A very happy birthday

On the way to the La Petite Maison in the old town, Place Massena - with the other thinkers:


Though we’d booked for 10 pm, it was still packed, so we went to the Thor pub in Cours Saleya for half an hour:






La PM isn’t really the place for an intimate evening; it’s a favourite of local politicians and, after their conference in Nice recently, Sarkosy and Prodi and teams had lunch there - a place to see and be seen - if you feel the need.




But the food was very good




M was charming with Nicole, the owner,




and bought her book for me "A la Table de Nicole" and got her to write in it.



I also got a tiramisu cake with candles and some birthday music




I actually wore a tie :-) - but needn't have bothered as only two other guys did - but M likes it.



We left very late, waited about ten minutes s for a tram, then walked,



of course a tram then came, but we were already nearly back.