What's up, Dick?

Sorry for the delay in posting. I'm sure you were wondering, "What's up with Dick?" Well, after being sent over the moon by personalized thank you emails from both the President elect andhis spouse (nothing from the kids, however), I've been studying the stars, the arc of the moon and the entrails of various fauna, trying to map out the apartment search. My guess is that we've got a lot more shoe leather to expend in the course of finding the best district, best street, best sunlight at 3 pm, etc. But that's to be expected. It's a big town and after spending the last few days in a portion of the 5th arrondissement that very few tourists seem to place on their itineraries, we've gained a much better understanding of the place. The rain seems to have abated today, and if everything isn't closed for Armistice Day (which seems to last about a week in France), we'll be poking around the Marais, the 14th and perhaps another district we've barely touched in our previous visits here.