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The Paris Traveler

November 15th, 2008

Shopping & Strolling the Champs-Elysees

This guest post is by Mary Jo Manzanares, Travel & Culture Channel Editor and travel blogger at Flyaway Cafe.
If the thought of a fine bag, a decadent pair of heels, or the feel of the fabric of a finely crafted suit makes you swoon, then an afternoon on the Champs-Élysées in Paris may be […]

By Mary Jo -- 0 comments

December 28th, 2007

Louis Vuitton Champs Elysées

Yesterday’s post took you to lunch on the Champs Elysée.  Hopefully that went well for you and now you are ready to walk off some of your delicious lunch and continue taking in the sights. 
Today, we are going to walk a few blocks towards Concord (the big ferris wheel should be straight ahead) and […]

By Kim -- 0 comments

September 23rd, 2007

Fashion Week in Paris

The Prêt-à-Porter (Ready To Wear) Spring/Summer 2008 collection will soon be hitting the runways here in Paris between September 29 to October 7. I’ve had several friends of mine who have taken to the catwalk through the years, showing off the latest designs and fashions and it’s always been an interesting time filled with excitement! […]

By Lynn -- 2 comments

September 21st, 2007

Lovely Sarah Jessica Parker - Which is Witch!

Okay, so I was starting a post all about Fashion Week coming up at the end of the month here in Paris, (which I’ll talk more about in a day or so) when it got me thinking about Sarah Jessica Parker. Why? Because she happens to be a favorite of mine, and has the kind of […]

By Lynn -- 4 comments

September 18th, 2007

This Is Paris To Me

I recently sent one of my poems (not this one) to be included in the Jack Kerouac exhibit that will be taking place on the 23rd of September in Paris at the Cabaret Pirate in front of the BNF (Bibliothèque Nationale de France), which got me to thinking….  How could I have not seen that […]

By Lynn -- 0 comments

July 22nd, 2007

Lancel Paris

I really can’t understand what all the hype is about owning a Louis Vuitton bag! Personally, I prefer Lancel. Perhaps it’s nostagic memories of my first Lancel leather purse more than twenty years ago bought for me by one of my French admirers. Or perhaps it has more to do with the fact that although the price was […]

By Lynn -- 78 comments

May 30th, 2007

Avenue Montaigne

The French have a great expression for window shopping, it’s called “le leche vitrine” which literally means, “to lick the window”. Well that’s exactly what I did when I use to go to work everyday for a group of international lawyers who have their offices on this avenue right off the Champs-Elysées. […]

By Lynn -- 1 comment