today's parisianness, in bullet points

• Ran.  Running is very unParisian.  Running slowly and with great effort is even more so.  Strike against me.
• Still feeling, well, morning-ish, went for a cup of coffee.  Have discovered that, counter to Rick Steve's strong implication that cafe au lait is nonexistent here, it is perfectly well understood and results in exactly what you would expect.  It's odd that coffee here is expensive - 2.60 euros for a small (4 ounces, maybe 6) cafe au lait - and pastries so cheap - a plain croissant is 0.90-1.10 euros, depending on the niceness of the bakery and (if applicable) whether you sit there or take it to go; a pain au chocolate is around 10 euro-cents more; a much fancier pastry might be closer to 2 euros.  I did not have any pastry today.
• Returned to the creperie (via hour-long walk, including Oberkampf and wholesale jewelry neighborhood) to try a different crepe: this one had scrambled egg (rather than fried with a soft yolk as in the complete), a bit of cheese, and cooked tomato.  I don't usually like tomato, but I thought they did a good job with it.  On the whole it was not as tasty as the crepe complete, but it was light and pleasant - much lighter than any other French meal I've had.
• Walked some more.  Stopped at a bakery and bought a meringue, which I'd read simply MUST be tried.  This is true.
• Walked walked walked.  Went very far south (creperie is very far north).  Saw wholesale clothing neighborhood.  Many bookstore neighborhoods.  Bookstore window displays in Paris feature the actual books, unadorned.  Wonder if people read a lot more and/or a lot more serious stuff here.  Walk walk walk.  Tried on jackets.  Debated buying cute fake-leather jacket; debated blazer.  Neither was perfect and I wasn't positive I'd wear either.  I have enough clothes that are just a little bit wrong.  
• Eventually, went home.  Had a frozen "tarte" for dinner; this was basically a quiche with no top crust.
• Short walk in my neighborhood with another cafe au lait and observance of passersby.
• Gelato!  I have been eyeing the gelato from this place near my apartment for weeks and finally went in. They have a zillion flavors, and you get to pick two even for the smallest size (which, granted, costs $4.50 and is not all that small).  It was VERY good.
• At some point I hit 50,000 words.  

Executive summary: Walked a lot.  Ate yummy Parisian food.  Plan to repeat tomorrow for (sob!) my last full day in Paris.