Then, excitedly, I spied well-known correspondent Edwin Newman in the flesh through the window of the NBC News offices.

WSJ: Remembering a time before 'Tonight' left New York

Rusty and dirty, but still glowing in all of its proletarian glory: A 1936 Ford (nyse: F - news - people) three window coupe.

FORBES: The Coupe Coup

For a window on up-to-the-minute art news, stop at the gallery bookshop for independent, edgy magazines and lush tomes in both French and English.

BBC: In today��s Paris, cutting-edge art, culture and cuisine