I think the scale at the gym was broken. The message kept flashing “Wide Load.”<\/p>\n
No one seems to work out much at the\u00a0gym and they\u00a0don’t seem to\u00a0be\u00a0au<\/em>\u00a0courant<\/em>\u00a0with the idea\u00a0of ‘working in’ on equipment; they’ll leave a towel\u00a0on one machine and wander off to another for a few sets. On the\u00a0other hand, there is a certain\u00a0sameness to the routine;\u00a0instead of watching\u00a0Becky\u00a0Quick on\u00a0CNBC at 6 a.m.,\u00a0however, we watch her\u00a0French counterpart at 8.\u00a0They do play the technopop softer here though. And although it has a 70s-80s feel to it, the equipment isn’t too bad. Spandex is still popular if that is any indication.<\/p>\n As I finished the NYT crossword, I thought of a family lawyer we know here. I am sure his first language is French but he, too, does the NYT Sunday crossword. I couldn’t imagine even trying that in French, let alone finishing it as he does in English.<\/p>\n We had to go to a shop in the 2nd arr, (around the Op\u00e9ra) so made most of the day of it. Went to Bistrot\u00a0Vivienne, 4, rue des Petits Champs for a light lunch,\u00a0coquelet<\/em>, which seemed to be the thing to order. Sort of like Swiss Chalet, except that the tiny, roasted, whole chicken and\u00a0frites\u00a0<\/em>were better and instead of the famous Chalet sauce, the\u00a0frites<\/em>\u00a0came with\u00a0sauce b\u00e9rnaise<\/em>.\u00a0I did notice that, unlike me, most of the French folk at the surrounding tables weren’t having much, if any, of it.<\/p>\n