Paris, Je T’Aime

Photograph by Peter Turnley/Corbis via National Geographic

Photograph by Joanna Van Mulder via Travel + Leisure

Photograph by Peter Turnley/Corbis via National Geographic

Last week I visited Paris to attend the Maison et Objets show for work and to sneak in a few days in a city I love with the guy I love.  As we wandered the streets with no particular destination in mind (we'd seen all the major sights on a previous trip), I reflected on the reasons why I heart Paris:

• beautiful food and antique markets that seem to pop up everywhere even on the coldest days
• patisseries on every corner where I can indulge in my beloved pain au chocolat
• stylish parisian women and men in their dark coats, chunky knit scarves and slick boots
• the quaint maze of narrow streets on the left bank in Saint Germain des Près
• the friendly bouquinistes - the book sellers that line the banks of the Seine
• the multi cultural streets of the Marais
• the cafés where it is perfectly acceptable to sit alone for hours on end and only order a café crème in an actual cup and saucer

I'm sure I could list 100 reasons why I love Paris.  What about you?  Can't get enough of the city of lights?  Here are some suggestions.

READ:

• Anything by Edith Warton
• Le Divorce, by Diane Johnson (you can see the movie too)
• Cheri, Break of Day and Gigi - all by Collette.
• A Well Kept Home: Household Traditions and Simple Secrets from a French Grandmother, by Laura Fronty
• Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter, by Simone de Beauvoir, the long time companion of Jean-Paul Sartre

SEE:

• Paris, Je T'Aime
• Amelie (obviously!!)
• Paris
• La Vie en Rose
• Chocolat (ok it is not based in Paris but it is so good!)
• Cousin/Cousine
• Blue (starring Juliette Binoche)
• La Double Vie de Veronique

Any other ideas?

You might also like Six Ways to Dress Like a Parisian & 9 Questions with Mireille Guiliano (of French Women Don't Get Fat)

PS. Have you read my interview on Dress, Design and Decor?  Check it out here.

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