther décor…

Madeleine Castaing’s… visionary designs…

Napoleon III… style… at the…

Hotel Saint James…

But…

Hôtel Lutetia…

J’adore…

My hotel…

My home… away from… home…

It is…

Where… we meet…

Where… we love…

Poetically…

Communicate…

Glasses… of dark red wine…

Huddled… in burgundy deep

“Le Royal Monceau“…

“Dormir… rêver…

Partager… vivre“…

“To sleep… to dream… to share… to live”…

Visiting… the luxury hotel today…

Was like a dream…

Emerging… from the roaring twenties… (when one

“L’Hôtel George V“…

Beauty… of beauties…

The… Liz Taylor… of Hotels…

Like a… Diamond…

IT… DRIPS…

GLAMOUR…

Walking into its… marble-floored lobby… one is immediately transported… into a world that…

EXUDES WEALTH

The Mandarin Oriental…

Couture… Hotel…

Elegant… Parisian luxury…

At the heart of… Paris.

“251 rue Saint-Honoré…

1er arrondissement“…

Rushing for our appointment to view the… newly-unveiled 39 luxury suites… of the

“Hôtel Amour”…

The aptly named…

Amour… “Hôtel Amour”…

Only in Paris…

Would such a name exist…

We jumped on the métro, which travelled all the way to “Anvers”, in the 9th Arrondissement,  a walk away from the risqué

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

For our rendez-vous at Hotel Raphael “ce soir”, I opted for my very black, slim, clinging dress, and discreetly plunging neckline – showing off my blond skin – topped with a waist-hugging, fur-collared black jacket.  I completed the look with

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:

First, there should be some music drifting