La Fée Absinthe

"Be not inhospitable to strangers - Lest they be angels in disguise"

The death of the owner of the Shakespeare & Co bookstore in Paris, has brought back memories of my time in Paris back in 1992, which lead indirectly to the start of La Fée Absinthe.  I had arrived in Paris in early January 1992 and had two weeks to find an appartment and a job before having to return to the UK.  Wandering around the left bank one day, I came across the Shakespeare & Co. book shop...