It's Friday. It's 5 o'clock on the East Coast and well past it in Paris. If I could, I'd be walking into the Le Meurice Hotel in Paris and finding myself a nice, comfortable seat at Le Bar 228 right now. What I'm drinking:

have courage and be kind.

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