LISA DAVIDSON, an author and editor, lives in Paris. She has worked with Village France, France par Excellence, and World Media Network, and published Baboushka and Dedoushka, a nonfiction work on the Russian Revolution. At present she is working with Beaux Arts Magazine and with the Paris-based publisher Gallimard. ELIZABETH AYRE, an author and editor, lives in Paris. She has written for International Herald Tribune, The Independent, and Village France. She has also worked on the guides France par Excellence and is the head of a European association that cares for children whose parents are in prison. HEIDI ELLISON, an American journalist who lived in Paris for more than twenty-five years, edited the updates and the text for this new edition. She was the founder and editor of ParisUpdate.com. Over the years, her articles on travel, art, design, architecture, and fashion have appeared in dozens of magazines and newspapers.