ALMOST FORGOT

A very nice young lady recently treated LJ to dinner at Lilly's in Venice, an inexpensive little French cafe and wine bar on Abbot Kinney. I don't spend much time in Venice, but I did enjoy the garden patio and the fillet mignon. We went through several bottles of wine (there were actually four of us) but I can't really recall the labels now. We also spent the afternoon wandering around The Getty with particular attention paid to the Jacques-Louis David exhibit. His The Death of Marat is probably the most famous piece. The Christ-like imagery helped stir the martyr image of Jean Paul Marat.

Next year the young lady has promised to take me directly to Paris.