What Should I Do In Paris, France?

We are going on our Honeymoon to Paris and would like to know anything that is a "must see" (other than the obvious: Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, the Arc, etc.). Any good cafes or restaurants? Places to stay? Any info or tips on anything would be greatly appreciated!
First, congratulations in your impending marriage. Paris is a wonderful city for a honeymoon and is where we went more than 30 years ago. We are still happily together after all these years so perhaps there is some magic to found in this wonderful city.

We stayed at the Hotel St. Andre des Artes, a very simple but very charming hotel on the Left Bank and that is place we have returned over and over again over the years. It may be a bit too simple for your tastes but take a look at it here:

For something considerably fancier but still not outrageously expensive try the Hotel Left Bank St. Germain (which is right around the corner)

There is so much to see in Paris that its a bit foolish to try to tell someone esle what they ought to see. The "obvious" sights alone will eat up more time than most people would have in a one or two week visit. Its best to take the time to go thru any standard guidebook and make your own decisions, based on your personal tastes, on what you want to see.

However, if you really want a specific itinerary then let me know how many days you have and I will be happy to write one out for you.

There's also a lot to Paris that is beyond the tourist sights. Its the ambience and the attitude of Paris which need to be lived and felt.

You should spend some time just strolling around the city to appreciate its architecture and to get a feel for its medieval layout, the Belle Epoch improvements of Baron Hausman, and the modernizations seen in places like the Les Halles Forum and the new Opera in the Place Bastille.

You should take a little time to just sit in a cafe in the Latin Quarter or St. Germaine and people watch.

Enjoy some of the nightlife of Paris. Not the tourist ripoffs like the Moulin Rogue or the Lido but the vast number of fantastic music venues, from the jazz joints to discos. My favorite hangout is Aux Trois Mailletz at 56 rue Galande in the 5th arrondissement just a few blocks south of the Seine. There's a piano player and various singers who do everything from standards to Jazz in the ground floor bar/restaruant.

Eat! And be a bit courageous. Go to places that don't cater to tourists and don't have English menus. Just point to things on the menu or, better still, walk into a cafe at lunchtime and ask for the daily special which you'll almost always see displayed on a chalk board. don't worry if you don't know what it is! Try it! The worst that will happen is that you'll have a hilarious story to tell about how you got served a calve's head with cream sauce or something else too weird for you to eat.

Mainly, don't listen to the half wits who tell you Parisians are terrible people or adivse staying in a tight little tourist cocoon..

Strike up conversations with strangers, be open minded, put your map in your back pocket and just wander around, get lost, experiment, learn, take the time to really look at things.

May you find, as my wife and I did, that Paris,with its eternal beauty, its romance, and its charm, is everything you hope for your marriage.

Bonne chance and God bless.