La Huchette
Intriguing possibilities and promises of a short-term romance tumble out into the narrow night lanes of Paris - A two-minute stroll
A giggle of long-haired girls is admiring the honeyed delicacies in the window of the Tunisian bakery.
They are wearing the too-tight jeans and the cropped white T-shirts that are every father’s nightmare.
The girls, in turn, are affectionately appraised by the thin, pale boys who come to the Quai Saint-Michel to buy their lab books at Gibert Jeune.
Promises of clever conversation and short-term romance permeate the cool evening air.
This is the Left Bank, La Huchette, between La Place Saint-Michel and Saint-Severin.
It’s a circus of the senses — delicious, dazzling, fragrant, that comes to life at the setting of the sun.
Multi-colored lights and intriguing possibilities tumble out into the narrow lanes from small Italian trattorias and intimate Greek bistros.
Handsome dark-eyed waiters in starched white aprons are standing in doorways, seducing diners into their parlors.
The windows are decorated with geometric arrangements of bright tomatoes and peppers.
Lobsters and less familiar crustaceans wait on mounds of crushed ice with their beady black eyes and waving antennae.
Balalaikas and accordions are playing sweet nostalgic melodies from old movies seen long ago, making you hunger for something –
you are not sure for what exactly, but you feel absolutely certain it can be found here in La Huchette tonight.
*If you like this brief night view of Paris, you might click HERE for the longer version from which it was excerpted.
A giggle of long-haired girls, a circus of the senses. Brilliant! I felt like i was there.
I love this, Sharron - it's so evocative! The last part leaves just the right amount of intrigue:
"...making you hunger for something – you are not sure for what exactly, but you feel absolutely certain it can be found here in La Huchette tonight."