Someone (not just one actually, but 4!) wanted to go for wings with me on monday - something that turned in to a whole lot more than just chicken. Beers at The Galway, a bucket (yes, a bucket) of fruity punch and fresh mussles by the Seine, jägerbombs at the Highlander and late night dancing at Pub st Michel...

Didn't make it home again until over 24 hours later. Phew. Spent a lovely summery day yesterday - lunch by the Pantheon, sorbet from Amorino, dozing off on a parc bench in Luxembourg and finishing the day off with a picnic on Pont des Arts.

All in all - I've had a great couple of days!

What have you been up to my darlings?

There's a certain kind of people, who always seem to spread an aura of love and happiness. You know, the kind of people that always makes you feel better to be around, that always make you smile and feel that life doesn't have to be that complicated after all.

These lovely ladies are those kind of people...

Lovely steak dinner at the cutest little garden by Isabels place - wine, cheese and delicious cupcakes for dessert. Quickie at Café Oz for dancing, although very disappointing new DJ... a stroll along pont neuf and le nightbus all the way home.

Now I'm just hoping that someone will come to their senses and go out with me tonight!

laters lovers

Started last night with a picnic by the Seine, one of my all time favourite things to do.. moved on to café oz, where it surprisingly enough was a lot cooler inside than outside! Moved on to le Highlander around 2, and ended the night on a big balcony, with a guy who shares his name with this gorgeous man...

Not bad for a thursday!

I got home just over an hour ago; looked at the time and decided to take a quick shower, check my facebook + my regular blogs and be in bed at midnight. I don't know how many times I've told myself the same thing, and I don't know how long it's gonna take me to understand that it's just not going to happen..

Anyway - sliding into my pyjamas now, tuning in to an episode of friends, and then I am going to sleep. I promise!

Maybe...

Spent most of last night in a little park in the fifth, with friends & beer - wearing nothing but a skirt and light top, I love the summer!

Now - work for a couple of hours, then hopefully Rudy and Isabel are still up for something. Talk to you later my darlings!

Pretty Laura

 

Moi

 

Beautiful day, beautiful people!

Now off for drinks at Place de la contrespace, happy saturday lovers!

... there ain't a cloud in sight. Summer's finally here in Paris!

A sure sign of that sunny days are here to stay is when picnics by the seine starts becoming a regular routine again..


Wine, cheese, baguette, olives, chorizo and tsatziki - yum!


My new pal Isabel from Australia
(yes, I have a thing for australian people)


My not so new friend Duncan joined us after a while


I was one happy camper


Duncan brought beer!


Before I knew it, the sun came up again and I stumbled out of Pub st Michel...

As some of you may know, I seem to have some kind of thing with bouncers. I'm not sure what it is, but I have lost count of the times I've been asked out by a guy letting people in at a bar or club. And no - I'm not bragging, it usually makes me quite uncomfortable.

So, the other night I went into the Galway, and didn't think much of it when the guy in the door wanted to give me a flyer about something. I smiled, folded it and put it in my pocket - and forgot about it immediatly.
Until yesterday, when I was wearing the same jacket. I pick up the flyer, ask myself why he might have given me a piece of paper about an african clothing-store, does that seem like my style?

And then I look a bit closer, and what do I see? Yes, you guessed it, his phone number... now I'm afraid to go back!

(Since I am such a nice person,

I blurred out his discreet writing in the picture)

Barrowing a quote from ms Carrie Bradshaw today, couldn't find a better way to say it myself - "He might be the one with the whip, but I'm the one tying myself to the bed"

All tears aside, fête de la musique was fun!

Today is music's day in all of Paris - musicians everywhere and the metro running all night. Now if the sun would just show up, this day would be perfect!

Checked some old blogposts, and exactly one year ago this is what went down...


Mom was in town, and we started the night with sushi in quartier latin


Sushi was followed by quiz-night at the princess, with darling Emilia (and a lot of free beer)


Strolled around the 5th for a while, and ended up around the Pantheon


Popped in to WOS bar where Stephen, Luke and Pierre were playing
(as everyone can see, I was just pretending to take their picture, so I could get a good shot of the hot guy by the bar)

People visiting, new job on the go, pints of gin & tonic, a new australian friend, a long overdue 'I'm sorry', tapas, "When you're strange" and zipping around the city in taxis.

It's been a good weekend!

(back online at home, YEAH!)

I had the strangest night (I'm skipping the welcome back-speech), it started out with a clown show in Mairie des Lilas, carried on to pizza and champagne in a cute little garden - and from then it just went downhill...

Café Oz (not as insanely crowded as it usually is), Highlander (crowded, with lovely people), Pub st Michel (eh... no, there's no excuse) and (I say this very proudly) not breakfast at Le Depart! Duncan went on a hunt for his lost cell phone (he found it, on the metro?!) and I took an early metro home, phew.

Now Phil (new roomie) has left me for work, fish (not new roomie) is on his way over from the eurostar and I'm just doing my best to keep my head from exploding...

Oh, it's good to be back!

(lot of parenthesis in this one...)

(...puss puss)

As you know, I wasn't really feeling on top of the world yesterday. The melancholy still comes and goes, but having gotten two pretty great news today, it's taking a little holiday.

Something else that makes my world a lot sunnier is my lovely friends, who took me out last night. During my 2 and a half years in Paris, I've underestimated the bars around Grands Boulevards!


Any night (or day) that starts with beer by the Seine can't be too bad


Me, my darlings and a mysterious frenchie dressed in blue


Emilia was a true gentleman and bought us roses


And on the way home I swiped Duncans velib to take if for a little spin...

After a couple of drinks, a bit of tabledancing, pretty roses and a biketour along rue st denis me and emilia took a long (barefoot) walk through the parisian night.

Fell asleep with a smile on my face !

Human beings are creatures of habits - that's why none of you will be surprised to learn that we spent our friday night at the rosbif, only to go on to Café Oz and finish the night with a grec..

Simon just became a proud father to baby Lucas,

and Arnaud is... well, arnaud!

One thing I love about going out in Paris is that, even if you don't start until 3 in the morning - you can still have a long and fun night! That, my friends, is what we did last night.

Now I'm sitting on our couch, apathetically wondering what to do all afternoon.

My mind is blank.