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A designer's Paris, personal and opinionated, for travelers who want the city to feel like their own.
I fell in love with Paris when I was fifteen, and I never quite recovered. Since then I have studied there, wandered there, shopped and eaten and gotten happily lost there, and built entire days around a single museum, a market, or one long lunch. The Paris Habit is the very long list I would hand a friend over a glass of wine the night before her flight. Here is what I love. Here is where I would go.
This is not a checklist of monuments to conquer, and it is not a race through the top ten of anything. I am a designer, not a travel agent, and I notice buildings and rooms and the way a shop is lit. What I have collected over the years is a Paris of art and architecture, of artisans who still make things by hand, of long lunches, beautiful windows, and small hotels that are comfortable and a little bit interesting.
Inside you will find:
Eight walkable, mood-based itineraries, from a literary Left Bank day to Montmartre's quieter corners, a week for cultured couples, and Paris with kids
The artisan shops, papermakers, and flea markets worth protecting
House museums and design destinations most guidebooks skip
Restaurants, wine bars, markets, and bakeries arranged by neighborhood
A planning section that helps you build your own day and choose where to stay
Practical guidance that keeps you oriented, not overscheduled
The famous views earn their fame, and you should see them. But Paris is also a city of details: a carved doorway, a garden chair pulled into the sun, a handwritten label on a bottle of perfume. Those are the things this guide is really about.
Say bonjour. Do less than you think you can. Leave room in your suitcase, and more room in your day.
The Paris Habit is the version of Paris that feels like it belongs to you.
A designer's Paris, personal and opinionated, for travelers who want the city to feel like their own.
I fell in love with Paris when I was fifteen, and I never quite recovered. Since then I have studied there, wandered there, shopped and eaten and gotten happily lost there, and built entire days around a single museum, a market, or one long lunch. The Paris Habit is the very long list I would hand a friend over a glass of wine the night before her flight. Here is what I love. Here is where I would go.
This is not a checklist of monuments to conquer, and it is not a race through the top ten of anything. I am a designer, not a travel agent, and I notice buildings and rooms and the way a shop is lit. What I have collected over the years is a Paris of art and architecture, of artisans who still make things by hand, of long lunches, beautiful windows, and small hotels that are comfortable and a little bit interesting.
Inside you will find:
Eight walkable, mood-based itineraries, from a literary Left Bank day to Montmartre's quieter corners, a week for cultured couples, and Paris with kids
The artisan shops, papermakers, and flea markets worth protecting
House museums and design destinations most guidebooks skip
Restaurants, wine bars, markets, and bakeries arranged by neighborhood
A planning section that helps you build your own day and choose where to stay
Practical guidance that keeps you oriented, not overscheduled
The famous views earn their fame, and you should see them. But Paris is also a city of details: a carved doorway, a garden chair pulled into the sun, a handwritten label on a bottle of perfume. Those are the things this guide is really about.
Say bonjour. Do less than you think you can. Leave room in your suitcase, and more room in your day.
The Paris Habit is the version of Paris that feels like it belongs to you.