Because it will be close to family members, we've book a hotel in the 17th called Hotel Monceau Wagram. Interestingly, no review for that particular hotel on TripAdvisor. I don't mind that, I enjoy a trail-blaze.
Unless you any of you have comments ... and if any of you have any recommendations about interesting things in the 17th. Restaurants, wine bars, museum, etc.

There's a fair amount of info already on here about the 17th. You can do a text search for 17eme, 17th arr. Paris etc.

Found some reviews here
http://www.venere.com/hotel/index.ph...on=user_rating

It was formerly a Libertel, but still no TA reviews... the location s/b ok, there's a market street nearby(rue Poncelet) and, of course, Parc Monceau...

Here are some comments from other websites:
http://www.hotels-paris.fr/en/commen...eau-Wagram.htm
http://www.cybevasion.com/hotels/fra...agram_527.html
http://tinyurl.com/k4kdz (www.venere.com)

When I searched here I found very little that was new.

Thanks Travelnut, you are a fount of information.

I believe Les Dolomites, a superb & afordable restaurant, is near your hotel.

If you enter "17th" and select "France" in the search function, you'll get some pertinent threads, such as:

http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...p;tid=34742204

http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...p;tid=34712667

Thanks all. I am very excited. I'm on my way to fulfilling a quest to stay in many of the arrondissements ...