the prettiest day ever and other notable notables...

this is my mini quiche lorraine. i just wanted to take a pic of it bc ya just don't carry around quiche in the states... it was DELISH and i ate it while i was waiting for the train! :)

this is just a cute little courtyard i always pass. i just love the gate, all the greenery, and the stone walkway. how charming!

i applied to the certificate program at parsons paris. cross your fingers for me!!!

this is the door to the building, just as it looked when they showed it on project runway! lol. 

i couldn't get up the courage to ask someone to take my pic in front of the door.

maybe if i get accepted...

i think this was from wednesday. i met moo for a late lunch, which kinda turned in to dinner too! we were sitting there a looong time! lol. then linda and madona joined us later. this is moo enjoying her sorbet. i had a delicious salad and chocolate cake!!! mmmm... so good.

it was kind of ugly that day. grey all day and rainy! bah!

i passed by this furniture store and it was pretty much all of the most amazing things i have seen. and when i say amazing, i mean ridiculous!

do you see the chandelier??? it is MARABOU!!! 

i actually like the turquoise couch a lot. the colors were pretty, but it was sooo much all together! but man! that chandelier... lol.

this is a cool pic bc you can see the reflection of the building across the street which looks classically french with the ultra-modern chandelier in the store. it was really huge and amazing too. that store was so fun, but i'm sure you'd have to promise your first born.

 it looked so expensive!

last night (thursday) i went with elia to bonheur des dames. it was a cute club and i got to DANCE!!! FINALLY!!! i missed dancing!!! we went with elia's sister and michel, her friend. 

it was such a good time!

this is me striking a pose on the dance floor!

ahh, today... today was a GORGEOUS fall day in paris. i woke up late (i did party hard last night...) and met mylene for brunch. i ordered a very traditional french breakfast of hot chocolate, breads and spreads, plain yogurt and oeuf a la coque with mouillettes (little strips of bread that you dip in the yolk of a soft-boiled egg!). 

me eating my mouillettes. delish! it was so warm and gorgeous. we sat there for forever!

then we walked up rue moufftard in search of a hat for moo.

HUGE CRABS!!! there are stores all along moufftard.

so, we didn't get a hat, but we did find moo's dream coat. it was perfect for her style. 

i could not have designed it better myself!

moo was getting a little emotional trying it on, so we knew she had to have it.

then we went a were lazy at her apt. moo had an appt to go to, so i got a ride on SCOOTERPOO! my fave! it was all part of my awesome day! then i walked back towards home. on the way i walked through the jardin des plantes (as seen in previous post in august). it was as beautiful the second time as it was the first. it was soooo sunny and gorgeous! i think i appreciated the day even more since it's been rainy and grey this week. i need SUUUUUNNN!!!

i was silly and forgot to check what these flowers were called, but i LOVE them.

LOVE.

i didn't check these either... oops. these ones are super-awesome though bc they are so sculptural and perfect! the color is great too.

me under the big tree. i am happy for such a gorgeous day. :)

this is the greenhouse. i caught the light through the window at just the right moment.

so cool.

after that, i walked home and bought myself a ridiculous pastry. i will miss the pastries... i don't have them too often (i still fit in my pants!) but every once in a while, they are heaven.

so that was my awesome day. paris was a lady in her wedding dress today, 

never looked prettier. it was like a dream. 

in the grey winter days to come, i'll think of today and hope for spring. 

au revoir madame de brioche et tes enfants...

so, more sad goodbyes last week... my dear natasha had to go back to greece and julian left for germany and everyone else from school left too, except a select few. we had going-away celebrations on the pont des arts which is the pedestrian bridge that crosses the seine from the left bank to the louvre. it was actually quite a party! 

i had no idea so many people hung out on this bridge on a friday night! lol

then we walked to a bar near the sorbonne and what do we see in the little plaza area? all these awesome balloons! they spelled out names of songs (we don't know why they were there... maybe some sort of orientation fun). there was "rock me amadeus" and some others too that i can't remember now... i had the german stand in front of "99 luftballons" lol...

way to be a good sport, julian! :) 

then we went to this bar called the mead maker, which had a sea-faring pirate-ish type theme.

