1989-09-28 to 1989-12-01 Stevens Point, Wisconsin
Civil Trial Counsel of Wisconsin Fall Conference.
1988-11-24 to 1988-12-01 Paris
Flight from O'Hare delayed while they check an engine. Gate area next to one for a flight to Quebec, so many francophones. First ride on a Boeing 767. Since it only has two engines, glad they're both working. Cab ride through small Roman arch with traffic lights mounted on it. Sublet the apartment of an expatriate Cuban artist on Rue St. Martin. The local representative of the rental agency was cooking Thanksgiving dinner for his Parisian friends, and had asked that he bring the only ingredient unavailable locally: cranberry sauce. Rode the Metro. "Trapped" in a station. Went through the Pompidou Center, which was a block away. Concert at St. Merry down the street including Bernstein's tune for Lifey. Went through Gard D'Orsay. Louvre was on strike. Gendarmes cops, but also were paramilitary foot patrols with assault rifles. Express highway on the Seine. Saw Ste. Chappel, which was like being inside a kaleidoscope. The shared law building included what appeared to be French lawyers in some fevered discussion in a hallway even though it was a Saturday afternoon. The French need to learn to relax. Mass at Notre Dame. French street vendor pizza bread is more of an open-faced ham and cheese sandwich. Brasseries good eating. Neighborhood restaurants, consult your guidebook, if you want beef you can chew. French fries okay. Rodin Museum.
1988-01-07 to 1988-01-09, St. Louis, Missouri
Decided we had to escape the bitter cold. The only sufficiently inexpensive southerly destination available was St. Louis. Explored the National Transportation Museum. Had dinner on The Hill.
RECONSIDERATIONS
Philosophy and Religion
The Great Stone Face and Other Nonmysteries, by Martin Gardner