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Afloat in France: the luxury booze cruise
26 Mar
Ah, the French know how to live.
Want to plan a unique travel experience this summer? Get some friends to pitch in and book the best booze cruise known to man. OK, so they aren’t marketing it as a ‘booze cruise’ perse, but PetiteBrigitte can only imagine the fun to be had on lazy summer days floating down the Rhone on a well-stocked barge!
Hosted by the Orient-Express and their luxury fleet of barges, you can select the itinerary for an unforgettable float through France. We’re talking rooftop pool, attentive staff to keep the champagne glass full, and spacious bedrooms in case you meet someone worthy on one of the vineyard tours.
The journey usually starts near Dijon, and ends in the south near Carcassone. In between, you will do a lot of sightseeing excursions to sleepy villages, ancient ruins, famous vineyards, and also some bike riding past fields of lavender and sunflowers. Sound dreamy? It is. Meals are served in the sumptuous dining room, prepared by accomplished chefs using local french ingredients. And did I mention…. all inclusive?!
As if this scenario couldn’t get more appealing, the crew is typically known to consist of handsome young men who speak mostly native English.
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Too many friends for just one boat? Don’t worry, you can go in tandem too!
Paris targets male shoppers at BHV Homme
26 Mar
While the market for women’s clothes has been stagnant in recent years, the fashion scene for men is booming, and retailers are learning the trick to seducing male consumers: keep them comfortable and confident.
Whereas fancy window displays draw women into boutiques like moths to the flame, men hesitate to walk in without a set purpose. The mission of men’s stores now is to give the client space, a place he feels comfortable, and encourage him to take his time. The ambiance is important: men’s stores are being designed to look like chic apartments and studios, often selling lifestyle products like motorcycle helmets and bottles of wine.
The most current evidence of the boom in men’s fashion is the recently opened BHV Homme, located across from BHV Rivoli (a store that anyone in Paris knows all too well). Located right at the border of the chic Marais, the store resembles a NYC loft, and dumbs down the newest trends so that even the most clueless male will be able to put something together. With labels like Kenzo, Ralph, and Agnes B., this men’s store is easy to navigate and big enough to spend some time in (4000 m!).
For the man who needs a springtime wardrobe overhaul, and who doesn’t have self-esteem issues, go to Bon Marche and let one of the men’s stylist put you together. For a mere 150 euros. Other sure-bets include Paul Smith, GUS, Smalto, and Giorgio Armani.
Art Paris: this week at Grand Palais
26 Mar Willy Ronis, Deena de dos, Galerie Camera Obscura
Get to the Grand Palais this Thursday for the kick-off of ArtParis, the art forum that is breathing new life into the French art market.
Organizers Alain Lamaigniere, Caroline Clough-Lacoste, and Henri Faraut want to create a “rebellious but constructive” selection of contemporary art, from both established artists and newcomers. Now in its 9th year, Art Paris has strengthened its bonds with leading galleries, 30% of which are foreign. Adding to the excitement are the 20 galleries displaying sculptures– a medium all too often overlooked at fairs of this sort.
Bon appetit to all you art lovers: From March 29th to April 2 at Grand Palais. 11am to 9pm. 12 euros (10 for students!). www.artparis.fr
The Credit Card Countess: how you can become a noble
26 Mar 
Put not your trust in princes!
Stop looking for Prince Charming when you can become a Princess in under a week. Buying a royal title has never been easier, or more desperate. It is a sad commentary on our society that websites now sell titles to the socially impaired, promising things such as (and I quote, from regaltitles.com):
- Increased respect from the people you know
- VIP treatment
- Access to the privileged world
- A instant talking point with your friends
- Prestige in the financial world
- A boost to your personal confidence
- Opportunities that otherwise would’ve passed you by
- Opened doors in your career
- Discounts in the consumer world
- The ability to influence people effortlessly
Of course, it is hard to believe that having a purchased title would garner this kind of treatment from anyone except the most naive commoner. But amazingly, PetiteBrigitte has witnessed fake princes dining with the real ones (in Monaco, of course), and bedding women right and left without as much as a chateau to back up his bloodline!
Check out regaltitles.com for the most hilariously desperate site in all of Christendom. After explaining the process of acquiring a title, the costs involved (around $400), and how to get the title legally inserted into your official documents, the site backs up its motives with arguments like:
“It’s frightening how people in the twenty-first century still perceive a person with a title to be richer, more intelligent and better thought of, than the average Mr. Joe Bloggs. But people do – and you can take advantage of it.”
Dear Lord. Buy your title today, and receive the free book, “Getting Started with your Title.” You can have your choice between:
- a Lord or Lady
- a Baron or Baroness
- a Count or Countess
- a Marquis or Marchioness
- a Duke or Duchess
- a Viscount or Viscountess
- a Earl or Sir
I’m sure Prince von Hannover will never notice!
