Tuesday, Rainy

What is it with the rain here??
I met with Lorena this am to go over her paper for Dr.C. We met at the Starbucks St Phillipe Roule. I had been curious since Starbucks is so nice and strong in the US, but when  I tried to order a grande dark roast of the day, today, it was sadly, weak. I added a shot of espresso and that made it better, but not great. Lorena arrived, and we traded cheeky smooches and then she set up her laptop and we got to it. I hard to try not to get labored down in the wording of the introduction etc, it is so easy, but rather I tried to get us to the "discussion," as Dr C had requested. Lorena is so delightful, and such a fun conversationalist sometimes it is hard to focus on what you need to do, but we tried.
and I think we made good progress.  I anxiously await her version of how the Dr (as Erin would say about Dr Who) felt. While I suspect he is not much older than I, he has a longer CV and tenure as an academician, so...
She and I spent 4 hrs there, and it was a mix of fun and work, but I felt the pull to Erin and Mom, so after 1 pm we went out ways, she to C.B. and me to 178. But at 178 it was rainy. Erin and Mom were sorting out what to do and had found the covered walkways reference in both LinP and Michelin Paris, so we headed out to Galerie Vivienne by metro given the weather. We made it. but charming as it was, not much to do: high end pricey boutiques, resale shoes, for 95 euros, hphmm... I/we found Galerie Colbert, and Cafe Colbert, where Jim and I had had our 13th anniversary dinner 6 years ago. it looked just as charming. Still pouring rain, but we skidaddled over to Palais Royale and strolled the covered walkways, again only restaurants ands pricey shops. I made them hike to Rue Casteglione to try to purchase "enjoy" a JIm favorite parfum by Jean Patou, but they were closed at 4 pm, 16hrs??  So I freed Erin from the drudgery of walking in the rain and we metroed to Roule, I bought bread and mom bought dinner fixings and we checked into 178.
Ultimately, I made Erin a sandwich of hard-boiled egg, avocado, tomato and parmesan. She went to care for a small child, for 3 hrs, recruited by our gardienne, for a tenant. Mom and I had a dinner salad. I think the soup is in process.
I edited the paper more, google imaged Dr C for mom to see to whom I am reporting, crafted an email to him, in draft though, and await email from Lorena about his thoughts re manuscript. hmm.. where is she??
they only had 2 cases..
Erin is back, a petit Ecolier saved for her, mom and I each had one, and then the newer cookies too.
Mom has finally found the brilliance of Elisabeth Bard's LinP and is enjoying reading it now! So much to fit in with 3 days left.

Other ponderings:

I think the sky here is different. I think the clouds are puffier. Certainly the weather is more tempestuous. Rain followed by sun, wind followed by calme. The good is if it is not to your liking it will change soon, the less perfect is the spells of less favorable weather. It reminds me on Nantucket.

After 2 weeks of up late at night and up late in am now I have switched time clocks, just as we were expecting a midnight/1am skype.