I Tried to Write in Montmartre: Why I Fled Noisy Cafés for an Office with a View of Paris

The myth of the Parisian café writer is a powerful one. But to actually get work done, I escaped the noise of Montmartre for the silence and view of a day-use room at the Terrass" Hôtel. A crash-test comparing the chaos of cafés to the calm of a 4-star office.