jj was out all day at parc d’acclimatization with friends. – a sort of mellow french amusement park. she came back at 5. p and i took long walk in 17th arrondissement, exploring.
then in the evening, marie m had a party. her 49th birthday, invited her friends and her 19 and 20 year old kids and their friends. was funny mix. kids seemed happy enough to have friends, food (lots of fish) and drink and music. they played dancing music from 50’s, 60’s, 70’s (chuck berry, beatles, abba and b 52’s). interesting mix. then it switched into arabic music and a marie and a few women friends dancing arab style. the kids disappeared pretty quickly. very funny. jj felt out of place, so left early to go home. also attending was an old friend from early computer graphic days. daniel is still working with film having started a film processing company. interesting. his 20 year old daughter came later. we had spent a vacation together when she was 3. weird. all these kids i knew when they were 2 and 3 are now in 20’s. in fact, i made a “faux pas” when i said to jj, “oh, why don’t you hang out here in the kitchen with the kids”- using the french words “les enfants”. “what!? KIDS!?” they cried, insulted. americans will refer to “college KIDS” or “KIDS just out of college”. but i guess in french, “les enfants” might imply more “infants” or “little kids”. ah, makes me laugh.
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