We scoped out the area around 9PM, and found a little restaurant that basically amounted to a sports bar to have dinner in, just across the Seine from the club. But, this was no American Sports Bar- the theme was rugby!! We had steaks, and I had a 3 scoop neapolitan ice cream dessert. We also had several red bulls, which explains how I am still typing as fast as my little fingers can type at 4AM on my second night in a row of clubbing!!
We stayed at the restaurant until about 12 Midnight, as I did not want to tire my feet at the club waiting on the main DJ to arrive. Now, a little commentary on the club scene in Europe. In America, most "Electronic" music clubs open around 1oPM, and there is a few opening DJ's followed by a main gig, usually starting between 12-1AM. Clubs in America, at least in New Orleans, usually are done around 3 or 4 AM. Even in New York, the main DJ's usually go on between 12-1, even if the clubs stay open until the morning hours. No, not in Europe. We got to the club at 12:15 AM. There was a line of about 100 people outside. We had our tickets in advance, so we got to be in a much shorter line of about 20 people. We got inside at 12:30 AM, to find about 500 people in this club. The name of the club was Showcase, and this was not any ordinary club. The club's exterior structure is made under the bridge of one of the bridges that goes over the Seine. The club itself was basically built into the framework of one side of the bridge. So, once inside the club, we had huge, overarching views of the banks of the Seine, along with a view of le Grand Palais on one side of the river, and Napoleon's Tomb, Le Invalides, on the other side. Phew, that was incredible.
Now, you'd think, "500 people is a lot for a club". No, not for this club. It looked quasi empty, but people continued to stream in the doors. We listened to the far inferior "warmup dj" until THREE AM!!!!!! That was what time I wanted to be in a taxi going home! That was the disappointment of the evening I'd say. Juston really wanted to see the main act, and even with our 3:30 AM or so departure, he only got to see a small part of it. I guess the DJ must play until 6AM at least. The bright side of this is we did find seating in the club, and it was absolutely fascinating to see the girls in this club. Talk about the fashion- I've never seen such fashion diversity in a crowd. However, one thing is for sure. Every. Single. Woman. looked like she was cut from a magazine. But somehow they look like they are not trying to be gorgeous. Blew my mind. Even the girls who were basically wearing ankle boots, short shorts, and a grey t shirt with a scarf around their necks looked so put together it was sick!! I will definitely try to take some queues from the Parisians in the fashion department.
Anyway, all in all, the club was beautiful, but by 3AM there must have been 3,000 people in there, and you could not move. Although it was not comfortable, we think it was a pretty fitting in to our insane week of Paris. It has definitely left an impression on us.
So, here I am, blogging one final time, before we leave for the airport in 3 hours. We have decided just to delay sleep and we are about to shower & pack our last items. We are bringing back a ridiculous sum of wine & chocolate. Hooray.
By the way, our Wednesday evening pictures have finished uploading:
If you've already seen the Wednesday set I posted earlier, just click to page 4 of the set & you will see the pics beginning with the new ones, from the dinner at the Eiffel Tower. The last 5 pages of those photos are pretty incredible.
Well, off to shower, pack, and perhaps stroll one last time down the Champs Elysees for a bite & a cafe'. Goodbye blogging world, see you on the other side of the pond!!!!!!!!
Come back on Sunday to view my Thursday & Friday photo sets!
Ciao,
Ashley
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