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What Rhymes with Food? Paris.
... oysters large and small, side cars at a bar enjoyed by Hemingway and Fitzgerald and a dark and stormy or two or three at Buddha Bar, caramelized grapefruit and orange salad, cream-filled pastries of course, and bread bread bread bread--this is what I was able to enjoy this time around in Paris. And when I finally got home would you believe I was ill for 2 days? hahaha. It was worth it.
In addition, I saw ...
Day 31 - Paris
... to the wall but it was so crowded that the waiter couldn't even get in to clear out finished dishes. It was actually a lot better than it sounds!
Tonight Paris is celebrating – it is Nuit Blanche (Sleepless Night) and there are people everywhere! Many of the shops are open, the Tourist sites are operating and there are exhibitions and concerts around the town. We were expecting to find a concert at the Hotel de Ville which was ...
Paris - say no more.
... for our flights, we were put into panic mode. Reception alerted us to the fact that we had gotten our days completely mixed up, and had missed our fights and couldn't get a cent back. Ohhhh dear. After a few phone calls, and $2000 later, we were on another flight to the USA first thing tomorrow morning. Having to get up at about 3.30am anyway, I don't think Jim slept a wink waiting for that alarm to go off.. Europe was covered and we were ready for the next ...
A Last Rainy Day in Paris
... and was able to get on my tarin a full half hour ealry. This never happens as the train platform doenst even typically get put up until 20 minutes prior to departure.
The couchette was stiff and the sheet kept sliding. There were also 5 other people in there and it got really hot. In the middle of the night I was going to open the door to get some fresh air in the cabin when the lady next to me did it. Thank God.
I was the only person in ...
An Evening with Patrick Bruel
... is an "onion peeling" exercise in which each of the characters reveals activities, attitudes and resentments that are fairly common, if deeply suppressed, in any gathering of family or old friends. It demonstrates how abnormal normal really is. What made this play even more appealing was the clever use of comedy as a tension release vehicle. And I got all this from it, without being a fluent French speaker. Imagine how much better it ...


