Paris Guide Archives - Page 12 of 15

“L’Esprit Picasso”… à Montmartre

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

“FIAC 2011“… “Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain”… Opened this weekend… à Paris. It is in its 38th year. Two tickets were

Hotel Lutetia… Walking hurriedly into the lobby of this most “branché” of hotels in Saint-Germain-des-Prés… I bumped into a lady…

Tom Ford… “Violet Blonde“… “L’hiver est là”… Winter is… nudging… at our doorstep… Cold weather is… descending… upon us… The

“Hôtel Amour”… The aptly named… Amour… “Hôtel Amour”… Only in Paris… Would such a name exist… We jumped on the

“Les Galeries Lafayette”… The… “Harrods”… of Paris… Has recently been refurbished. It’s been cold, dark, rainy and dreary à Paris…

Getting off the Métro at Villiers, we stepped onto the doorstep of the “dix-septième arrondissement”… The “quartier” was nearly deserted…

Oh… by the way, you must… must… visit “Grazie”… The “Grazie” bar and restaurant is next door to “Merci” –

“Merci”. “j’ai ce que j’ai donné” – Jean Giono I have, what I have given. “Merci Qui… Merci Quoi”…? Wandering

We had our our delightful “p’tit déj” (breakfast) at the “Pain Quotidien” on the “rue de Montorgueil”… We loved the