PARIS

NATURAL STATE.

When you land at Charles de Gaulle airport, the world shifts a bit and your attitude changes. No matter how wild you are, Paris will civilize you. Originally named Parisii by Celtics in 225 BC but then changed to Lutetia after the Romans conquered in roughly 50 BC. However, it was King Clovis, founder of France who made Paris the capital in 500 AD after the Roman empire fell. Then came the Middle Ages, the Wars of Religion, The Sun King & the French Revolution, Napoleon, La Belle Epoque, WWI, WWII and now Emmanuel Macron. So much history, change, upheaval, and like most of the places we discover all that is left of these rulers and ages are their things, their beautiful things; art, architecture, food, wine, clothing. We may not be immortal, but we may as damn well create beautiful things, as they will outlast us. And so, if nothing else, Paris is a hall of beautiful things.

Feel free to have your cake and eat it too.

A NIGHT AT THE MUSEUMS

Wednesday and Friday Evening the Louvre stays open until 9:45pm for your viewing pleasure

TOUS LES THINGS

wander the sculptures of the Tuileries Garden, 113 Rue de Rivoli, 75001 Paris, France

run along the Seine at the Gare Musée d'Orsay, 75007 Paris, France

enter the gates of hell at the Rodin Museum, 77 Rue de Varenne, 75007 Paris, France

find the waterlilies at Musée de l'Orangerie, Jardin Tuileries, 75001 Paris, France

take lsd and go see Dalí Paris, 11 Rue Poulbot, 75018 Paris, France

pretend you live at the Jacquemart-André Museum, 158 Boulevard Haussmann, 75008 Paris, France

go nudist for cubists Musée National Picasso, 5 Rue de Thorigny, 75003 Paris, France

stare only at the ceiling as you walk around the Grand Palais, 3 Avenue du Général Eisenhower, 75008

try to find wall space at Musée National Gustave Moreau, 14 Rue de la Rochefoucauld, 75009

a true collector’s museum Musée des Arts Décoratifs, 107 Rue de Rivoli, 75001 Paris, France

enjoy the palace and the gardens at Musée du Luxembourg, 19 Rue de Vaugirard, 75006 Paris, France

protest at the Eiffel Tower, Champ de Mars, 5 Avenue Anatole France, 75007 Paris, France

check out the Da Vinci The François-Mitterrand Library, Quai François Mauriac, 75706 Paris, France

play tag in the halls of the Palace of Versailles, Place d'Armes, 78000 Versailles, France

steam and scrub for women only, at the O’Kari Hamman, 22 Rue Dussoubs, 75002 Paris, France

STAY. IN A ROOM

WITH FABRIC WALLS

La Tremoille, 14 Rue de la Tremoille, 75008 Paris, France $300

Hotel Caron de Beaumarchais, 12 Rue Vieille du Temple, 75004 Paris, France a true antique in the middle of Le Marais

Hôtel Relais Saint Sulpice, 3 Rue Garancière, 75006 Paris, France

Hôtel Powers, 52 Rue François 1er, 75008 Paris, France $395

Le Meurice, 228 Rue de Rivoli, 75001 Paris, France $695

Le Bristol, 112 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, 75008 Paris, France $1000

Velvet Penthouse on Airbnb

Kool & The Gang on Airbnb

Cutie with a Courtyard on Airbnb

Saint Honoré Studio on Airbnb

SHOP. TOUS LES TREASURES

Librairie Alain Brieux, 48 Rue Jacob, 75006 Paris, France the true cabinet of curiosities and most mysteries exciting store

l’Officine Universelle Buly, 6 Rue Bonaparte, 75006 Paris, France like an old alchemist’s office, this place has the best organic beauty products all sourced from the far reaches of the planet

La Fille Du Pirate, 4 Avenue de Champaubert, 75015 Paris, France favorite antique store

Moynat, 348 Rue Saint Honoré, 75001 Paris, France

Pierre Cardin, 59 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, 75008 Paris, France hands down coolest store in the entire world, NO PHOTOS

Librairie Delamain, 155 Rue Saint Honoré, 75001 Paris, France great for books n stuff

BIOLOGIQUE RECHERCHE

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