"Red Mill" - a cabaret in the Montmartre district in the north of Paris.

Nothing draws the crowds like topless can-can dance routines, after all. Most guests, in fact, are with Asian tour groups. Despite the touristy atmosphere, it is worth going to just once, just for the experience. And children as young as 6 are welcome; unlike American children, who are forever scarred by a mere glimpse of an exposed boob, French children don't think much of it.

I don't really like this part of Paris. I am at Blanche Métro station on Boulevard de Clichy. Between here and the next station over, Pigalle, is the notorious Pigalle red light district - very seedy and not pleasant at all walking around at night, especially for a single female traveler like me. Pigalle became notorious by way of the World War II era American soldiers on leave, who referred to it as "Pig Alley."