momster in Paris

my husband and I are celebrating our 5th anniversary at the end of this month. when you live in Paris, people tend to think that life is easier. more beautiful. more exciting. more meaningful. they think you have romantic walks by the Seine river waving at the tourists-crowded Bateaux-Mouches from a 200 year-old bridge or that you have dinner in fancy restaurants ordering dishes with names that say many things but not what you're going to eat and drinking wines older than your grandparents.

maybe my husband and I will do all of that. but maybe we'll rent a dvd and get a box of spicy hot wings at KFC and hang out in our lounge pajamas all day long. this is the beauty of living in Paris. you take your kids to a small park with old women feeding a hundred fat pigeons though it is illegal and look up and the Eiffel Tower is greeting you. you walk continuously watching your shoes to avoid dog poop on streets that have welcomed the greatest philosophers and writers of the 20th century. you can have the best pastries right downstairs your building or a tiny expresso sitting at a table in the middle of a sidewalk and it's the coolest thing ever. you can buy a cd on the Champs-Elysees and have the worst Starbucks caramel mocha frappuccino in the world. you can experience, sense and feel inspiration and still go back to your tiny modern dull apartment and feel like home. I absolutely love that.

Comments

[Angie]

I can go to KFC and Starbucks here. Isn't Paris supposed to have things I can't get here? My 18 yr old wants to see Paris. Shall I send her over? lol

I do wonder, though, when I went to Europe, McDonald's and other food chains do not taste the same as they do here in America, why is that?

Happy soon-to-be Anniversary to you!

[Antonia]

I don't remember eating at McDonalds when I was there, but in Holland they have this yellow sauce with green bits in it for the fries, and it's the most delicious thing in the world. The only condiment I can truly say I could eat by itself. Do they have that in French McDonaldses, or is that a Dutch thing?

But yeah, Paris is a great place to be, and I can't wait to go back one day.

[Marilyn]

I know what it's like to live in a place that people envy...and yes, sometimes all one wants to do with go to KFC and watch a DVD. Although Paris has OODLES more to offer than our island 'paradise' did. Happy Anniversary!

[Becca]

Happy Happy Happy Anniversary! I hope you do everything in the first paragraph - what if you don't always live in Paris?

[coffeegirl]

Yay for anniversaries! Here's to some proper 'celebrating!' Wink wink!

[Shelley]

Happy Anniversary! And even though it's highly unlikely that I'll ever get there, I'll be sure to look you up if I do.

[Auntie M]

Happy Anniversary and many more.... Even though I'm trying to get out a lot in Paris... I'm here so I should enjoy it... For my anniversary I would really enjoy getting take out and hanging out at home with my husband. Of course, finding take out in Paris is always difficult.

[karon]

happy 5th anniversary when it arrives. my 5th is in october and i look forward to it every year. we live in the southwest -- new mexico -- our own little world of glamour -- NOT! one can day dream though. enjoy your day!

[carol]

Paris is amazing and I can't wait to show it to my husband. We will get there for the Tour one of these days. We celebrate our 6th this summer. If our house ever sells, we'll start saving. Maybe we can spend our 7th with you!! :)

[AnP]

Happy Anniversary, to you and your husband. Quality time, whatever it is you are doing, is always the best way to spend a special day.

You are only 4-5 hours away from Frankfurt. Will definitely holler when I do go there again. Please do the same :)

[Flare]

Yep, that pretty much sums up my life in Paris minus the twins and the dog. :)