LOL...I don't do tea, it was lunches and wine/apertif on the terrace.I don't spend time in Paris as I do in the provinces.You know more than I do.<BR>Have a wonderful time!

Someday, Cigalechanta, I'm going to DRAG you to Paris and show you some of my fave places and then you can return the favor by dragging me to the provinces to YOUR fave places.<BR><BR>And we'll definitely have to lunch at Le Train Bleu and have coffee at Les Editeurs and hunt for ol' Jack among the dusty books at Shakespeare &amp; Co..<BR><BR>: )

I expect you probably already know this, and for all my senile memory can tell me, perhaps you were the one who passed the tip on to me in the first place:<BR><BR>Re the Shakespeare &amp; Co book shop - once you have bought your books you can ask them to stamp them on the inside cover with the bookshop's own stamp. It's a nice memento though they weren't doing it unless requested when I was there.<BR><BR>Kavey

<BR>Beatchick,<BR>I remember your last trip to Paris and loooving Shakespeare and Co:) You know-all the times we have been there and stayed on the Left Bank, we have never gone to Shakespeare &amp; Co! So I guess I too must go back.<BR>We have not stayed at the Plaza Athenee, sigh, but friends did and we visited them at the hotel. I guess if one cannot actually stay somewhere, it is nice to have friends who do:)<BR>How great that you are getting to meet St Cirq in Paris!!! Whenever we go again, I am going to demand that all these lovely people, you included, meet me there too!!!<BR>Have a wonderful time,<BR>Scarlett (another light &amp; fluffy girl:)

I've heard good things about tea at Laduree as well-anyone have any thoughts on that?

Tea at Laduree can be good or you can be annoyed the whole time by impatient and harrassed waitresses:)<BR>We had the impatient and harrassed, liked Angelinas better..but maybe that was just an off day.

I read somewhere, Beatchick that there are beatnik readings that include appearences by Ferlingetti(Sp?)in June. A program will be a nice souvenir for you.

I forgot to say that those readings are at Shakespeare (ask him if he still keeps in contact with his Boston friends)

Hi Scarlett, my light &amp; fluffy friend!<BR><BR>Well, some think Shakespeare &amp; Co. is a bit touristy (no real French person would go there) but it is designed for Americans. Supposedly carries on the spirit of Sylvia Beach's original shop (which was located on rue de l'Odeon not on the rue Bucherie). And I love going in there to buy a copy of James Joyce's &quot;Ulysses&quot; or George Orwell's &quot;Down &amp; Out in Paris &amp; London&quot; and having it stamped with the Kilometre Zero stamp. Plus, the jumble of books intrigues me.<BR><BR>This was the place where I deflated that one guy's ego because he wanted to sell me some Kerouac-related books that he thought I might not have. But I'd already had both for at least 10 years (&quot;The Subterraneans&quot; and Carolyn Cassady's &quot;Off the Road&quot; - Carolyn was mistress to Jack at one point and she was wife to Jack's best friend Neal Cassady, who was featured as a character in many of his novels, including &quot;On the Road&quot;). I digress. And a felt a little bad about telling him as he looked so dejected but then I found out how rude he'd been to Kristin. ; ) Guess it must be that loyalty-to-friends bone in me!!<BR><BR>Good Lord, Cigalechanta, I thought Ferlinghetti was DEAD! I guess he &amp; Gregory Corso are the last of the core of Beats. I would LOVE to meet him, though. Is his bookstore in SF still up, running, &amp; thriving (City Lights Books)? Too bad I won't be in Paris in June. : ( Anyone want to start a Send-Beatchick-to-Paris-in-June fund so she meet one of her idols? Just kidding. : D Ask him if he still keeps in touch with his Boston friends? Does that mean a certain someone on this board (who shall remain nameless) corresponds w/him? ~Wow~<BR><BR>Hi, AmyLynne! I plan to go to Laduree as well. So I will let you know when I come back. There is another thread I started on Macaroons at Laduree. I will top it for you. <BR><BR>I'm going at breakfast so maybe they won't be so harried and harrassed that early in the morning, eh Scarlett? If so, I can always just go to the counter to buy a box of the macaroons!!<BR><BR>: ) Ciao bellas

Just when I thought that I had my longing to be in Paris urges controlled, these threads bring it all back to me in one big rush!<BR>Mary, you must write a detailed trip report and include photos!!!<BR>If I cannot be there at least let me pretend:)

Oui, oui, mon ami!