10When it comes to getting around a big city—New York, where I live; Paris, where I love to visit—nothing beats two wheels. I’ve had my bicycle—a dusty-rose, single-speed Trek from the ’70s—in Manhattan for five years now. I ride it to brunch, to run errands, even to the office on an ambitious day (conveniently, there’s a bike storage room in the Hearst Tower, Marie Claire’s HQ). So when I was recently in Paris reporting a story that required back-to-back appointments from St-Germain to Montmartre to the Marais, I naturally turned to Vèlib, the city’s brilliant bike-share system (velib.paris.fr). With rental stations located every few blocks, all I needed was a sense of direction and a credit card (the first 30 minutes are free; it costs just a few Euros every hour thereafter). The bike comes with its own lock, rubber pedals that don’t scuff up my ballet flats, and a generous basket to stash my bag and my favorite French pharmacy wares (Créaline makeup remover, Biafine post-sunburn ointment, Citrate de Bétaïne—the famous hangover cure) that I picked up along the way.
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Experience PARISIENNE
PARISIENNE is the essence of a woman who knows how to love and how to live. At the heart of YSL’s DNA is the empowerment of women, and true to this we believe that any woman, anywhere, can adopt the values of being a PARISIENNE. To celebrate the launch of PARISIENNE, and to encourage women to find their “inner PARISIENNE”, we have created www.ExperienceParisienne.com, where the essence of a woman and her PARISIENNE experience is shared with other women.
In this spirit, YSL is sending five renowned bloggers on a journey around the country to discover and reveal their very own PARISIENNE experiences in New York City, Miami, Chicago, San Francisco and Los Angeles.
Yves Saint Laurent has chosen an ensemble of women with passions for beauty, art, design, music, fashion and food to create a travel diary of their trip. Stay tuned here to read articles, see photos and follow the women on their journey.
