La Lettre
One moment worth living, each Sunday.
A hotel, a table or an afternoon — chosen on Sundays and kept for seven days. The archive below reads most-recent first.
Archive
Previous weeks.
Week of April 20
Le Bristol Paris
A palace with a garden at its heart — a rare stillness on the Faubourg Saint-Honoré, and the rooftop pool with its view over the Sacré-Cœur.
Week of April 13
Cheval Blanc Paris
A riverside house behind the quiet stone of La Samaritaine, with rooms that hold the Seine and the Pont Neuf in the same frame.
Week of April 6
A Private Sunset on the Seine
A small wooden launch, two hours from quai to quai, taken in the single hour before the lights come on across the Pont Alexandre III.
Week of March 30
Plénitude
Arnaud Donckele's Parisian counterpart to La Vague d'Or — a table where sauces are the main voice and the room lets them carry.
Week of March 23
Ritz Paris
The address on the square — gilded, unhurried, kept to the standard of a house that has hosted Paris for more than a century.
Week of March 16
Le Meurice
A palace facing the Tuileries, with rooms that open onto the length of the gardens and the roofline of the Louvre beyond.
Week of March 9
Le Bristol Paris
A palace with a garden at its heart — a rare stillness on the Faubourg Saint-Honoré, and the rooftop pool with its view over the Sacré-Cœur.
Week of March 2
Cheval Blanc Paris
A riverside house behind the quiet stone of La Samaritaine, with rooms that hold the Seine and the Pont Neuf in the same frame.
Week of February 23
A Private Sunset on the Seine
A small wooden launch, two hours from quai to quai, taken in the single hour before the lights come on across the Pont Alexandre III.
Week of February 16
Plénitude
Arnaud Donckele's Parisian counterpart to La Vague d'Or — a table where sauces are the main voice and the room lets them carry.
Week of February 9
Ritz Paris
The address on the square — gilded, unhurried, kept to the standard of a house that has hosted Paris for more than a century.
Week of February 2
Le Meurice
A palace facing the Tuileries, with rooms that open onto the length of the gardens and the roofline of the Louvre beyond.
Week of January 26
Le Bristol Paris
A palace with a garden at its heart — a rare stillness on the Faubourg Saint-Honoré, and the rooftop pool with its view over the Sacré-Cœur.
Week of January 19
Cheval Blanc Paris
A riverside house behind the quiet stone of La Samaritaine, with rooms that hold the Seine and the Pont Neuf in the same frame.
Week of January 12
A Private Sunset on the Seine
A small wooden launch, two hours from quai to quai, taken in the single hour before the lights come on across the Pont Alexandre III.
Week of January 5
Plénitude
Arnaud Donckele's Parisian counterpart to La Vague d'Or — a table where sauces are the main voice and the room lets them carry.
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