Get ready for


Paris

ChiXmas!

Top your wish list this holiday season with owning a pied-a-terre in Paris and indulging in a Printemps Personal Shopping Experience!

Paris Property, Printemps and Portraits…
Thursday, December 27, 2007

Hosted by me, Karen Henrich of Nuit Blanche Tours, and Adrian Leeds of Parler Paris and the Adrian Leeds Group, LLC, this special NEVER BEFORE AND MAYBE NEVER AGAIN (!) holiday event at the world-famous Printemps Department Store, brings two of your favorite things together…


One: Your dream of owning a pied-à-terre in the City of Light!

Two: Personal Shopping in a world-famous department store!

From Discovering Paris Property to Shopping at Printemps…

10:00 a.m. Continental Petit Déjeuner

The day starts at 10 a.m. (not too early!) with petit déjeuner of coffee, tea and croissants in the luxurious, newly renovated La Rotunde room on the 6th Floor of the Main Printemps de la Mode Store, (entrance Boulevard Haussmann and Rue Charras).

 

 

10:30 a.m. Paris Property

At 10:30, Adrian Leeds, Editor of French Property Insider and Director of French Property Consultation will teach you how to "Treat Yourself to a Paris Pied-à-Terre."

Discover how to make your dream of owning French property come true… and you could soon be decking the halls in your very own Paris apartment! You’ll learn how to:

    * Determine what type of property is perfect for you

    * Find the best and most profitable Paris property

    * Get a French property mortgage and save on the exchange rate

    * Structure your purchase to save on taxes

    * Prepare to rent your apartment for profit…and much, much more.

After the presentation, Adrian will open the session so you can ask all of your Paris and France property purchase questions. It’s like your own personal consultation with Adrian Leeds — along with a few of your new-found friends. A two-hour private consultation with Adrian usually costs $290 per person, but at Paris ChiXmas, you’ll have the unique opportunity to talk personally with this French property expert.

12:30 p.m. Déjeuner
Three-Course Lunch at Brasserie Printemps under "La Coupole," the Art Nouveau Dome

At 12:30 the group will retreat to the Brasserie Printemps, now run by the Bertrand Group, for a sumptuous 3-course lunch. You’ll dine in elegance under the famous 1923 Art Nouveau glass dome. French chefs will be cooking up a festive menu with all the trimmings just for us including entrée, main course and dessert plus wine and coffee — it’s sure to be a taste celebration!

While everyone is finishing dessert and enjoying their coffee, Sandrine and Isabelle from the Personal Shopping team will join us to give an overview of shopping at Printemps and the many services offered by the store, including hands-free shopping.

2:30 p.m. Shopping at Printemps
Personal Shopping and 10% Discount!

After lunch, Shopping Diva Karen Henrich of Nuit Blanche Tours and author of "Practical Paris, Everything You Need to Know About Paris But Didn’t Know to Ask," and Printemps personal shoppers/stylists will take the group on a tour of the magnificent Printemps de la Mode women’s store and Beauté et Maison where you will discover the largest shoe selection in the world and every other kind of shopping delight imaginable.

The tour will end at the spectacular Personal Shopping Lounge where you will receive your collectors items: Printemps shopping bag, personalized VIP 10% discount card, and store brochures and catalogs, which are art forms in themselves! ‘Tis the season of giving and the VIP card gives you a 10% discount throughout the store. Be sure to make your list and check it twice to take full advantage of the savings!

With your VIP shopping card in hand you can then choose to wander through the Printemps wonderland on your own, or stay and relax in the lounge as Santa’s helpers (the Printemps Personal Shoppers/Stylists) bring you a selection of clothes, shoes and accessories to try on. You are under no obligation to buy, you can simply try on — but with a 10% discount who can resist? They’ll even bring housewares and decorative items for your future Paris home! If you’ve never treated yourself to the ultimate indulgence of having your own personal shopper/stylist, now is the ideal time. And best of all, this service is offered free of charge as part of Paris ChiXmas!

As an added beauty bonus, you can choose to have a makeover by a Printemps make-up artist who will be available throughout the afternoon.

