we got back last sunday and p went to pick up the dog from the countryside. the dog returned skinnier and stinkier. i gave him a bath the next day (out in the courtyard of the building). the weather in paris is gorgeous. jj is on vacation for this whole week too. i’m trying to take jj out to do things in paris and not forget that we are here in this amazing city. we went wandering a bit in paris and were crossing a street next to our apt and almost got hit by a car. we had the light to walk, and a car was turning the corner slowly. i thought the driver was looking at us. he got closer and closer and didn’t stop when he should’ve. finally, i screamed. jj saw that he wasn’t paying attention and scooted out of the way. he was all apologetic, but meanwhile, everybody around us looked. i’m glad that jj was paying attention and could tell he wasn’t seeing us. as everywhere, there are plenty of crazy drivers here too.
we went to see an exhibit on “madame gres” who was a dress designer. apparently she started out as a sculptor. the exhibit was at the musee bourdelle, bourdelle being a sculptor who worked at the end of the 1800’s until 1929 and made very large chunky sculptures of heros and large people – “monumental” sculture. sort of a funny name too, because it sounds like “bordelle” which means “whore house”.
jj’s friend m and her parents, arrived on wednesday morning on the red-eye flight and didn’t even take a nap. jj went over to pick her up and show her around. jj brought her to the eiffel tower and biked on the champs de mars and then took her to have macaroons at Bon Marche. then they came back to go look at an apartment with me. our lease ends on june 15, so now is the time to get serious about finding a new one. the apt was very close to school, but a bit frumpy in decor. a little old lady must have lived there and left her furniture... m and parents went off to giverny for the day thursday, but we met up with them for dinner. we went to “l’auberge nicolas flamel”, a restaurant housed in the oldest building in paris. nicolas flamel was an alchemist and built this house in 1407. food was good and reasonably priced.
jj spent a lot of time with m, and it seemed like m hardly spent time with her parents. but i guess that was ok with them, since they got to see paris on their own terms. easter sunday, we all went biking on the highway along the seine. later, they all came to dinner. i made duck breasts with raspberry sauce and also salmon teriyaki. i forgot that they weren’t big meat eaters. oh well.
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