Visite à Montmartre

Here’s an a-capella group I listened to while waiting outside the Abbesses metro stop for Susannah, who sang in French, English, and Spanish. Besides “chile con carne”, my favorite song was the first one I heard, mostly because of the chorus, which went like this: “You can be/ What you want to/ All I need/ Is to boogey down!” I found that amusing enough to put it up here.

After our lovely lunch (we split the best galette we’ve had so far), we met up with the group and were led around Montmartre by our lovely tour guide Sabrina. We’d both been before so it was nothing new but it’s always nice to promenade around the area, with its charming winding streets and humble restaurants and boutiques. It has a very local and friendly air to it – though bordered by the sex district on one end and less-than-beautiful Boulevard Barbès on another (which I’d already been acquainted with thanks to last summer’s two nights in “Friends’ Hostel” – oh, good times), it manages to stay rather quiet and inviting. You can imagine lots of Amélies living there. Here, indeed, are two very Amélie shots – the first a view of the carousel and Sacre Coeur in the background, and the second the café Les Deux Moulins, where she worked as a waitress in the movie.

Here’s a glimpse of later that night:

myself, Ray, and Flávia, the latter two of which are amazing dancers – when together, an event to be seen


mademoiselle Chelsea et monsieur Aaron