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Categories: Travels
There’s probably no place on earth better than Paris for shopping. After all, haute couture found its origins in Paris in the mid-eighteenth century and Paris remains the reigning center of all things haute couture today. Amanda and I began our “tourist” day at Avenue Montaigne and Avenue des Champs-Elysées, one of the city’s hottest [...]
Categories: Things We Love, Travels
The Louis Vuitton flagship store at 101 avenue des Champs-Élysées is a sight to behold. The famous flagship reopened in 2005 and claims to be the world’s largest luxury boutique. It is truly a masterpiece in the ultimate retailing experience, offering chic merchandising, stunning architecture and inspiring art. Attentive sales associates (who also happen to [...]
Categories: Travels
We happened upon this charming neighborhood in the Latin Quarter. This is one of the oldest parts of the city with some of the streets dating back to the eleventh century and there remain a large number of specialty stores, unusual little boutiques and a lively open-air market where people from the neighborhood shop [...]
Categories: Travels
Amanda and I finally made it to our luxe hotel in the Latin Quarter, booked because it claimed to be one of the most “innovative” hotels in Paris – a combination of art (showcasing the works of Isabelle Emmerique, celebrated for her contemporary Chinese lacquer art), fiber-optic lights in every room, even inset lights in the [...]
Categories: Inspiration, Things We Love, Travels
Images from Paris, probably many of the same ones that all tourists take, of things that caught my eye - a punch of color from Metro signs in an otherwise drab day, an iconic scene of lamp posts at the Louvre, exquisite craftsmanship in the wrought iron doors of Notre Dame, tenderly made and intoxicatingly delicious croissants, vivid [...]
