>> Osgood: A ARE CAFES STILL
THE HEARTBEAT OF FRENCH LIFE
TODAY?
THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION FOR
DAVID TUR CAM OH, OUR MAN IN
PARIS.
>> Reporter: THE CAFE IS ONE
OF THE LEGENDARY CAFES IN
PARIS.
IT WAS ONCE A LEFT BANK
HANGOUT OF HEMINGWAY, PICASSO,
HENRY MILLER.
SO IT SHOULD HARDLY BE
SURPRISING TO FIND AN ARTIST
HERE TODAY.
HIS NAME IS RICK TULKA AND
HE'S BEEN DRAWING THE FACES
HERE FOR MORE THAN A DECADE
NOW.
>> I LOVE DRAWING FRENCH
FACES.
THEY'RE THE BEST.
THEY'VE JUST GOT THE BEST
NOSES AND THE EXPRESSIONS.
A FRENCH NOSE IS THE BEST
THING TO DRAW.
LOOK AT THEM NEXT TIME YOU'RE
WALKING AROUND.
LOOK AT THE NOSES.
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL NOSE.
SOME OF THEM A CAFE AS IF TE HAA
MEETINGS WITH PEOHE AFTERNOON.
HE S.
I D PEOPLE COME AT THE
BEHOLD THE FRENCIDENTS.
PEOPLE USED TO GET THEIR MAIL.
BARMEN WOULD TAKE PHONE
MESSAGES FOR THEM.
WELL, THOSE DAYS ARE LONG GONE
BUT THIS CAFE REMAINS A INK TO
ITS STORIED PAST.
IT OPENED IN 1923 AND QUICKLY
BECAME ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR
CAFES IN THE AREA BECAUSE IT
WAS OPENED 24 HOURS AND
CATERED TO THE WHIMS OF ITS
BOHEMIAN CLIENTELE.
IT HASN'T CHANGED MUCH IN 80-
SOME-ODD YEARS.
>> I MEAN THEY KEEP IT
BASICALLY LOOKING LIKE AN
ORIGINAL CAFE.
>> Reporter: BUT IF FOR A
TOURIST CAFES ARE A
SENTIMENTAL ICON, THE
PARISIENNES ARE SLOWLY LOSING
THEIR LUSTER.
MORE AND MORE CAFES ARE
CHANGING THEIR LOOK TRYING TO
CAPTURE A YOUNGER, HIPPER
CROWD THAT PREFERS SOMETHING
LESS TRADITIONAL AND A BIT
MORE....
>> SORT OF MORE DISCO, GROOVEY
FLAVOR.
I DON'T KNOW.
WHAT DO YOU CALL THAT.
>> Reporter: MAYBE THE BIGGEST
BLOW TO THE FRENCH IS THE NEW
CALF EYES DON'T EVEN ALLOW
SMOKING.
SO PLACES LIKE LEE SELECT MAY
ONE DAY BE JUST A MEMORY.
IN FACT, ACROSS FRANCE, THE
NUMBER OF CAFES THAT IS
DECREASED 90% IN THE LAST 100
YEARS.
AND IN PARIS....
>> IN THE 1880s THERE WERE
45,000 CAFES.
AND THE NUMBER HAS DROPPED TO
ABOUT 7,000 TODAY.
>> Reporter: BERNARD THE OWNER
OF MY FAVORITE CAFE KEEPS A
LIST OF ALL THE CAFES IN THE
ITS LOOKS
THE FRENCH CAN ALSO BOOK.
>>... YOU COULD PICK
UP THE LATEST OF ISSUE... YEAH,
RICK MAY BE BEST KNOWN AS AN
ARTIST FOR MAD MAGAZINE.
>> I'VE BEEN WORKING IT FOR
ALMOST 20 YEARS.
I HAVE REALLY CLOSE FRIENDS
WITH SOME OF THE ARTISTS AND
THE EDI
CHANGE AND MAYBE THERE'S NO
