Spring!

Today, I met Soso for lunch by Saint Germain. We wandered toward Odéon and stopped for pizza. It was so great chatting with her and catching up. It's so nice to get to see her, and to have her nearby. I don't know what I'll do when I leave Paris and I'm back to seeing her when I visit every few years, instead of every few weeks for lunch!

After lunch, we walked to Ile Saint-Louis and got ice cream at Berthillon. Melon and Blood Orange... No passion fruit today! I'll just have to go back... We also stopped by Pylones, one of my favorite stores. I know there are 5 in NYC, but it will ALWAYS make me think of Paris!

I had to say goodbye to Soso to head home and work on the "plan" (outline) for my mini-thesis. Vercors and Les Editions de Minuit, a clandestine publishing house from the German occupation of Paris during WWII... Not my favorite way to spend a sunny afternoon, but it's really interesting, and I've learned a ton about literature from the occupation period. A lot of major authors stopped writing because of censorship, and then didn't really start writing again until the 1950s because France was essentially in shock/denial about the occupation, so any literature REALLY about life during 1940-44 is clandestine. I feel like a detective, especially since Vercors (Jean Bruller) was not a famous author, and has been almost forgotten.

Next weekend (April 16), Soso and I are off to Madrid to meet my mom and Natalie! The fun never stops!!!

Back to work!!!

Gros Bisous,
Jaimie