PARIS

During breakfast in the lovely breakfast room, it began to snow in big fluffy snowflakes.  Beautiful.  Then, in came Isabell Huppert for a meeting, and shortly after, Natalie Baye escorted by a television team for an interview.  Two of my favorite French actresses.  There is also an Afghan woman here who has written a book and is being interviewed, as well as, Anouk Aimee who will be arriving this afternoon.  WOW!  This hotel is so chic.

Thought it best to check that my phone in the apt. had been disconnected.  Sure enough, they had the wrong date.  It is unreal the stupidity of the employees of these companies.  Of course, they have their jobs for practically their entire life.  Too expensive for the company to fire them, what with the compensation the company has to pay.  Almost like our civil employees.  Took the damned box with the Umericable cable boxes down to a shop where they will be returned to the company so that I am not charged for them.  The shop is a children's clothing store on the rue Dauphine.  The owner makes a little money on the side accepting the cartons to be returned to the cable company.  Hope all is over now with the shutting off of the phone, electricity, cable and internet.  

I have been invited to dinner at ALCAZAR this evening.  An American acquaintance writes a newsletter called Paris Perfect and he is reviewing the restaurant.  Should be interesting.

Had not been to the restaurant in a long time.  In the 70's it was a fabulous night club.  Now, it is a booming, big brasserie.  Good service, good food and reasonable (by Paris standards) prices.  It had evidently snowed while we were dining and the streets were gleaming with the new snow.  My last night in Paris was a joy.