Hey Barry, What part of Paris is the cafe located and what is its name?
JR --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@...> wrote: > > The café has now filled up more since I last wrote. Seated nearer me > are a couple who personify many of the stereotypes of Parisian life -- > not that there's anything wrong with that. They sat down on opposite > sides of the table, and the first thing the guy did was to reach out and > take the hand of his female companion. There really *does* seem to be > some love going on here, so it's not just male "This girl is mine" shit. > They may, in fact, be majorly IN LOVE. > > Uh-oh. Both of them just pulled out their mobiles and checked either > their email or their messages, lost in cyberspace instead of each > others' eyes. Maybe the First Stage Love phase has worn off to some > extent. Or, possibly, they have both learned to tolerate each others' > obsessions, and tolerate them gracefully. Not for me to say...I'm just a > fly on the wall in this scenario. > > At another table is a solitary woman being solitary. She walked in > Looking For Someone, someone who was disappointingly (for her) Not Here. > In true Parisian fashion, she took a table, ordered a glass of > something, and then headed straight for her mobile, to find out Where > The Fuck the offending male or female companion who was Supposed To Be > Here really was. She stares into her mobile screen and then smiles -- > whoever it was has come up with a suitable excuse. :-) > > At another table, an older gentleman has come in, ordered a glass of > wine, and started writing in his paper notebook, just as I'm writing on > my computer across the room. He glances up at me from time to time, not > enviously in any way, but just with a "Yeah, I come here to write, too" > look. Cool. A kindred soul. He looks a lot like the famous French actor > André Dussolier. Good for him. I'm just lucky I don't look like the > famous French actor Gérard Dépardieu, who has > grown...uh...over-large in his dotage. :-) > > Anyway, this is Just Another Café Rap, in Just Another Café. Do > with it what you wish. What you think of it doesn't affect me at all. If > how people react to what *you* write on FFL affects you, I would > recommend spending more time in cafés and spending less time alone at > home in front of your computers. >
