jj went to the dentist today. it was an appointment i had made before her ski trip and i was glad that she could go – 3 weeks after her accident – to have her teeth checked. it was an excellent check up. first of all, the dentist was EXTREMELY and SHOCKINGLY handsome. he had steel blue eyes and looked like they should create a part for him on the series “Grey’s Anatomy” – which p.had nicknamed “sexy doctors”. but aside from that, he took another xray and jj’s teeth are fine – no damage from the accident. not only are they fine, but he was quite surprised at how good they were. he asked if she had had braces – because they are so straight. “no.” he asked if she flossed regularly. “yes”. “oh, the americans are good at that. unfortunately the french don’t do it.” he said he didn’t even need to clean them because there was NO plaque. in the states they would’ve cleaned them anyway and charged for it. we left after paying our TWENTY SEVEN euros, which will probably be reimbursed.
today was st patricks day. as a former resident of the republic of ireland, i am ashamed to say, i forgot. p. went out to a pub with his colleagues, which allowed him to leave work at a reasonable hour and so we could go out to eat. i have a long list of little restaurants i want to try. the other day, when tove was here, we went to a 1 star michelin restaurant that ended up costing around 60 euros each. it was a little more inventive than the rest, but not fabulous. but it was one of 4 restaraunts started by the same chef, christian constant. the one we went to was called “fables de la fontaine” –right next to an old fountain. he also has another one star michelin restaurant called “le violon d’ingres” which is supposed to be very good. there is another fashion in paris which is the little down to earth cafe owned by a big famous restaurant. so on the same street this same chef has “les cocottes” (translated “the casseroles”) which just serves the french version of casseroles. it is very reasonably priced. three doors down from that is his other cafe, the “cafe constant” with the mission of feeding the locals croissants in the morning and down to earth food in the evening. neither bistro take reservations, and in paris if you get to a restaurant by 8:15pm, you are the first ones, so that is my often used strategy. i wanted to go to “les cocottes”, and we arrived at 8:15, but strangely, it was already packed. so we went down the street and went into “cafe constant” which was almost empty. we got a nice table and within 15 mins it was also full with a waiting line. it was a lovely evening. simple, reasonably priced meal. p. had a sea bass, or “bar”, in french. crispy skin, delicious. served over mashed pumpkin or sweet potato. i had the duck with fried potatoes and jj had chicken. dessert was profiteroles, apple tart and creme caramel.
jj was doing her french homework since she had a lot that night. she started chuckling and said, “only in france”. she then showed us the chapter in her french vocabulary book titled “L’AMOUR- LES EMOTIONS”. with all the new vocab words in bold, it translates as follows:
today was st patricks day. as a former resident of the republic of ireland, i am ashamed to say, i forgot. p. went out to a pub with his colleagues, which allowed him to leave work at a reasonable hour and so we could go out to eat. i have a long list of little restaurants i want to try. the other day, when tove was here, we went to a 1 star michelin restaurant that ended up costing around 60 euros each. it was a little more inventive than the rest, but not fabulous. but it was one of 4 restaraunts started by the same chef, christian constant. the one we went to was called “fables de la fontaine” –right next to an old fountain. he also has another one star michelin restaurant called “le violon d’ingres” which is supposed to be very good. there is another fashion in paris which is the little down to earth cafe owned by a big famous restaurant. so on the same street this same chef has “les cocottes” (translated “the casseroles”) which just serves the french version of casseroles. it is very reasonably priced. three doors down from that is his other cafe, the “cafe constant” with the mission of feeding the locals croissants in the morning and down to earth food in the evening. neither bistro take reservations, and in paris if you get to a restaurant by 8:15pm, you are the first ones, so that is my often used strategy. i wanted to go to “les cocottes”, and we arrived at 8:15, but strangely, it was already packed. so we went down the street and went into “cafe constant” which was almost empty. we got a nice table and within 15 mins it was also full with a waiting line. it was a lovely evening. simple, reasonably priced meal. p. had a sea bass, or “bar”, in french. crispy skin, delicious. served over mashed pumpkin or sweet potato. i had the duck with fried potatoes and jj had chicken. dessert was profiteroles, apple tart and creme caramel.
jj was doing her french homework since she had a lot that night. she started chuckling and said, “only in france”. she then showed us the chapter in her french vocabulary book titled “L’AMOUR- LES EMOTIONS”. with all the new vocab words in bold, it translates as follows:
gabriel meets mathilda at the home of some friends. he falls in love with mathilda. mathilda, who was alone, falls in love also.
one night, gabriel invites matilda to his home. he kisses her, they kiss. then they spend the night together, they make love. gabriel says “i love you” to mathilda.
they begin a relationship. gabriel is single, he lives alone, but after some months he accepts to live with mathilda. they take an apartment together.
gabriel and mathilda decide to marry. gabriel would like only a civil wedding, but mathilda would like also a religious wedding.
simon and alain are homosexuals. they are living as a couple for the last 5 years. now, in france, their partnership can be official, because now there exists “pacs”(civil union).
we laughed at the passages and even showed it to the waiter who rolled his eyes.
afterward dinner, we got bikes (free city bike system) and crossed under the eiffel tower, which was sparkling at that moment with the new special flashing lights that only go 10 minutes on the hour. we rode diagonally across the champs de mars and then down our little market street home. it was a very fun evening. it was everything special that we love about paris.
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