It's cold!

I know, I'm an embarrassment to the family. It's 18 degrees here (yes, I'm working with the celsius...you figure out the fahrenheit. I'm so French now. We eat dinner at 20:00 heures egalement!) and I need my winter coat. I don't know what I'm going to do when it's zero! We are in for a wild ride this winter. You think I'm crying now...

The picture shown above is from our walk home on Saturday. We enjoyed a fabulous birthday picnic with our friends and on our way to the Tram spotted the Eiffel Tower as we crossed the south western end of the Seine. What a great picture, eh? It's moments like these that I really love being in Paris. It's so beautiful. Saturday was an amazingly perfect day. We continued our picnic theme that evening with the ladies, Katy (my friend from Prep), and Andy (Brian's colleague). It was a fabulous Saturday.

Now I don't want to boast too much, however Friday night I tackled la cuisine francaise and I must say it turned out pretty magnifique! I made a pretty delicious cream white wine sauce with eggplant, mushrooms, and zucchini. The special sauce topped a pretty delicious chicken, cooked in capers and wine. Now, give me some gas burners and I'm probably going to take my cuisine over the top, but I am making progress with these electric burners. More on that as my cooking develops...

Such developments may come quickly: I discovered the Rue Daguerre this weekend in the fabulous 14th. It has everything a chef de francaise could ever desire: poissonnerie, boulangerie, boucherie, and fromagerie. I could easily spend a million euros there. I was in heaven walking the short pedestrian street; the fruits and vegetables looked so fresh and the fish places were amazing. There were a couple wine shops with samples outside to try and you could try and match your wine tasting with a cheese tasting from the fromagerie next store. Heaven! The street is home to one of the most famous boucheries in all of Paris. This family owned butcher serves all of the best, most famous restaurants in town. I haven't figured out which one exactly it is, but when I do... :)

Celia is done coloring and Elise will be done with school soon. Thus we are off to picnic in the park.

A bientot!