our new apartment is not available until july 1 and we have to leave our apartment on june 15, so we’ll still have to figure something out for the 2 weeks in between. there are enough short term rentals available, but it will just be a pain to move our stuff around twice.
the landlord came by the apartment yesterday to dig in his storage. he has returned from south america to paris early to attend a wedding, so he needed to find his suit in the closet. it was a slight pain because i felt the need to make the apartment look good for him, so i spent the whole morning cleaning up. he might not even notice. i put maynard in a room to be out of visibility and vacuumed all the dog hair off the rugs. i realized later that the storage closet had a space under the door and probably there was a mass of dog hair that had found its way under there. oh well. anyway, he called again today because the shoes he took were from 2 different pairs and he had to come back to get a matched pair. we were over at the new apartment signing papers when he called. it made me roll my eyes and laugh. it was so typical. when he came by he showed me the 2 mismatched shoes. they were actually very similar black dress shoes – with only an extra seam in one. it was actually understandable that he might have made the mistake. he could have worn them and nobody would’ve noticed. i asked him if it would be possible for us to stay in the apartment until the end of the month. i meant to say to him, “think about it”, but with my bad french i said “you are thinking about it.” anyway, he understood.
we had dinner at a friend’s house. bob is the dog-dad of maynard’s girlfriend, tock, the beagle. ann is his wife. she is a current editor at the international herald tribune and he is a former editor. they have a nice cozy apt on the 5th floor with a nice balcony looking over at the eiffel tower. their rooftop was lovely. tom and becca, a dog parents from LA, were there as well. they are all real parents as well.
we started with champagne on the balcony. we had delicious mushroom risotto for starters then a lovely nut encrusted salmon and asparagus on the side. then we had fresh fruits on panacotta. the white wine was delicious, also a rosé served – the french apparently are into rosé. we finished with the sweet white that we brought. it was a lot of alcohol and i slightly passed my limit but had a wonderful time. it’s very convenient that we don’t need to drive in paris. we can usually take public transport home after drinking. tonight we are within walking distance.
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