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Lifting The Lid on Pigalle, Paris’ Most Non-Conforming Neighborhood

Think Paris, think the eiffel tower, golden-stone facades, beret wearing, baguette bearing gentlemen and effortlessly chic, cappuccino sipping french femmes. But scratch a little beneath the surface, and you’ll find a vibrant, bohemian and in some places, iconoclastic world well beyond the clichés, challenging what it means to be typically Parisian. Who better to lift the lid on what the city really has to offer than non-conforming, local insider Caroline de Maigret, author of the international bestseller, “How to Be Parisian Wherever You Are”.