Paris sleeping...

Paris is still asleep and it's 15:10.....last night was pretty crazy. Parties everywhere, someone won a huge soccer match...flares and fireworks in the place de Hotel de Ville, cars honking, happy happy Frenchies.
We (our group from school) had a party last night. The theme, pimps and hos. Well, it was pretty fun. I looked superfly. There some naughty hos and some mean pimps floating around. We danced to all kinds of weird stuff, even some led zepplin at the end of the night (go figure). Lots of wine and I brought some Big Macs and fries for my hors d'oeuvres contribution. Believe me, they were gobbled up. Kind of funny that the little cordon bleu students are craving Micky Dee grub. Nostalgia I guess. The super sauce was pretty good if I don't say so myself. (don't tell any of my slow food friends) I ended up walking home from the Concorde metro stop (1 1/2 miles). It seemed like more, maybe because it was 1:30 in the morning and I had on some superfly boots. The metro pretty much is a party stopper, unless you're willing to take a taxi, have a car, or live nearby, as it stops running at 00:54. Actually, I think that saved me. I'm a little hung over today. If I would have stayed, ugh...I don't even want to think about it.

The weather is perfect for the day after a party. Drizzly. The streets are quiet, only a few rugged tourists in their rain ponchos. It's nice that most stores are closed on Sundays, even the giant BHV on the next block from me is closed.

So, today will be devoted to turning vegetables (I really need practice on mushrooms), and making a soup from them for dinner. It's a TV day...woohoo! haven't had one of those since I arrived. Tomorrow will be pretty much practicing piping with a pastry bag. Exciting eh? Can't believe we have our written exams May 9. There are only 3 weeks left in the basic level (which is okay with me). Can't wait for our 2 weeks off to go exploring.

ciao for now, Dominique