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  • Tired of walking Paris? Take a bus ride

    Sometimes there’s more daylight left but your feet won’t cooperate to make more tracks. A solution is taking the bus, same price as a metro ticket with a lot more flavor and scenic opportunity. The inside is as interesting as the outside on certain routes. Here’s how: go to Paris’s main transportation website: http://www.ratp.fr/en/ratp/c_21879/tourists/ click…

  • Paris Fashion Week: Oh! Chanel

    < Some runway looks. Winter 2013 trends: laundry bag chic, tractor-sole shoes, cigarette trousers, silk bustiers, strapless pinstripe daydresses, and artist-inspired collections. The big names: BALENCIAGA, DIOR, CHANEL, CARVEN, BARBARA BUI, MAISON MARTIN MARGIELA, CHLOE,JOHN GALLIANO, VALENTINO, LOUIS VUITTON, MIU MIU, ELIE SAAB The biggest runway is on the streets. Fashion is everywhere this week.…

  • Paris Wine Bars: tips for tipplers

    They’re called bistros à vins. A small varied list for you, a little something to suit your suds-buds/wine-meter. Willi’s Wine Bar http://www.williswinebar.com 13 Rue des Petits Champs Bustling, run by an ex-pat Melac http://www.melac.fr/ 42 rue Léon Frot 75011 closed Sunday and Monday The « Bistrot Melac » is one of the most famous Paris…

  • Paris cafe etiquette: tipping

    It takes some getting used to because servers are paid a living wage whereas they are paid next to nothing in the states and depend on tips. Perhaps this is why you might be given the cold shoulder: waiting is all business, not about attentive service with a smile and being rewarded for it. By…