aude iceskating performance

Aude's iceskating performance was tonight. I was very proud of her because she nailed the performance she had been working on for the past several months. Allez les filles!

to/from school

I wanted to document my path that I take to/from school.

First, there is Picard, it only sells frozen food.

Then I pass this street, that is La Defense in the background:

and then I come to this huge round about, two things to note (1) the sky is absolutely brilliant today, it almost looks fake and (2) I drive in this round about when I take Aude to ice skating:

there is La Defense:

and now I have crossed the street:

then I pass the boucherie (butcher shop)....

where my mouth waters over the window....

and the smells of rotisserie chicken and beef......

mmmmm nom nom nom

then I cross a smaller round about, where I pass a presse stand, these are everywhere in Paris, they sell magazines, newspapers, crossword puzzle books, postcards, cigarettes, etc.

here is the mini round about and a SmartCar!

then I pass la Maison du Fromage and again my mouth waters....

cheeeeeeeese!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  here is the local bus:

check out that sky!!!
just beyond the man-rolling-a-ball-up-an-inclined-ledge statue, is the Arc de Triomphe.

the glorious fountain + La Defense

Diane looooooovesssss meeeeeee. She does though. (also, you go girl! work that purple!!!)

Avenue de Madrid

notre boulangerie, our bakery:

miam!!!!!!

all day, every day.

I am salivating over my keyboard right now....

perfection.

our street!

cimetiere monmarte

My obsession of cemeteries is still goin' strong, today I visited Cimetiere Monmarte.

This was a bridge overpass that went over the cemetery:

a round about, about the size of Leucadia's:

the long avenue:

It's fun looking for specific graves because it's sort of like a treasure hunt. On the map they specify which road it is by, and which numbered division, and they mark an X where is sortaaaaa is, but not really. I love gravehunting.

Here is a video of the surroundings:

After 10 minutes of searching I found Francois Truffaut's grave! The great cinematographer! To see what films he has made, click here.

Here are two films that I watched in Thompson's class at Cal Poly that I highly highly highly recommend:

A Bout Se Souffle (Breathless)

L'Argent de Poche (Small Change)

Merci Monsieur Truffaut

les macarons de pierre herme

Fun Fact: this shop started in JAPAN in 1998 and then migrated to France in 2001. Pierre Herme, you are godly.

"Can I take a photo?"

"Yes, you can take two."

"Ha, two, okay...."

"Yes, only two, no more, that is our rule"

"Right"

There were 6 people working in this tiny shop, no bigger than dining room in Leucadia and they seemed so happy to be doing nothing surround by delicious treats. I want this job.

I waited patiently to eat my macarons until I came home.

Yes I am a freak for photographing all the following photos:

I got Arabesque (abricot + pistachio) and Rose (rose + rose petals)...

...Mogador (milk chocolate + passion fruit), Eden (peach, abricot + saffron), Chocolat (pure Venezuelan chocolate)....

and Jasmin (jasmine flower + jasmine tea)

Mmmmm it's oozing with the filling.

I had to alter the camera settings to show you how the Jasmin one has shiny iridescent dust, how chic.

Nom nom nom nom in my belly.

Oooohhhhhh.....

Aaahhh....

Then I took little nibbles out of each one:

to savour it and make it last longer.....

I continued to bite/taste/savour for as long as possible.

I think I lasted 15 minutes. It was the best 15 minutes of my life.