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Final week I went to Paris with pals, and listed here are some footage, if you wish to see…
We felt so fortunate to have the ability to take a break from work/parenting/life and benefit from the metropolis. We took lengthy walks by the town, interrupted by espresso and small, lovely eclairs.
We scored on our Airbnb, an exquisite house within the eleventh arrondissement. You’ll be able to e-book a two-bedroom house, a five-bedroom house (which is what we did) or each collectively for a complete of seven bedrooms.
This balcony signal made me snort. Famous!
Our favourite meal was at Mokonuts, a small lunch restaurant run by husband and spouse workforce, Moko Hirayama and Omar Koreitem, whose younger daughter occurred to be munching on a leg of lamb after we arrived. (Moko defined that the faculties had been on strike.)
I imply!!!! The flavors exploded, and I particularly liked the comfortable gnocchi with mussels.
We additionally fell arduous for the eleventh arrondissement, which felt shut but present and was peppered with a lot of cool cafes, eating places and retailers. In case you have the prospect to remain there, undoubtedly do it!
My honorary niece (on the left, my marriage ceremony flower lady!) and her two pals got here to us from England and introduced some enjoyable giggly vibes and details about pupil life lately. One night time all of us performed a HILARIOUS recreation of Superstar (did you play it?). The sport consists of three rounds: 1) you should use any phrase to explain the celebrities, 2) you should use just one phrase, and three) you do charades. However we have additionally added a fourth: 4) simply charades below a blanket. It nonetheless makes me snort once I give it some thought.
Our crew! Feminine pals make the world go spherical.
Lastly, I promised to report on the road type once more, and I used to be particularly shocked at what number of head-to-toe black outfits we noticed. Suppose: black scarf, black jacket, black shirt, black denims, black socks, black footwear. Like gears, however make it French?
The magic was in fact within the particulars, similar to comfortable, supple leather-based jackets…
…clear tights with hearts or dots…
…thick boots with lug soles or loafers…
…shiny purple nail polish…
…and every kind of thick and skinny scarves, typically even two layers on high of one another. (Parisians are Parisians.)
Thanks for studying and be happy to ask questions! And thanks to Paris for such a magical time. We love you.
PS Visiting Paris with my mom, and what’s your #1 journey tip?
(Prime photograph by Alison Piepmeyer.)