Saturday Crowd-Dodging

Waking late on Saturday morning, as every good Parisian does (my host avers), I quickly prepared for a day of fighting tourists. I decided to visit the Tour Eiffel as is expected of everyone. 

And the crowd:

Alors, rather than wait in line for a view I enjoyed at Montmartre, I walked to the Dome!

Le Dome is a cafe oft mentioned and featured in both Sartre's and Beavoire's novels. 

It is a place where smoking, people-watching, and writing is very comfortable (like most brasseries and cafés).