les aventures avec sasha

i forgot to post about this earlier. it's raining today and i'm waiting for laundry, so here's what went down on the weekend!

on friday, sasha visited on his way back to canada from croatia... and brought a whole bag of chocolate with him.

(i didn't eat it all in two days. really, i didn't...)

we went to the louvre...

(a bathtub? that's what you think.)

and the rest, none of us remember in detail. stories were exchanged, bewilderment was felt, wine was consumed...

and i think it's safe to say i learned some things about life. and its tangiability.
i took from these conversations a lot of inspiration and consequently a lot of thought about my personal values. it only seemed to be fate that sasha arrived before my birthday, because it felt that as i realized that another year had gone past, i suddenly had some more important things to think about (for lack of better wording... i'm tired).
i may have had what some call... drum roll please... an epiphany!

some pictures for sim.

two photos of a stormy day on the balcony, and a funny picture for you.
(flunch? seriously?)

tomorrow i am celebrating my birthday in style: bottles of bordeaux and a picnic on the seine with tim and joel!
... a night picnic.

so if you don't hear from me for a while, it's because i've fallen into the river.

oxo

photos by lina scheynius

sleeper

[Miles gets to look at some pictures to identify the people on them]
Miles Monroe: This was Josef Stalin. He was a communist, I was not too crazy about him, had a bad mustache, lot of bad habits. This is Bela Lugosi. he was, he was the mayor of New York city for a while, you can see what it did to him there, you know. This is, uhm, this is, uh, Charles DeGaulle, he, he was a very famous French chef, had his own television show, showed you how to make souflets and omelettes and everything.

hiatus: finis!

had my first coffee today
in two months
and positively shivering and shaking

hung out around fontaine saint-michel

then took a walk along the seine (i saw the eiffel tower... it's about time!)

(this guy's my favorite of all the faces. isn't he ridiculous?)

i am enjoying what the french call "joie de vivre"!

tetra mocha

photo taking is on hiatus until a full recovery!
though i feel much better now.
(went to printemps and citadium yesterday...if anyone feels like making me rich, please, go ahead.)

i really want to check out ken claude and the other vintage shops, but they're really hard to find when you have no sense of direction (thanks mom & dad).

guess i'll be pulling out my tourisme books for the time being...

in other news, this girl has yet to see the eiffel tower. seriously. three weeks in, haven't seen it yet. but that's tonight (and tomorrow)'s adventure(s).

for you : check out cheri's latest post, sooooo pretty.

i found this image while browsing a while back and i love it! i don't know whos it is, but if you know, let ME know!

i'm really sick right now and barely have the energy to walk out of the apartment. i've been in bed for almost 4 days. it's hard to believe i'm in this beautiful city and haven't even seen most of it. what's keeping me busy is cleaning the apartment, over and over again, between naps.
i'm tired of bad tv and sitting around with my thoughts that seem to just get more and more complicated and analytical.

i'll come back to this world when i'm feeling better...