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Article: Paris? C'est magnifique!
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- July 30, 2008
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Gabriella Cortese, founder of fashion label Antik Batik, grew up
in Italy - but she found the perfect home for her family in the
French capital
Living in Paris, you feel free; there are none of the constraints
of living in a small town. My family and I have a four-bedroom house
on Avenue Frochot, near Pigalle, which is just a street down from
Montmartre. It has to be the best part of the city to live when
you're raising a child. There are many parks and gardens, not to
mention the restaurants and shops.
Every Saturday, I go to the local organic market to buy food for
the family, and then to the boulangerie for fresh bread. There are
bikes you can borrow all over the city, so I only use my ...