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Soloist Frédéric Moreau, center, joins the Les Violins de France in the gothic La Sainte Chapelle for a performance of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons in mid November.
TOUJOURS CHIC The City of Light is alluring and stylish, whatever the weather. BY JANET K. KEELER
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FEBRUARY 2014
PHOTOGRAPHS BY SCOTT KEELER
PARIS Springtime is supposed to be so lovely in Paris. So why do I keep ending up here when the required attire is coat, hat, gloves and umbrella? Cole Porter wrote about drizzling winter weather, but let me tell you, it’s also like that in late fall. Temperatures can be frigid, too. I know because I’ve traversed the city twice at this time of year, the most recent last November. No matter; Paris is beautiful any time of the year. This is a city to be devoured, from the world-class museums to the unique and stylish shops. And then there are the bistros, where you can eat creamy foie gras and macarons the size of American hamburgers until your waistband tells you to stop. Even the people-watching is extraordinary. How can this many people be so stylish? A cold-weather visit reveals some of the coolest boots you’ll ever see. We walk off calories by strolling the Champs-Élysées, all the way to the Arc de Triomphe from the five-star Park Hyatt Vendome, just a block from the Ritz, which is closed and undergoing a massive renovation. (Yes, we walk around back to look for the revolving door through