this is what i know

ahhh, paris.  how i love you in the summer.  right now, this is the paris i know and love in the summertime.  it is cool and rainyish.  it pours and gushes at any given moment and there is that subtle cool breeze that makes you think you are standing in a doorway to an air-conditioned building.

the paris i know and love always has me carry a scarf in my bag just in case i get cold.  this is the paris of layers, the paris of getting to sit around in a park and enjoy the sun and the shade.  to get to go and relax at a cafe and sit under the awnings because it could pour.  to watch all the people run and duck for cover in their local brasserie until a shower passes and while it passes they pass the time with a beer.

my paris is me sitting in various places at various times.  i walk a lot but only to get to my destination chair in another part of the city.  each little locale offers me something the other doesn't.  that one is great for watching people.  this one for reading a novel.  that one just for dozing and listening to people talk.  then there is the coffee.

my paris has millions of people carrying bags tucked with all sorts of things for different occasions.  a book just picked up that was recommended by a friend.  a new sweater to wear out.  the new pariscope with all the latest times and dates for movies this week.

my paris is my paris right now.