Mr Canuck and I lived in Paris for two years. We're planning to go back for a weekend, probably in 2009, to attend the "Salon des Vignerons Independants". It happens twice a year, around November and March - and you can taste the wines of hundreds of winemakers for free and stock up on interesting wines you'll never find in a wine store (at great prices).
But you can only do that twice a year at fixed times. I went back to Paris about a month ago on business and this is what I did:
- Visited the cheese shop in my old neighbourhood (Auteil in the 16th arrondisement)
- Window-shopped in Passy (and found two great, moderately priced cocktail dresses for work events)
- Visited the Musee Marmottan (the largest collection of Monets in the world, I think)
- Window-shopped in the Marais and stopped by BHV (comparable to a Macy's, with a great hardware dept and fabric/curtain dept)
- Had dinner at Le Vin dans les Voiles (our favourite wine bar/restaurant in the 16th)