It's Not So Much Where As When You Go

October, 1980

American travelers traditionally head for Paris in the greatest numbers in summer--after all, the brochures all describe it as the "peak" travel season. Paris in the summer when it sizzles, right? So these trusting souls, all paying top prices, routinely arrive, only to become mildly apoplectic when they discover that virtually every important restaurant in France is closed for the entire month of August. Furthermore, it's no accident that the greatest French chefs routinely shutter th...