It’s a rule: If you live in Paris, you eat out a lot. There are restaurants everywhere—two or three on every block—and depending on the weather and how the economy...

  Parisians have had an awful winter, but these last two days have been absolutely beautiful with clear skies and afternoon temperatures in the 70s. Almost literally overnight, the trees...

PARIS–My hotel here is typical of the small, Parisian hotels, of which there are many thousands, I’m sure. This one has perhaps 30 rooms on six floors; they are reached...