An American In Paris

An American in Paris: The Cordial Traveler's Inside Guide is a unique coffee table-style photography-travel guide to experiencing Paris in a magnificent way, a superbly functional book to the city utilizing the cordial American enjoying his days in comical scenarios roaming throughout the streets of Paris. Celebrity photographer Veronique Vial has done it again in this book, just as she has captivated audiences internationally with her images of the Cirque du Soleil as well as her famed portraits of celebrities in previous publications.

Veronique allows your thoughts and imagination to visualize a side of this city through her gifted eye as she follows the cordial traveler (actor John Riggs) around Paris. She catches some of the funniest moments on film that is displayed in a vintage postcard-style look of black and white photographs. Throughout the guide, as he tries to blend into the lifestyle of the Parisian, nevertheless the traveler definitely stands out as a tourist - in which Americans have received their notoriety of traveling abroad.

The guide listings in this book are off the mainstream path of the usual places and things and give you a chance to see the real Paris that other guides don't tell you about. Even if you are a local, you may find some places you didn't even know existed.

The listings include best bistros, Parisian delights, hotels, health and beauty, shopping, fashion, and art and culture.

The book design is produced of high-quality photographic matte art paper bound by a flexi-cover for easy transporting in your travels. The images are black and white. The preface is written by independent film director Nicolas Duchemin Harvard, who has been living in Paris for five years. The informative editorial listings are written by Nadia Hamam, an independent writer showcased in several travel magazines and a current Parisian.

This book is a great gift for anyone who has, or wants to, travel to Paris or as a swank conversation piece of the coffee table design. Whether they've already been or want to go, this journey by the cordial traveler allows the reader to relate to his situations by the photographs and captions that will keep the laughs going for a long time.