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FROM PARIS, WITH LOVE!

PARIS Paris is the city that makes every woman happy it is sleek, romantic, beautiful, and cultured (everything we want in a man!). The French make style and grace look effortless, and the city boasts a vibrant Old World charm as it also stands as the very modern City of Light. There are several treasures here to explore, so many in fact that it is hard to accomplish it all in a few days.

It is not hard, however, to sort a trips highlights (no matter how short):

STAY: The Radisson Blu Le Dokhan, in the heart of Paris’s 16th Arrondissment and a stones throw from the Eiffel Tower.
This restored hotel, like the city itself, is both new and old in its elements. It maintains its 18th century charm with classic French interior design, and yet the suites cut no luxurious corner and the hotel hosts one of the entire city of Paris firsts: a champagne bar. The highlight for this girl was the Louis Vuitton wardrobe-turned-elevator, every fashionistas fashion/hospitality hybrid dream!

DRINK: Lounge Bar at the Pershing Hall hotel, located just off the Champs-Elyses.
The lounge bar is impressive and casts off a sense of wild grandeurevery ounce of which it deserves to project. Before your eyes can even reach the eclectic drink menu they are transfixed on the three-story vertical garden adjacent to the lounge, in the lush courtyard of the Pershing Hall hotel, and its retractable roof sets an even more magical air to your surroundings here. The lounge offers nightly DJs and some of Paris most desirable eye candy! Pleasure overload on the senses.

EAT: Le Cinq at The Hotel George V, a stroll from the Champs-Elyses and the River Seine.
When money is no object and when in Paris you are tempted to live with this flair, despite your actual means Le Cinq is an elegant option for dining, with remarkable views of the hotels courtyard garden and exuberant, rich dcor based in greys and gold. Try the chilled pea soup, served in a clear ice block and garnished with crme fraiche and purple flowersonly a few bites per serving and it will set you back 39 euros, but the taste and memory of this impeccable appy will linger with you long enough to make it feel worth it.

SHOP: Barbara Bui, 7th Arrondissment, a bit of a stumble west of the hotel.
My one-stop fashion splurge destination, Barbara Bui, the quintessential French Rocker Chic boutique. The days damage included three trousers, three blouses, two pairs of boots and a leather jacket. My mother reads this blog so I wont post the dollar damage! But she wonders why I don’t own a home

Other highlights!
They include shopping at Merci, which offers a feel-good twist on fashion as part of their proceeds are donated to charity. The boutique carries a small selection of my most coveted designers, from Martin Margiela to Yves Saint Laurent. And an absolute MUST is visiting the boutiques of Isabel Marant and Vanessa Bruno.

My utter disappoint this trip: no luck hunting down anything by David Szeto.

But, no use crying the blues there wasn’t even any room left on the Visa. ;)

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