Tripes a la Tomate

I accidentally ordered cow stomach today at dinner. I thought "tripes" was a type of fish. Turns out its cow stomach boiled or something with tomatoes. It smelled pretty bad and to be honest I was done after four bites. At least I can say that (a) I've tried it and (b) I will never eat it again.

Last night, Cheryl and I went out to the Marais and decided to try some bars after dinner at Le Colimacon (so full, very french, excellent and really cute). First we went to Politburo, which is kind of a small, indie rock (i guess) bar, kind of kitsch with its wood bearings, red walls, and apparently a chinese-restaurant style decoration on the ceiling. Drinks were pretty cheap, but the crowd was okay. Next we went to Stolly's which had a really good atmosphere and again, pretty cheap drinks (I don't know where we've been drinking, but it was amazing to get a beer for 5 euro) and after that, we hit Flavela Chic. We had been rejected the previous night for most likely random reasons, but got in and it was actually pretty fun. I love the decoration in Flavela Chic and the music is pretty different from most of the techno clubs we've gone to so far. The crowd was luckily less underage than Le Truskel, the "punk rock" bar we went to the night before and the free drink ticket was a nice bonus. We ended up dancing on the benches as it was the safest way to veer from the strange, older creeps hanging around trying to make conversation..

Going to Porto on Thursday! can't wait.