She Travels

Day 2 in Paris started off nice and early. I headed down Rue Saint-Honoré while it was quiet and ended up in Place Vendome, home of the Ritz and Schiaparelli. That morning, the Richard Mille Rallye des Princesses was starting. This rally is a race of all women teams across 1,000 miles from Paris to the South coast of France in classic cars. I walked around admiring a number of the cars and watched a number of the teams start the race, including this car and this Mercedes. I t

To celebrate my return to the city after a two-and-a-half-year absence due to the COVID pandemic, I had an 8:30 PM reservation at Montée. The dining room is small, with 4-5 tables in the main front dining room, then a second, private dining room with a larger table. The whole restaurant could seat about twenty-four people, which makes it feel very intimate. I sat at a table I had not sat at before, and had a splendid view of the entire restaurant, which makes for excellent pe

I was honestly giddy in the cab. This trip was my seventh trip to Paris, but due to the time between my last trip (November 2019) and this trip, it almost felt like the first time again. I definitely repeated some behaviors from my first cab ride on arriving such as filming the streets as we zoomed by. I arrived at my hotel, Le Roch Hotel & Spa in the 1st Arrondissement, without incident. This is my favorite hotel in Paris. The design is exquisite, the staff amazingly friendl

This was not my first time flying since the Global Pandemic began in March 2020, but it was only my second round-trip flight since then. I was flying Virgin Atlantic Upper Class for the first time ever and on the new Airbus A350 to boot. On arriving at JFK, I quickly went through check-in and security. The TSA Pre-check line was long, and it was made even longer as Clear goes through the same line and they get priority. I will be making sure to get my Clear account straig