Cool Paris
THINGS TO DO IN THE CITY OF LIGHT
- Anahi
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Anahi is an Argentine restaurant in an old pork-butcher’s shop. It’s full of fashion and media people and gives you a bohemian feeling.
Of course the meat is juicy and tender , the empanadas are the way they need to be and the South-American wines are full-bodied.
Anahi, 49, Rue Volta, 75003 Paris, tel +33 1 48878824, M° Arts et Métier – Temple
- Breizh Café
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French crêpes with a Japanese twist, washed down with Breton cider. A new kind of crêpes experience.
Believe it or not, it works.
Even when you have a hangover from the last night, you can have a nice brunch on Sunday with your sunglasses on and unshaved.
Breizh Café , 109, Rue Vieille du Temple, 75003, tel +33 1 42721377 Paris, M° Filles du Calvaire
- Chapelle de la Médaille Miraculeuse
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In 1830 saintly Catherine Labouré was said to have been visited by the Virgin, who gave her a medal that performed miracles.
This kitch chapel – murals, mosaics, statues and the embalmed bodies of Catherine and her mother Superior – is one of France’s most visited sites, attracting two million pilgrims every year.
Reliefs in the courtyard tell the nun’s story – and slot machines sell medals.
Couvent des Soeurs de St-Vincent-de-Paul, 140, rue du Bac, 75007 Paris, M° Sèvres-Babylone.
- Cake and Couture at Hôtel Le Bristol
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Paris’s fashion shows are some of the most prominent in the world, and every year designers and their entourages fly in from across the globe for a week of fashion, fury and media hype. But unlike the boutiques it is not easy to catch a fashion show unless you know the dates and have the right connections. Which is where the Hôtel Le Bristol steps in.
set on the exlcusive rue du Faubourg St.-Honoré the hôe has teamed up with its haute couture neighbours to offer Thés à la Mode – a lip-smacking afternoon tea (most Saturdays 3.30-5.00 PM) accompanied by a top-end fashion show for just 55 Euro.
Guests are fed tea, cakes, desserts by pastry chef Laurent Jeannin ( a different one each week inspired by the designer on show) , gourmet sandwiches and a parade of models dressed in new collections. The whole show is satisfyingly sophisticated and surprisingly unpretentious and take place in the bar ( reservations : 01 53 43 43 42).
(Source : Time Out Paris -Spring 2009)
Hôtel Le Bristol, 112, Rue Fbg St Honoré, 75008 Paris, tel 01 53 43 43 00, M° Mirosmenil – M° Franklin-Roosevelt