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Thursday, April 10, 2008
Before I went off to Paris I wrote about not wanting to go off in a Paris Cafe post...
I mentioned a book, Paris Cafe: The Select Crowd. Rick Tulka, the illustrator, found me through the link and remembered we'd met ages ago when I did illustration for the NYTimes. We arranged to meet the next Friday.
Rick brought his book and we compared the real Didier, the waiter...
With his illustration
Le Select's patron, Monsieur Francis.
A still life at Le Select! 
The real thing.
Rick has been drawing at Le Select 5 days a week since he moved to Paris from Brooklyn 13 years ago. He said he misses the smokers, but they've been replaced by the non-smokers. A cigarette makes an excellent prop for an artist.
Le Select's resident cat...
Rick counts out his change. You can see more drawings at Rick Tulka's website. 
I've always loved Le Select's logo, "Martin" an artist running with his portfolio. Le Select is one of the last remaining Paris cafes to stick with the old ways of doing things...more in the video. 0 Comments:
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