@janbb and @Coloma We can pass on the 1870–71 Franco Prussian Siege/Communard thing as well.
Midnight is one of my favorite movies. Why not split our time between the Belle Époque with the Impressionists, writers, and other artists of the period at Salon Madame Sabatier, then, like the film, enter the les Années Folles and begin our Saturday evenings at The Stein/Toklas Salon, meet some interesting people, see where it takes us. I can watch for the carriage, you two can watch for the 1926 taxi. Shall dinner be at 1926 Le Select, then drinks and dancing at Bricktop’s, or the Dingo, or dinner at 1890 Maxim’s, then the Ballet Russe, drinks and dancing at the the Moulin Rouge?
I’d like to interview that crazy sonovabitch Soutine at the Lapin Agile. Meet Apollinaire, Picasso, Braque and the others, especially after they are arrested during the 1911 Mona Lisa theft. What a remarkable explosion of creativity all at once. The Beehive, the