Saturday, April 4, 2009

WHEN IN PARIS DO AS THE PARISIANS DO...


...Visit the Academie de la Biere on the Boulevard Port Royal just before it becomes the Boulevard Montparnasse, walked one night by Hemingway characters Jake Barnes and Bill Gorton in THE SUN ALSO RISES. Also, visit the Closerie des Lilas, on the Boulevard Montparnasse not far from the "beer academy," where Hemingway wrote much of TSAR. Ask for the bartender who has worked there since the 1970s -- tell him Monsieur Heidelberg says "Bonjour."