13 rue Monsieur

Cole Porter and his wife lived at 13 rue Monsieur, not more than three blocks from Napoleon's Tomb.




Ernest Hemingway and his wife live on rue de Cardinal Lemoine, next to the University of Paris, at the same time.

It was the 1920'a and the ex-pats invaded Paris. Porter lived the elegant life, with champagne, caviar, and decadence.

Hemingway could barely feed his small family and often had no heat in the house.

Doesn't seem fair, eh?

But then the stock market crashed, everyone went back home, and that was that.

Then why do I remain so fascinated with the whole thing?