it was cool, but we were all kinda tired and so it was a pretty early night.

this is a super-cute pic of natasha and julian and my cheek. :)

last saturday, i was baby-sitting ella and we went to the garde républicaine for their open house. it was pretty neat, actually. most of our time was spent looking at different horsies, ella's favorite. i didn't mind standing here for fifteen minutes bc the gendarme was really cute. hehe. the uniform was really working for me.

we walked alllllll around, saw more horsies, looked at the little museum of uniforms and stuff, ran around with some other kids and then we went to see the motorcyclists do their tricks and listen to the band play. all in all, a very interesting and busy day!

but it wasn't over yet... we walked a little while in my efforts to get ella to fall asleep in her stroller, but then we heard music playing, so we went to investigate! there was an anti-landmine rally being held by handicap international and they had music and exhibits and everything. it was very cool. this bad was pretty good too. so we sat and listened for a few songs and then explored some more.

we heard drums a little ways away and went to check it out. it was this awesome drum group called mulê ketu bringing attention to the rally. i really wanna be one of those drummers! it looked like a lot of fun. very energetic. ella finally started falling asleep in the middle of the drum performance (HOW??? idk... it was LOUD!).

on friday night, leoni (a friend that i met in the bois, see previous post) and i went to this event at le 66 showroom on the champs elysées. it was a party that wove through some stores in what can best be described as a high-class mall. there were "cointreau-politans", a dj, hair and make-up stations, photographers, all sorts of stuff. leoni and i decided to get a little make-over. haha, here are our results below, photo by one of the event photographers. i had a little "faux-hawk", very punk rock, with black cat-eyes and bright pink lips. leoni had the glamazon look going on with the jessica rabbit hair and smokey eyes. it was a fun little girls outing. i was sad that i wasn't feeling 100% and didn't have anywhere more exciting to go to than my bed... oh well.

these last pics are from yesterday at luxembourg garden. it was a chilly october day, but it was sunny with bright blue skies and fluffy clouds, just how i like it.

this is a little statue and mirror pool by the entrance we usually use that somehow i never noticed. it's so pretty and feels like it should be hidden somewhere in a secret garden (like the movie), but it's only 10 steps back from the sidewalk! so very charming.

i did not feel like taking my hair down friday night (sooooo much hairspray!) plus i thought ella might get a kick out of my crazy 'do, so i just slept on it. still looked crazy the 2nd day too! lol.

i kinda liked it actually, with the headband and the shades. very interesting, that's for sure!!!

these are just some extra flowers that nicole (ella's maman) had and gave to me. they are sooo pretty and cheerful! i love flowers, but i am toooo broke to buy any! haha.

so that is all for now. i am a little sniffly and i was worried it was getting worse last night, but i think i will be ok. this is kinda normal for october... eeeeverybody has the sniffles!

au revoir andré.

so, this week was happy and sad...

on sunday, andre took me to this lebanese restaurant in the 15th call Al Wady. it was so good!

here is a little sampling of our mini-feast. started with olives, almonds and those pink things are pickled turnips dyed with beet sauce! we had mézzé, which had a bunch of stuff like hummus, an eggplant dip, a parsley and tomato salad, falafel and labné, which is kind of a cheese-yogurt hybrid...

we had a lentil soup, which you can tell was good, bc the bowl is empty! and also a plate of grilled meats. i was sooooo full!!!

andré and me. the restaurant man was very sweet and took not one, but three pictures of us.

so cute.

tuesday night, we had a little going-away party for andré. this is adorable madona.

action shot. a toast to andré's travels. it was such a nice night, so many people came!

the next day, i went with andré to the airport. this is quite possibly the saddest picture i have ever taken!!! i was not happy to see him go! these are the cool moving-walkway tubes that are at charles de gaulle. 

today was the last day of my french class at the sorbonne. it was a good class, but i still don't feel super-confident about speaking french, which is annoying... i must practice more!

ok, so that's about it for now...

oh! a congrats moo on your awesome thesis!!! i told you that you'd be great!!!

yessssssssss!!! :)