life in paris

It's days like today that make me thankful to be living in Paris. I spent the wee hours with an Italian friend...all strapping 7 feet of him. Maybe it's culture...but he was mild mannered, enthusiastic about life, talking about working long hours and how there ought to be a medium between leisure and capitalism. Nice. Too bad he wasn't a good kisser!

I woke up a bit late and after a coffee I ventured off on a typical walk. Out of pure curiosity I decided to try the French McDonald's pancake w/ ham and cheese: I'm sure it would've been better if it actually had ham! Ooops. Not that great. But you know curiosity is curiosity. I walked for quite awhile, picking up a "barquet" of mushrooms for a surprising 1 euro along with a corgette (zucchini), and onion. I stopped at Champion for some smoked sausages and headed home to make a concoction of the above with a quattro fromagi cheese sauce and a handful of pasta.

Finally with some energy (caffeine included) I headed off on RER C to Village Thiais to visit IKEA for some basic items. Sixty euros later and I feel like my studette is a little more me.

My day around this event involved:
-finding my missing Bose silicone ear bud covers while waiting for the new (Bose gets A+ for customer service)
-a few completely french conversations
-Asha's back!
-Pablo the Brazilian is thinking of moving already
-Pablo reminded me that men are sometimes great about showing up at the right moments
-a lesson in sizing at Esprit in Thiais (lovely staff)
-some rather greasy Chinese in the latin quarter
-Ealy, Chantal, Brendan, Dominique, Amy and Phillipe
-ciggies now on the sidewalk
-a studette that is now a little more mine
-some martini and vino
-changing seats a few times on RER C to Choisy-le-Roi
Alas....another day in paris.