Paris nightlife, part 4

Lots of fun last night at a little basement dance bar called CUD (short for "Classics Up and Down," which is on the sign in English).

I'd call it Paris's equivalent of Mr. Black -- a tiny basement bar (smaller even than the original Mr. Black; I haven't been to the new one), seemingly a former wine cellar or something with arched brick ceilings, capacity probably just over 100 people.

It gets going late. My first time there, two weeks ago, Joey and I walked in at 12:30 to find it pretty much empty. Last night I arrived with some British guys I had met at RAIDD at 1:15, which turned out to be just right.

Fun music, basically mainstream circuit music but with both European trance and electro overtones. Young, cute, flirty crowd, mainly French it seemed, and including quite a few faces I recognized from earlier that night at RAIDD. No cover, free coatcheck and a round of drinks for four people cost me just 24 euros, or about $7.50 a drink, including tip.

And it's five minutes' walk from my house.

Love it.