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"FacebookPinterest\n\nLE VOYAGE: I always pack light, but I make sure I include three sarongs: one for me to sleep in and two to cover the bad art on the walls of the hotels I stay in. It's also important for me to pack toiletries from Paris\u2014soaps, lotions, etc.\u2014so I can feel at home regardless of where I am. Likewise, I always pack French country bread when I go to Japan.\n\nTHE EATS: Often what you hear from people who work a lot is that they don't have much time, so they go to restaurants. Wrong. I think if you work a lot, you should organize well, get the good vegetables, the good potatoes, and the good herbs. I have a housekeeper who can cook, and I'm also lucky to live in a neighborhood with good merchants. It may be expensive, but it's worth it, and it's better than going to restaurants all the time.\n\nTHE DON'TS: The French will tie a sweater around the neck and hang it over the shoulders. It's horrible. It's supposed to give off this totally relad vibe, but it's a Right Bank/west of Paris uptight thing. I hate it.\n\nTHE PAD: I chose my apartment because it's not far from my kids and it's close to my office. In the basement there's a pool and a gym, which is crucial, because getting to the gym is actually harder than working out. Especially in Paris, where there aren't that many.\n\nTHE WINE: If you do a little homework, you can spend half as much and find great wine\u2014simply by knowing the ch\u00E2teaus and the vintages, for example. My dad taught me all that.\n\nTHE SMOKES: Full-time smokers hate me, because I'm able to monitor my smoking to a couple of cigarettes a day. Some days I smoke. Some days I don't. That said, I couldn't imagine drinking a dry martini without smoking.\n\nTHE QUALITIES TO LOOK FOR IN PEOPLE: They need to be intellectually challenging and put you and your preconceptions in danger. And in fashion, that's hard. Sure they have sensibilities and instincts\u2014I'm not doubting that\u2014but apart from rare exceptions, the fashion culture in general isn't that intellectual. If you bring up politics at a fashion dinner, they look at you like you're retarded.\n\nTHE PRESIDENT: The huge catastrophe with Bush is that when he takes off his blazer to talk, you can see his T-shirt underneath. That's a huge fashion no-no. His unwashed jeans are also horrible. I think all American presidents should have more freedom with their ties, as well. Stop with the patterned ties all the time. If I were them, I'd go with a subtler classic Italian knitted-silk version. But for the most part, their suits aren't bad. Neither Bush nor Kerry could stand up to Kennedy, though, who still serves as a standard for Europe. For the French, Chirac wears his pants too high, like an old grandfather. Now, Giscard d'Estaing [an ex-president] was very classy. I mean, there are photos of him skiing with a tie on.\n\nTHE STATES: All my dreams as a young man were toward America, and all of my best friends are American. And when I see now that one out of two Americans is obese, when I see a return to McCarthyism, it hurts me. And I wish they would stop with the contradictions between the East Coast elite and the Bible Belt. I saw The Simple Life with Paris Hilton, and the family they stayed with had an enormous generosity you wouldn't find here. Sure, they're absolute Christians and ex-marines, but you feel that if you had that guy for a neighbor and an invader came, he'd never say, \"My neighbor's a Jew.\" And that you don't have in France."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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