Good stuff, Barry - For awhile, I was both traveling a lot on bizness, and running for exercise. I began to find these great places to run, in different cities, made a bunch of notes on each, and hoped to turn it into a book, someday. Ever thought about writing Road Trip Mind, Part Dos?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@...> wrote: > > And neither one is as silent as Bad Habits. But both definitely has > their charms. > > This cafe is on the Boulevard St. Germain itself, opposite the Cluny > Museum. If I wanted silence (and if it were open at this hour), I could > just cross the street, go in, and be plunged into one of the great > treasure-troves of Medieval silence in the world. But tonight the crowds > and the hip-hop music in the background kinda appeal to me, so since > this is my first night in my new 'hood, I figured I should go for a more > boisterous writing cafe. > > This is, after all, the Latin Quarter. It's known for its boppy > nightlife and another kind of treasure-trove, its food. Yes, it's full > of tourists, but there are restaurants here that cater *to* the > tourists, and thus always have reasonably-priced specials on their > menus. And many of them are really *good*. Even though my new Airbnb > apartment has an adequate kitchen (the last one did not), I don't expect > to be doing a lot of cooking while I'm here. :-) > > And interestingly, despite what I might have theorized during my last > Bad Habits rap, the French around me in this cafe are not overly chic > and upscale, and they're lookin' pretty damned happy. But then what is > *not* to like about T-shirt weather in Paris, with the skies still light > at ten PM? In weather like this, people want to go *out*, just like in > the Netherlands. > > Scanning FFL just now, I see that many are still *in*, and discussing > that topic that seems to come up here all too often -- what happens when > you die. Color me not interested. I'll find out soon enough. The people > around me aren't really pondering that one very much, either. They're > laughing, and enjoying what happens when you live. I, for one, can't > fault them for that. YMMV. >
