< summer : defined > rooftop restos [ plus a Tom Cruise exclusive ]

When you feel the pull of nature, or the urban equivalent-- a rooftop-- these spots beckon. Bonus: a PARIS DEFINED exclusive -- a shout-out from post-Olympic Tom Cruise

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Coucou mes belles,

One of the highlights of Paris when the sun is shining is the rooftop « terrasse ». [ Not to be confused with le street-level terrasse, we hit those hard in the next edition...] The romance of those cream-colored Haussmanien buildings, the feeling of being in the center of it all...it makes me want to kick up my sandals after a day of promenading the glories and glamour and raise a glass [ or a fork ] to the best seats in town [aside from the ones just won in the Assemblee Nationale...]

BUT FIRST: in a P A R I S D E F I N E D > M A G A Z I N E exclusive: an audio recording of Tom Cruise saying « au revoir » to Paris as he departs the Olympics to return to LA. He may have abandoned his children but he didn't abandon Paris wi…