A Pessimistic View From A Balcony In Paris

A Pessimistic view from a Balcony in Paris Fine rain, open umbrella, sitting on the balcony of a hotel overlooking Haussmann – Saint Lazare. A throng of people and cars, but something as changed, people drinks Starbuck coffee and eat burgers on the hoof. Old restaurants are closing or converted to fast-food joints. I sigh and drink from a bottle of Bordeaux to avoid getting rainwater in my wine. This place together with rue d’Amsterdam used to be where the posh people lived and now, safe for the ruddy scrap yard tower, this could have been downtown New York.