You can always tell it's fashion week in Paris with the streets brimming with beautiful, chicly dressed men and women, boutique windows decked out with the newest and greatest, and fashionistas frantically tromping through the mud in the Tuileries rushing to get to the next fashion show on time, only to be kept waiting at least an hour.
I have a busy week of tours so I probably won't make it to any fashion shows but I thought I would do some offbeat reporting.
I was walking on Ave. Montaigne, the most luxurious fashion boutique street in Paris, and spotted these amusing window displays of handbags at Nina Ricci. It looks like big handbags are still the rage.
Nina Ricci
39 Ave. Montaigne, 8th arr.
Metro: Franklin Rossevelt
Tel. 01 40 88 67 60
www.ninaricci.com
New Tour Announcement
I am happy to announce a very special one-time tour opportunity. My friend and loyal blog fan Mary Gilbert and her close friend Phil Nuxhall both from Cincinnati, are coming to Paris the beginning of April. Phil is the Historian and Tour Coordinator for the Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati where Mary is a docent. They are both longtime cemetery enthusiasts.
We are co-leading a tour of the lovely Russian Cemetery in Sainte Genevieve Des Bois just outside of Paris where Rudolf Nureyev is buried in a mosaic-encrusted sarcophagus along with other famous Russian expats and after we will visit the striking modern Evry Cathedral, the only 20th century church in France, built in 1992, designed by Swiss architect Mario Botta.
We would love for you to join us for this fascinating and unusual tour and we are accepting reservations for 10 people. Below are the particulars. If you would like to register for the tour please email me at r.nahem@gmail.com and I will email you further instructions.
Tour: Cimetière de Sainte Genevieve Des Bois and Evry Cathedral
Date & time: Friday, April 3, 1PM to approx. 5:30PM which
includes travel time
Cost: 40 euros a person not including train fare- approx. 10 euros
Meeting place: St. Michel metro
I am pleased as punch to announce the launch of Eye Prefer Paris Tours, which are 3-hour walking tours I will personally be leading. The Eye Prefer Paris Tour includes many of the places I have written about such as small museums & galleries, restaurants, cafes & food markets, secret addresses, fashion & home boutiques, parks, and much more.
I look forward to meeting you on my tours and it will be my pleasure and delight to show you my insiders Paris.
Check it out at www.eyepreferparistours.com
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