Etel Adnan, a painter and writer residing in Beirut, San Francisco, and Paris, describes her beloved Paris like no other city. Her Paris is also the Paris of Baudelaire and Delacroix, Mallarmé and Picasso, Sartre and Djuna Barnes, the Paris of Vietnamese and African immigrants, revolutionaries, and bohemians. The educated and well-read cosmopolitan takes us on a tour of the city, showing us the most beautiful squares, parks, cafés, and restaurants, while casually enlightening us with a distinctly feminine perspective on the history, literature, art, and political events of this city.