Sunday, March 25, 2007

Recommended Spots by the Famous (Part I)

Some people need to rely on other people's advise to live their life. It'd automatically become a must if it's recommended by the famous faces. No offense. I don't know everything and I do that sometimes.

So here goes the recommends from my fave's:

JEREMY SCOTT

COLETTE
'It’s the hub of everything going on. The energy’s always circulating here. You run into everybody. And Sarah is like a sister to me.'
213 rue St-Honoré, 1st. M° Tuileries. 01.55.35.33.90; www.colette.fr/

COMPTOIR DE L’IMAGE
'For the books, and for owner Michel’s conversation and knowledge. He’s a great, sweet, lovely character.'
44 rue de Sévigné, 3rd. M° Chemin-Vert. 01.42.72.03.92.

LE PARIS, PARIS
'Anything goes, honey.'
5 av de l’Opéra, 1st. M° Palais Royal. www.leparisparis.com/

KRUNG THEP

'Best Thai food I’ve ever had. You sit at high little tables with your legs in a hole.'
93 rue Julien Lacroix, 20th. M° Belleville. 01.43.66.83.74.

GOLDFRAPP

IRCAM
'They rarely let you in there anymore, but they often used to have concerts in Pierre Boulez’s fantasy studio underneath the Pompidou Centre.'
1 pl Igor-Stravinsky, 4th. M° Hôtel de Ville. 01.44.78.48.16/ www.ircam.fr.

GEORGES
'For the view.'
Centre Pompidou, 6th floor, rue Rambuteau, 4th. M° Rambuteau. 01.44.78.47.99.

PICASSO MUSEUM
'It’s got the best Picasso collection in the world.'
Hôtel Salé, 5 rue de Thorigny, 3rd. M° St-Sébastien Froissart. 01.42.71.25.21/ www.musee-picasso.fr.

JARDINS DE LUXEMBOURG
'We love that little park.'
pl Auguste-Comte, pl Edmond-Rostand or rue de Vaugirard, 6th. M° Odéon/ RER Luxembourg.

NOUVELLE VAGUE

RESTAURANT VAGENENDE
'A bit like ‘le Flore’, this timeless brasserie is pretty cool, with a very Parisian style.'
142 bd St-Germain, 6th. M° Mabillon or Odéon. 01.43.26.68.18.

CHERCHE-MIDI 22
'An excellent Italian restaurant in a very swish area.'
22 rue du Cherche-Midi, 6th. M° Sèvres-Babylone. 01.45.48.27.44.


Source: Gogoparis

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