Posted Tuesday, December 11th, 2007 at 11:50 pm under books, me, tech, travel.

As I please: pizza margarita & 2 beers

I’m in Paris for the Le Web conference. Tonight is the party, at La Scala, which looks like exactly the kind of place I hate. I never understand why people go to loud clubs.

So instead, I went out wandering and found a pizza place, ordered a margarita, drank a couple of Italian beers and took my time savoring more of Orwell. It’s such a pleasure, as with Gore Vidal essays or Proust, to read his thoughts on all manner of things. I’ve been taking my time, slowly working through the 4 volumes of Collected Essays, Journalism and Letters (that link is to volume 1).

Here’s the last piece I read tonight, the May 19, 1944 As I Please column. Maybe you wont find it extraordinary, but I do. It probably helps to have the context, to have read the previous volumes (I’m in the middle of vol. 3).

This entry was posted on Tuesday, December 11th, 2007 at 11:50 pm and is filed under books, me, tech, travel. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

  • Antoine

    The next time you want to eat a pizza in Paris, go to Amici Miei. It’s rue Saint-Sabin. It’s crowded and you can’t book, but the pizzas and Italian wines are delicious.

  • Antoine

    The next time you want to eat a pizza in Paris, go to Amici Miei. It’s rue Saint-Sabin. It’s crowded and you can’t book, but the pizzas and Italian wines are delicious.