TranscriptLeft room at 12.30, Gwyn & I; walked across Pont Neuf, then up to Place de la Concorde (under heavy construction for an underground garage) on to R. Scribe & American Express office; no luck on how to repair Visa expiration — no office in Paris. On to Lanvin in search of T-shirts; no luck there either. Walked around R. de Rivoli; found wool-silk undershirt at #252 – Hilditch & Key; absurd price, 695 ff. (about $150) but I bought it any how — my one great Paris extravagance.
Stopped in Nicolas wine shop, got A.W. Black & two bottles of Moulin-a-vent. Dinner at La Coupole — great spread of shellfish for appetizer, then main courses: sweetbreads for me, veal for Hugs & Gwyn, pouilly fuisse all round. 1466 ff: about $300. Strenuous day; a lot of walking, a lot of spending. |