Parisian Lifestyle & Love…
The… Peninsula…
Paris…
Is… now…
Open…
“Enfin”…
Stepping under the Pyramide du Louvre-like awning… up the steps into the spacious lobby of this “Asian heritage” hotel… was a magnificent experience…
The gleaming white marble floors… glamorous stairways… ornate silver urns… not to mention the huge crystal chandeliers… all were breathtaking…
Not forgetting the two delightful bellboys… Nicholas and Aurelian…
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Rue… des Martyrs…
Is… compact…
With… impact…
It is… a steep…
Long… road…
Lined on both sides with clusters of traiteurs… bistros… cafés…
“Une rue… très vivante”…
It is romantic… exciting… vibrant…
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Drenched… soaking wet…
With…unreasonable…
Insane…
Lashings… of torrential…
Wind… rain…
Furiously… relentlessly… targeting us…
We’re… in shock…
It is… August 6th…
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“En… route”…
To our… rendez-vous…
We stop… at Villiers…
Upon alighting… we glide up the airy “escalateur”… landing right in front of…
An… oasis…
Le… Dôme…
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“Aujourd’hui… mercredi…
Jour… de marché”…
A… gorgeous day…
The… sun…
Dazzling us… generously…
With… spun gold…
Wearing… summer…
Glorious… fascination…
Exhilaration…
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Wading… through…
Stubborn… clouds…
Endless… rain…
Enfin…
We… plunge…
Into… a long…
Hot… summer…?
Ciel… de Paris…
Bluest… of blue…
Tall… trees…
Rippling… leaves…
Swaying… a breeze…
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Odette… Paris…
“Comptoir à chou”…
Cute… quaint…
Adorable…
Affordable…?
Not… really…
A bit…overpriced…
But… oh…
So… charming…
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“Vogue Loves… Printemps”…
Is what… was splashed…
In hot pink… on black…
On the invitation card… which fluttered from the pages of the stunning March issue of French Vogue…
Entitled… “Femme Fatale”…
Emmanuelle… Alt…
The striking Editor-in-Chief of… Vogue Paris…
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“Le… Dragon”…
Loomed… large…
Formidable…
Its… huge head…
Its body… rippling…
Undulating… gliding…
Effortlessly… confidently…
Through the streets of Chinatown… in Paris…
We were… ecstatic…
The… Dragon…
Has always been… a powerful symbol of China…
In fact… we were celebrating the…
Chinese New Year 2014…
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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”…
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