The pictures are of Nicole's digs and one of her pairs of new trendy shoes. She lives at Cite Universite which, from what I gather on Wikipedia, is just a huge residential complex housing students and visiting academics. There's a different building for each country and many are designed in that country's architectural style. I think Nicole lives in the French-Canadien house. The place is gigantic, has its own park, and its own Metro stop.
Last night I took a train to where Trapdoor was performing in Velizy which took about an hour. I did manage to catch the three trains I needed to get there. That small city has a beautiful new theater where they usually host operas but for the performance, they curtained off a few hundred seats. Their last performance of this tour is tonight. Nicole was going to have to travel with props but they are leaving everything here because they've been invited back next summer for a short run of the same show. Catherine Deneuve did go to a performance when this play was performed in France but she hasn't managed to make it to the American version.
Finally, after all this time, I found the hot spot of my neighborhood,, St. Honore Square. I had dinner at L'Absinthe-it came highly recommended by Mappy. Yeah, that's why I went. It's about two blocks from here but the way I went, it was an 8 mile trip. This wasn't my fault, though...really. Mappy assumes you know when one street becomes a street of another name. Of course, I had already packed away my map so I had to ask the waiters how to get back--only one out of three knew and the street I wanted is literally 2 blocks away.
I had a manicure today--I didn't spring for the French one; in fact, I didn't spring for a full manicure. Just a polish change--12 euros. The color I got is "Pink Champagne."
My final analysis of food in Paris is this: I've had some mediocre entrees but never a bad dessert.
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