Vive la France!

It's July first, and I'm in a great mood. For many reasons, really: it's summer, the weather is pleasant, I can ride my bike any time I want, I just finished and then started a new book, I'm listening to Marge music, and I'm feeling happy and optimistic, seeing the potential in the world. I don't really have much more to say than that.

I think the only way I would feel even better is if I was... in Paris. Truly. Looking at Paris Daily Photo today, I just had this longing to be among "my people." The many misconceptions Americans have about Parisians, and the French in general, really annoy me. And hey, I'll be the first to imitate the French (speaking in my killer French-person-speaking-English accent, pretending to puff away on my cigarette as I discuss the meaning of life at Les Deux Magots), but that's different from griping about their "rudeness" and "inhospitableness" (is that a word? well, I don't care, because you know what I mean). That is a bunch of garbage. I just adore French culture, and I'm missing the country and losing my French daily.... Do you have a place that you feel is your "home away from home" or your "cultural mecca" or "where you belong"? Just curious.


Time for a video clip: Le Jour des Canards

Quelle belle ville! Merci, wikipedia.