Detours Worth Taking
Detours worth taking.
No rankings. No exhaustive lists. Just things worth telling you about.
Places worth knowing. Things worth ordering. Detours worth taking.
And always more to come — life is an adventure.
Waymo. Always, when available.
If the city has Waymo, that is the move. No parking. No negotiating who drives. No abandoning the plan because someone ordered another cocktail.
Let the robot drive.
Coffee. Cookie. Laptop.
An all-vegan coffee shop and a genuinely good place to work for a bit.
Coffee + the chocolate sea salt cookie. Bring the laptop if you want.
Excellent coffee. Everything vegan. A workspace you'll actually want to stay in.
Get the vegan scone. Decide your own adventure.
Coffee + the vegan scone.
Grab it to go.
Stay. The communal seating is practically an invitation.
Work is always better with a view.
Stay for the perfectly placed poolside tables under the misters, attentive staff, copious pitchers of water and excellent views.
Laptop. Poolside table. Find the shade.
The misters matter.
Enter through the kitchen.
Start at the bar.
Some things do not need reinvention. They need stewardship.
Go for sunset. Stay for one drink.
Théa rooftop at golden hour. One drink. Enjoy the view.
Sometimes the setting is the whole point.
Go for the lobster tail and cannoli. Stay for the secret downstairs bar.
Order both. No choosing. Then take the stairs down for a drink.
Because a legendary pastry stop with a hidden bar underneath is exactly the kind of unnecessary magic PPSC supports.
The bagel. The Cisco beer one. Don't overthink it.
The Cisco beer bagel.
Best bagel ever. Better than NYC. Yes, I said it.
Go east. Far east.
Have lunch by the sea. Order something amazing. Soak up the sun. Stay longer than you planned. Look toward the horizon. The mainland can wait.
Open water. Beautiful beach. Drink. No unnecessary agenda.
Some of the best rooms do not have four walls.
Lobster roll. Pickles. Stay for the view.
Lobster roll with pickles. Beach before or after.
A lobster roll tastes better overlooking the Atlantic.
Get the coconut mocha. Trust PPSC on the hot fudge.
Coconut mocha with oat milk — but ask for the homemade hot fudge. Yes, hot fudge. Then hightail it to the ocean.
The coffee lids are pink.
Ignore the cookies for a minute.
Baguette + butter + jam. That's it.
Sometimes the thing a place is famous for isn't the thing you should order.
Get the shark. Even if you don't like grapefruit juice.
Order the shark drink. Accept the ridiculous cup.
I don't even like grapefruit juice.
Worth the trip for the crème brûlée alone.
Hidden inside tiny Passage Puteaux. Easy to miss. Don't.
Find the passage. Order the crème brûlée.
I still dream about it.
Some recommendations don't need a list. They need one perfect thing.
Willy Wonka, grown up.
Beautiful, slightly absurd, wildly expensive chocolate.
Don't look at the prices. Buy with your heart. Trust PPSC.
Convince them to ship to the U.S. — or make the detour and bring some back.
Willy Wonka grew up, moved to Paris and got expensive taste.
Passed along.
Some of the best recommendations come from across the table. Places, orders and little discoveries shared by people in the PPSC orbit — because good intel is meant to travel.
Buddha Bar
Because, it's Buddha Bar.
Passed along by Al
Go behind the George V hotel, and down into the cavernous space. That is Buddha Bar.
Coffee shops.
Cocktail bars.
Hotels.
Restaurants.
Books.
Playlists.
Gifts.
Places to take a client.
Places to take your best friend.
Places to sit at the bar alone and order something excellent.
Basically: things worth sharing.
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