 After Samanha walks out of hottest restaurant Balzac, furious minor celebrities like she and Carrie can t get seated in 45 minutes, Carrie s credit card is cut in half at the shoe-shop, but  Eurotrash  friend Amalita, a kept party-girl, picks up the bill, at her rich older Argentinian boyfriend Carlo s expense; Sam feels exploiting sexuality is just as men do. Carrie can t resist Amalita s invitation at Balzac s, where she s presented to recently divorced Parisian architect Gilles, who invites her to his project in Brazil; they settle for a romantic afternoon and hot night; he left her a $1,000 envelope, yet she refuses an invitation to join Amalita s friend to the Venice film festival. Charlotte is invited at famous painter Neville Morgan s Connecticut home, finds his  ultimate series  are vagina-portraits, is invited to sit for one and makes this good move to get his work to the gallery.