a man's woman & other questions

[Eway]

Dear Teachers,

I read these from True Pleasures by Lucinda Holdforth:

1.
"But don't some people find them, you know, uptight and competitive?"
"Oh, they are," she said. "But you know," she added, in that low sinuous way of hers, "I'm a bit like that myself. I'm more of a man's woman."

What does "a man's woman" mean? That she's masculine like a man?

2.
...Le Grand Vefour, one of the oldest and best restaurants in Paris. It seems the entire lunch sitting has arrived together. There's a gratifying whooshing and whirring as we are guided to our table...

I don't quite get the idea. What does it meany by "the entire lunch sitting has arrived together"?

3.
...the hair tied up in a scarf á la crèole...

What does á la crèole mean?

4.
Josephine's textbook femininity is outmoded these days: the modern woman is a substantive and explainable being, not an airy and elusive creature.

What is "textbook femininity"?

[Soup]

1. Perhaps feminine

2. all the lunch patrons/guests


3. in the creole style

4. pertaining to, characteristic of, or seemingly suitable for inclusion in a textbook; typical; classic: a textbook case; Being a characteristic example of its kind; typical;