I am at a post-funeral lunch (Tim's aunt) that will NEVER EVER end. And Tim has massive FOMO, so we will be the last ones here. I would totally kill a(nother) person just to get out of here. I don't know why we don't drive separately to these.
Hey, man, where are my pants? I have my hippo dignity!
Oz ,'Bring On The Night'
Natter 76: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Foaminess
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Steph L. - Dec 07, 2018 9:28:44 am PST #2823 of 30019
I look more rad than Lutheranism
-t - Dec 07, 2018 9:29:07 am PST #2824 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Go Jesse!
I came in to work to try and do the things that are too hard to do from home and have a phone call with one of my salespeople but since I've been here I just keep feeling worse and worse. The call is in a few minutes and I may just go home again after.
Maria - Dec 07, 2018 9:44:24 am PST #2825 of 30019
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
SO and I are going to Paris for Christmas and New Year's, leaving on the 23d and coming back on the 1st. Other than the typical tourist stuff (which is so worth it), you should definitely visit the covered passages throughout the city. They're filled with shops and restaurants and beautiful architecture. The catacombs of Paris are also super interesting, if that's your thing. A trip to Fauchon gourmet food market is also a must. My favorite clementine jam comes from there. Find time to sit under the base of the Eiffel Tower and take it all in. There are two awesome English language bookstores: Shakespeare and Co and Abbey. They are The Strand in a much smaller space.
Sparky, that's lovely! I'm so glad Salsa's sister was close by.
Teppy, I hope you can leave soon.
Feel better, -t.
-t - Dec 07, 2018 9:57:03 am PST #2826 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Argh, my salesperson isn't calling me! I just know if I walk away to heat up some soup that's when she'll call.
ETA phew rescheduled to Monday. SOUP TIME
Fiona - Dec 07, 2018 10:53:09 am PST #2827 of 30019
Find time to sit under the base of the Eiffel Tower and take it all in.
I don't know when you were last in Paris, but it's not really possible to sit under the base of the Eiffel Tower any more. Or rather, it is, but as the whole thing has been converted into a huge security area (which you need to queue and get your bags x-rayed for), it's not very relaxing. And it costs money. And then you have to queue and pay again for the lift to take you up the Tower.
We were only in Paris for one evening, but we took the Metro to Trocadero, and when we came round the corner and saw the Tower all lit up, it was amazingly beautiful and the kids were speechless. Also worth the paying and the waiting to go up it.
I can't add much to the previous Parisian recommendations. I love to wander around the Marais, which is also a great place to get falafel. Visit Shakespeare & Company. Go to Berthillon on the Ile St. Louis (behind Notre Dame) for an ice-cream. See La Dame à la licorne at the Cluny Museum. Avoid the Mona Lisa and look for the Vermeers at the Louvre. Alternatively do the Godardian run through in under 9 minutes and 43 seconds:
Jessica - Dec 07, 2018 11:01:46 am PST #2828 of 30019
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Go to Berthillon on the Ile St. Louis (behind Notre Dame) for an ice-cream.
I had a salted caramel ice cream there (before salted caramel was A Thing in the US) 12 years ago, and I still think about it today, because it was That Good.
meara - Dec 07, 2018 11:14:40 am PST #2829 of 30019
Week! Iamtrying to figure out how long I'll be able to stay in France for the World Cup. Probably only for a week or two, at the beginning of the tournament. They announce groups tomorrow, and individual tickets go on sale Monday so I'm excited to see where else I might want to or get to go!
Maria - Dec 07, 2018 11:38:52 am PST #2830 of 30019
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
I don't know when you were last in Paris, but it's not really possible to sit under the base of the Eiffel Tower any more.
2013. I should clarify that it's not actually under, but on a bench in the gardens next to the base of the tower. I know there are glass walls in place now for security reasons, but those gardens in the shadow of the tower were where I had my epiphany on how to reclaim my life after the death of DH.
msbelle, I'll pump my cousins for more info once I'm there.
meara, I'm so excited that you're going for the World Cup!
flea - Dec 07, 2018 12:53:57 pm PST #2831 of 30019
information libertarian
Metro Trocadero was my stop when I lived in Paris! I lived with a very 16eme family (old, a bit shabby rich) and you could stick your head out the living room window and look left and see the Tour Eiffel.
Sheryl - Dec 07, 2018 12:56:19 pm PST #2832 of 30019
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Stayed home to wait for the delivery guys to bring our new sofa. We bought a new sofa and love seat because the old ones needed to go. Finally got a delivery date of today, with a window of 10:30-2:30. They actually got here around 10:30, but I had already decided to take the day.