A... vintage Bentley... Sent by... an old admirer... Escorted... me... To the new... boutique hotel... Buddha-Bar Hotel Paris... "Au Coeur de" Faubourg-Saint-Honoré... a short walk from the Palais de l'Élysée... an 18th century "town mansion" in rue d'Anjou... It is the latest five-star hotel... in this prestigious "quartier"... Upon entering the hotel .. we were transported into a Parisian take on 1930's Shanghai... reminiscent of a scene from the magnificent film "Shanghai Express"...