Paris secret is out of the bag

I recently read Susan Spano’s article about the Hotel Degres de Notre-Dame in Paris [“Sweet Dreams in the Big 3”] in my local newspaper. I have stayed at the Degres every year for the last 15 and love the place. I’ve also tried to keep it a secret, but now the word is out. Darn.

By the way, there’s a restaurant near the Sorbonne called Au Bistrot de la Sorbonne with the same owner who serves the same simple but excellent food as the Degres. What I wouldn’t give right now for their tasty confit du canard.

GARY MAKI

Ann Arbor, Mich.