An Awesome Paris Hotel Reco

Bon Jour mon ami! Wassup? So, we had a little biz to do in Paris (is that not cool?), and what’d ‘ol J&J do? Turn it into a long weekend, bien sur! Who mixes pleasure with business?! Bingo! Vindivine, suckas, and all for you.

Yes, kittens, we did of course start out the early early AM prior to our flight out to Paris, via the ATL of all places, by poppin’ a bottle of Dom. Doi. How fitting! (hint for the slowski's: french wine/french trip). And we especially needed the lubrication since we flew Smelta Airlines ‘cuz we cashed in our hard-earned AMEX points for some free biz-class tickets. Woo Hoo! But Delta BLOWS. Just take my word. Y’all want a crassant?’ Yuck. Tres miserablé. I mean, Atlanta-based business all suck in my opinion (including the Braves and the Falcons. Especially MICHAEL VICK, what an a-hole). ‘

Anyhoo, at risk of dragging this into the most agonizing  long (yet charmingly poetic) post ever, I’ll cut to the chase. Not one, but two juicy bits of yummy recommendations, served up fresh:

1) The VdV Insider’s tip on Where to Stay in Paris, and
2) A perfect day in Paris. HOLD THE HELL ON - This is gonna be way too long as it is, check for this in the next post!

Okey dokey. First, this ain’t no Las Ventanas crap we’re smackin’ your ass with. Not today. Not with the dollar at such measley, Canadian loonie-like rates as it is. This is a more practical VdV post. And the place to stay is…drumroll, please...the Artus Hotel! And it rocks. Hey, we know all the shwank, shnobby places in Paris that’ll gobble up your dough – Bristol, George V, Hotel de Crillon, yada yada. Pass! Go boutique, people. But that's tough too - lotsa 'boutique' joints are the size of a sardine can with the sounds of hookers fighting out in the alley all night long. And even in French, it starts losing its romantic luster after 3AM. So we were happy happy with Artus. 

The Artus is located right off the Saint Germain and Rue di Buce. In the 6th arroindissment, which is the best area - tons of outside cafés, cool narrow little side streets with shops, Saint Germain, loaded with restaurants and great shopping, Luxembourg Gardens, you name it.

Anyway, we arrived early, right around 10 AM, feeling appropriately greasy and grimy after 14 hours in the air. Desperately wanting a shower, shall we say. Pepe LePeu. But check in isn't until 3PM. We were a little freaked on the taxi ride in.  But our man, Sanjay, already had a room ready for us! Woo Hoo! He actually looked at the little form where I said 'early arrival'. 

And a great room at that -  good sized room by French standards, prolly almost 300ft or so, nice large marble bathroom & shower (yea!), flat screen TV, large armoire, super cool. Great, friendly service, even when we blew out the power in 1/2 the city with our American hair dryer! And shockingly quiet, esp on the back side of the hotel. Only 220 Euros per night, fully loaded (taxes incl.) + a scrumptious breakfast to boot. The only knock – 10 Euros PER HOUR for WiFi! I mean, per day maybe, but per hour?! So we ended up surfing from our snazzy new iPhones which ended up costing us over $2000 (more about that later - watch out when surfing and emailing internationally on your iPhone!)

Anyhoo, let's end on a high note - check out the Artus, you'll love it.

Hotel Artus
34 rue di Buci
Paris 75006
Tel: +33 1 43 29 07 20

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