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Bon Appetit! Bring Paris/France to Your Kitchen

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Do you want to bring Paris/France to your kitchen? As you know, from here, here, and here, Your Survival Guy spends plenty of time there. And one of the drawbacks comes when the Amex bill comes due. Kidding (sort of). No, it’s when I’m back home dreaming about some of the most delicious meals I’ve […]

PARIS 2024: The Luxury Olympics?

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In The Robin Report, Marie Driscoll describes the leading role of luxury brand powerhouse LVMH in sponsoring and collaborating with the games. Driscoll writes: Paris, fondly referred to as the City of Lights and renowned for its rich cultural heritage spanning centuries of art, architecture, beauty, cuisine, fashion, and literature is in full prep mode […]

There Is Nothing like Paris in the Spring. Enjoy!

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I wrote this to you back in November of 2022. Your Survival Guy: GNMA, L’Ami Louis, and You Happy Friday. I want you to go to the most controversial restaurant in all of Paris. But first, a bit of business. As you know, Your Survival Guy isn’t big on selling positions. My default position is […]

L’Ami Louis, Perhaps Paris’ Most Controversial Restaurant

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L’Ami Louis is always one of our first, must hit, bistro stops when in Paris. And Louis holds court with an iron hand. You had better to be ready with your full table order when Louis hits (I’m ready) your table. I would go for the plates of roast chicken, grass fed steak, escargots, white […]

Famous French Cafe Les Deux Magots Plans to Go Global

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In The Robin Report, Mark Faithfull outlines the plan of the owners of the famous Paris cafe, Les Deux Magots, to go global. Faithfull writes: Perhaps if you started business in 1885 and have a formidable literary and artist legacy going back nearly two centuries with the same family running the show — and have […]

Paris, The Palace Hotels: Part I

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Originally posted on September 8, 2017. Paris, a city of over two million, has 20 arrondissements (neighborhoods) in its inner circle. The Cathedral of Notre Dame, on Isle de la Cite (1st a), is considered the center of Paris, with each arrondissement spiraling like a snail’s shell from there. Use the Notre Dame as your […]

Hotel Lutetia Bids Adieu to Summer

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Summer is coming to a close in Paris, and Hotel Lutetia, the only palace hotel on the left bank of the Seine, is bidding the season adieu. The hotel’s recent email explained: Bidding Adieu to Summer in Paris Paris is at its finest during summer, but so too as summer comes to an end – […]

Summertime in Paris

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Traveling to Paris during the summer can be a risky affair because so many of the city’s residents are on their own vacations. But, Paris resident and expert David Lebovitz suggests there are still good reasons to visit in August if you know where to go. He writes: While it’s not quite August yet, things are winding […]

The Best of the Paris Palace Hotels

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Beginning in 2012, the 159-room Paris Ritz underwent a four-year, multimillion-euro renovation, reopening on 6 June 2016. While the hotel has not applied for the ‘Palace’ distinction from the French ministry of economy, industry and employment its Suite Impériale has been listed by the French government as a national monument. The newly renovated and re-opened Hotel Lutetia […]