Friday 4 July 2008

The Village of Passy

Passy is a village within the city boundaries of Paris. Just two generations ago it was a hill surrounded by crop-filled fields. Now it is firmly part of the bourgeois 16e (the 16th arrondissement) with designer boutiques and an Inno as well as a regular Monoprix. Sebastian and I met at the metro station to pay a visit to New York University where his lecture will take place tomorrow. We entered into the leafy courtyard and were welcomed with a glass of champagne. It would be impolite to refuse...

An hour later we had mastered the technologies required, had sat in the Philip Starck chairs in the Director's office and exchanged compliments... and I passed out another invitation to TOSOP for next Thursday. Sebastian went in one direction to meet a contact from the Sorbonne as I headed to Montmartre to meet Ashlee who is moving to Nice tomorrow. The 4th of July is going to be a big day for a lot of people!

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