Paris shutting down

The doors are closing everywhere with signs going up saying see you in September. My first taste of this was last week when I went to an oyster bar in the 2nd while the girls were at the Avedon show. I had read about it and it sounded cool with an old metal bar in the back of the restaurant were you go and stand and eat and drink like Felix's in New Orleans. I was excited but when I got there the bar was closed and so i sat in the dining area up front. I tried to order oysters but the waitress who didn't speak any english was trying to tell me something and we were at a standstill. Finally the nice guy who owns the place and was the oyster shucker came over and explained that it was the last nite and they were out of all but 2 kinds of oysters. He was a nice dude and sat me over by his shucking station in front and i ordered a fruits of the sea medley which he hooked up and told me the order that i was supposed to eat each bizarre sea creature. I jokingly asked him since he was closing could i take home a bunch of oysters for free and he said sure! I told him I couldn't really take them since i was meeting the girls at the Pompidou so he put a big plate of whelks in front of me for free. But it was sad thinking that I'll probably never go to this cool place again. And now walking around, places left and right are shutting it down, and my favorite restaurant L'Affriole is closing after tomorrow(we're going tonight). It's depressing but Sophie from La Rez is in town, we're meeting her tonite, that should be fun, while CC has 2 friends that just got here too. Oh yeah and they have converted the right bank to a beach with palms and bars and restaurants and stuff which is a lot of fun. And tomorrow is the Tour de France. Speaking of which I need to think about where I'm gonna watch it today since the entire race probably comes down to todays time trials(they say cadel could overtake sastre for the win). I never in my wildest dreams did i think i could stretch this trip this long to see the Tour in Paris. Which reminds me, I found some money and I will be coming back soon. I got a flight thru aere lingus the irish airline. It is the cheapest by far, but to make it really cheap I gotta get to Dublin and the cheapest date was Aug. 8, but we get to spend a day in Dublin which will be cool.