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Escapes Month is in full swing and we want to hear from you, our readers, about your favourite summer vacation escapes. Send us your favourite summer escapes photos and description, and if they're chosen we'll send you a free Apartment Therapy t-shirt! Details below.

081208parisescape01.jpgWe're kick starting Reader Escapes by sharing our own personal favourite vacation memories from Paris (technically this escape didn't happen in summer, but hey, it's Paris and our only vacation escape in recent memory)...

Name: Gregory & Emily
Location: Paris, France
Link: A l'Etoile d'Or (my favourite stop in all of Paris)
Description: Our last real vacation was a whirlwind tour of Paris during the colder months when the streets are mostly empty of tourists, but still filled with a charm that is uniquely Parisian. Emily had been there several times, but it was my first time to Europe and I was rewarded with a fleeting dalliance with a city whose heart and soul sang in tune with my own...

 
 

081208parisescape02.jpgIt is often said that Paris is the most romantic city in the world, but I'd disagree. Paris is a jealous lover...one who required my complete attention. I couldn't take my eyes off any of her avenues, each building sang an architectural reverie, a parade of stylish citizens impressed with their polite manners, and of course, a dreamland of tasty delights was there to feed my deepest gastronomic desires.

Now if I can only get back during the summer months when long underwear and scarves aren't required...

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Welcome to Our Escapes Month at Apartment Therapy!

Join us by sending in your own pictures or links to your favorite summer escapes. In return, if we post your photo, we'll send you the Apartment Therapy t-shirt of your choice (take a look here). Whether it's a summer place, a roof deck, a lake house, a hotel, a tent or a B&B in a foreign country, we're looking to share the touches, tips and inspiration that are brought home. Share the wealth.


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Email us your:

  • Images
  • Name
  • Location
  • A short description of your travels/memories

To gregory @ apartmenttherapy dot com and we'll let you know when you go up and ask you for your AT Shirt choice and address.

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Comments (8)

these are cool and love the photo of the monument...what technique was used, please?

posted by minxy on August 12th 2008 at 4:15pm
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the 4th photo was either done by using a tilt/shift lens or faking it in photoshop.

maybe not far away for you guys, but i'm in the process of relocating from chicago to LA so my 'getaway' photos are from LA!

just outside of downtown
http://images108.fotki.com/v1298/photos/5/51621/6577518/IMG_8150-vi.jpg

http://images41.fotki.com/v1264/photos/5/51621/6577518/IMG_8162_1-vi.jpg

posted by Matt. M on August 12th 2008 at 7:32pm
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I heart this pic!!

posted by Beth1 on August 12th 2008 at 10:13pm
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wow....you guys are so cute!!

posted by dellem on August 13th 2008 at 4:30am
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Oh les macarons Laduree! Miam miam :)

posted by CeciliaC on August 13th 2008 at 4:57am
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oooo I just got back from Paris and these pictures made me want to get on a plane and go back immediately! very fun.

posted by Lepeka on August 13th 2008 at 5:47am
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Great pics, Gregory!

posted by RebeccaATLA on August 13th 2008 at 9:38am
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Oh, real macaroons. I can't find any decent ones in Seattle. They're all too sweet and chewy.

posted by Erika in Seattle on August 14th 2008 at 9:00am
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