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...Parisian storekeepers work reasonable hours. They shut their doors at 7 every weeknight and are closed all day Sunday...
...view over bustling Oxford Street. At Harrods, the clientele in the Georgian Restaurant is nibbling terrine of foie gras with cèpes, fillet of red mullet and wild game pudding whipped up by a chef who used to work at London's The Ivy. Even the most discerning Parisian diners have been reserving tables at Le Chênevert, Galeries Lafayette's chic venue that opened last September to rave reviews...
Americans who consider themselves sophisticated about sex may nevertheless be startled by the graphic content of The Sexual Life of Catherine M. (Grove Press; 209 pages). Not to worry. The memoir by Parisian art critic and magazine editor Catherine Millet managed to shock even the French...
...from the time she lost her virginity at 18, Millet, 53, details encounters with her husband, colleagues, interview subjects and legions of others (she has lost count of them) that took place at orgies and in museums, storerooms, sports stadiums, her dentist's office and the shadowy perimeters of Parisian parks where she regularly serviced dozens of anonymous men in a single evening...
...first painting exposes the naturalness of the subject—caught without her make-up on—and perhaps even Valadon’s more personal desires: rice powder was worn by courtesans in an attempt to imitate the pale faces of the women of the Parisian aristocracy. “The Hangover” (from the Fogg’s own Wertheim Collection) features a brooding Valadon leaning over a table adorned with a glass of wine; she seems undisturbed by—or even unaware of—the presence of an outside viewer...