For non-residents, Printemps staff will assist you with obtaining your 12% detaxe refund, and Karen will be on hand to guide or assist as needed.

5:00 p.m. Kir Royal and Portraits
Kir Royal and Portraits on the Terrace

At 5 p.m., we’ll all meet back in the lounge to toast this wonderful day with a Kir Royal.

When you’re looking your absolute best, professional fashion photographer Erica Simone will be available to take your portrait — a lovely holiday gift for you or that someone special. Your portrait will be emailed to you as an electronic image file that you can have forever and do with whatever you’d like!

The festivities will end at 6 p.m., but the Personal Shopping Lounge will remain open and you may choose to stay in the store and continue your shopping extravaganza until 10 p.m.!

Meet Your Hosts!

Adrian Leeds®

Adrian Leeds® is author of the Parler Paris Newsletter and Editor of the French Property Insider E-zine. She and her French Property Consultation team provides complete property consultation services and produces several conferences and seminars each year in both the U.S. and France under the name of Living and Investing in France. Her site, Parler Paris Apartments, provides reservations and booking services for a select group of property owners in Paris and France. She also co-hosts her own brainchild, the popular Parler Parlor French/English Conversation Group in Paris where members from 50 different countries meet to practice speaking French and English. Adrian Leeds Group, LLC, her U.S. based and her France-based company, Parler-France EURL, provides Web-based relationship marketing, public relations consultation and event coordination targeting to "francophiles" living in North America and France.

Karen Henrich

Karen Henrich is a Canadian living in Paris, running her unique tour company for women, Nuit Blanche Tours, and writing about shopping and joie de vivre. She specializes in the fine art of finding ways for herself and visitors to stretch their dollars when in Europe. Karen pens an internationally popular newsletter, Paris Café, where readers get to live vicariously in the City of Light, and is a contributing writer for many other Paris-related publications. Karen and Nuit Blanche Tours will be featured in the anticipated National Geographic publication, 50 Best Girlfriends Getaways Worldwide (March 2008, author Marybeth Bond).

195€ per person includes:

  • Welcome Continental Petite Déjeuner at 10 a.m. with coffee and croissants
  • "Treat Yourself to a Paris Pied-à-Terre" Presentation by French real estate expert Adrian Leeds
  • Three-Course Lunch with Wine and Coffee in the Brasserie Printemps under the spectacular Art Nouveau Stained Glass Dome
  • Personal Shopping Tour with assistance to obtain a 12% detaxe refund
  • Store maps and information plus your own Printemps shopping bag!
  • Closing Cocktail with Kir Royal
  • VIP shopping card with your name imprinted on it entitling you to a 10% Discount throughout Printemps (you must show your passport or photocopy of it to receive your discount)
  • Portraits by Erica Simone
  • Optional makeover

Payment and Cancellation Policy:

Choose from two payment plans:

1. You may pay only 195€ per person upon registration the day of the event in cash.

Your credit card information below will be held to secure your reservation until full payment is made in person the day of the event. After December 21, 2007, the event is non-cancellable and therefore your credit card will be charged the full event fee for non-cancellation or no-show. Please call, fax, or email our offices immediately to avoid any unnecessary charges if you are unable to attend. If you cancel due to medical reasons that are covered by your purchased travel-insurance policy, we will advise the insurance company that your travel and conference or seminar fees are non-refundable. Any refunds issued by the insurance company will negate any credit due.

REGISTER NOW! Click here to download the registration and credit card authorization form.

2. Or you may pay now by credit card in U.S. Dollars.

REGISTER NOW!

1) Download, complete and fax the registration and credit card authorization form to +1 (661) 554-1257 or

2) Make the payment directly online at http://www.adrianleeds.com/order/genericorder.html

*Please note that your credit card statement will be charged by Adrian Leeds Group, LLC, Knoxville, Tennessee, in accordance with the cancellation policy.

Paris ChiXmas is the perfect way to pamper yourself after the hustle and bustle of the holiday season and to prepare to ring in the New Year with pizzazz. Be sure to tell your best girlfriends and register together. But hurry, spaces are limited — only 20 savvy, sexy women can join us for this fabulously fun and informative day!

See you at Paris ChiXmas!