Lettre de Paris, Author at Lettre de Paris

A trip… on the… Paris RER…

An old… friend… From our… London days… Was meeting us… at her local internet café close to where she works…

“Jocteur… Le Boulanger des Invalides”… Two stations from… “Les Invalides”… Napoleon’s monument… With its magnificent golden dome gleaming in today’s

I’m on bus 63… Wearing my … Greta Garbo… Hat… The… “I want to be alone”… hat… My… favourite… We

Artemisia… A… woman… Of power… passion… glory… A… painter… in the… “Seicento“… Known… for her colourful lifestyle… Her… freedom… Free

Picasso… Pablo Picasso… A painter… A force of nature… A typical Spaniard – young, good looking, thin, dark, moody, with

I… have… a dream… To return… to the grandeur and majesty… that was France. I have… a recurring dream… To

Brigitte Fontaine… A riveting figure… Was wearing… A white kaftan-like robe… With a black head-dress… worn in the Arabian fashion…

Aung San Suu Kyi… The lovely… heroine of… Burma… With the flower… in her hair… Takes her… country… a step

Louis Vuitton… Founder… of the House of… Louis Vuitton… in 1854… Marc Jacobs… Vuitton’s… Artistic Director… Since… 1997… Centuries… apart…

Bread & Roses… “Chaque quartier… de Paris… est magique”… We were on our way to a business meeting in the