I was 21 and eager to experience the Paris of my intellectual heroes. In some ways, I got more than I asked for.

The legendary singer and actress recalls some of her favorite restaurants and meals from her eventful life.

China’s Guo Pei and Japan’s Yumi Katsura stole the show at Paris’ Couture Week, with walking bird cages and churches and bright green kimonos heading down the runway.

Naomi Campbell, Rihanna, and Kanye West sat front row, while on the runway, red jumpsuits, male corsets, and pink trousers left the biggest impression at Paris men’s fashion week.

Sacré-Coeur, the Arc de Triomphe, the Eiffel Tower, and the colonnade on top of the Pantheon all unlock secrets to this magical city.

We evaluate the cocktails in the City of Light’s most famous hotel bars.

Pension Les Marronniers, one of the last pension de famille in Paris, has been welcoming visitors since the 60s, and with them enough stories and secrets to fill a Balzac novel.