Paris, Made Even Prettier

An extremely talented illustrator based in London, Jenni Sparks is known for making detailed, hand drawn maps of cities such as Lond, Paris, and New York.  Sparks was commissioned to create a map of Paris illustrating the unique things that make it such an special place.  She spent many months researching, reading, and then visiting the city to spend time looking around and meeting the locals.  Sadly, while she was drawing the map the Charlie Hebdo tragedy took place.

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PARIS / Louvre: Top 5 Places to Stay

I just so happened to be in Paris the summer that they first erected the Pyramid in the middle of the Louvre grounds.  At the time, les Parisiens just could not accept this horrible atrocity inflicted by Mittérand on this most holy of city...

PARIS / Mama Shelter

Philippe Starck designed this boutique hotel located a little out of the way, in the 20th, but it has become the hip center of a rapidly up-and-coming area called SoPig (yes, that's really the nickname) -- Paris' answer to Nolita.   One of the forces majeurs...

PARIS / St Germain: Top 5 Places to Stay

This is the first part of a series about where to stay in Paris by district.  I get so many requests to recommend specific apartments to rent, so I decided to put it all down in one place.  And why not start with my favorite '6ème arrondissement',...