23 rue Brey, 75017 ParisHotel Tilsitt Champs Elysees
3 star hotel in Paris near the Champs Elysees and Arc de Triomphe.
41 avenue Marceau, 75016 ParisHotel Elysees Regencia Paris
4 star design hotel located avenue Marceau between the Champs Elysees and the Eiffel Tower.
68 rue de Longchamp, 75116 ParisHotel Longchamp Elysees Paris
3 star hotel at the Trocadero, enterly renewed and located between the Champs Elysees and Eiffel Tower.
Music Hall
Billed as a restaurant / tea-room / bar / lounge, the Music Hall is two floors of style and no substance, "trying too hard" made real.
The décor is white lacquer with LED lighting that slowly changes colour. This means that at many points during your dinner you will look like something out of a haunted house, bright green or lurid pink. It's funny for five minutes, and then annoying for a couple of hours. It may actually be the closest you'll get to Vegas in Paris.
The food is called 'gastronomique', which here means 'little on your plate and a large bill to follow'. Try it out at lunchtime if you want to limit the burn. And whether you're there at midday or in the evening, expect to be surrounded by shouty show-offs with permatans and attitude. Subtle it is not.
Half of being Parisian is *feeling* Parisian. It's an attitude, a look, a way of thinking... and if you're a woman it's all about looking stunning in designer clothes and high heels.
But how do you get the necessary sway in your step, the swagger that show self-assurance and understated class. You need... Talons Academy!
Talons Academy is a "High Heels School" that convenes approximately once a month (check www.talonsacademy.fr for the dates) for group lessons where a coach will put you through your teetering paces in a selection of situations based on real life.
Over a couple of hours, you'll learn how to approach situations in the daytime and at night, and for only 15€ (including nibbles) it's probably the cheapest good advice you'll have in a long time!
Photo by Flickr user Markusram used under cc licence.
