Darcy's Paris Blog

Another lazy, rainy day

Today I headed to the giant market – Marche aux Puces St. Ouen – to look for a wallet, but no cigar. I bought a few food items from different vendors around my street and finally tried the café right downstairs for coffee. If it hadn’t been chilly and starting to rain, it would’ve been really pleasant on the little square there. I went to IKEA for some basics – with my social life heating up I decided I did actually need a full-length mirror – plus I knew that I could use a few extra towels for guests starting to roll in.

By mid-afternoon I’d had enough alone time, so I sent a text message to Jimi, and I met up with him for drinks, along with a friend of his staying with him for the night. We went to a couple of great bars in his neighborhood, the Marais, including one I’ll go back to – Chez Richard. Somewhere in there, Jimi and I made plans to meet up tomorrow (a work holiday) to see a Bonnard exhibition that’s only here for another week – he said it’s something he really wanted to see, and it sounded good enough to me. Oh, and I also learned – from his friend – that Jimi has a girlfriend (which I discovered since she’s the background of his mobile phone.) Interesting, since he’s been happy enough to flirt away and not say anything, although I’m not sure I cared enough for this to go beyond flirtation, anyway. When they finally kicked us out of the bar – I think they stop serving at 2 here, too – we walked back to Jimi’s, where I caught a taxi home.

posted by Darcy @ 10:33 PM