American cuisine

Mom s request (might have been a demand)!
Layered cake with a pecan bourbon caramel filling and italian meringue as a frosting.

Les derniers episodes : bricolage (1)

Toinou a beaucoup aide pour tout. Ici en pleine peinture autour des prises, pas un debordement grace a la technique de Papoune.

Gettting bedside lights

A y est, les garcons peuvent enfin lire le soir depuis leur lit, y a eu des pages de devorees !

Dans la serie cuisine

Malo prepare les gauffres liegioses pour la famille. Leftovers were frozen to be shared with Lena but Laurent and I ate them after the kids went to bed.

Early French Thanksgiving preparation

Malo as the helper of the day for the Pumpkin bread!

For the Frenchies who lived in the States (or the lucky ones who are still over there)

Based on Kate's advice, I was wandering on this blog (while streaming WEQX, yeah!)
http://www.davidlebovitz.com/
when I found the hilarious paragraph talking about the way you're supposed to get dressed  to go to the bakery (recollection of Mike and Sima going to Starbucks on Saturday morning in their PJs or of Malo not wanting to get dressed in his PJ for PJ day at school - lasted just for the first year and never occured to Toinou). The paragraph on the ice is almost as good as us getting upset because of the frozen water we were served when the AC was already freezing us to the bones.

Visiting and dining in Paris all boils down to one rule: How You Get Treated is Directly Proportional to the Way that you Behave and Present Yourself.
It’s taken me a few years to get used to the fact that I can’t run to the corner bakery for bread wearing sweatpants and flipflops, nor can I wolf down pastries on the métro without getting disapproving stares. So don’t be afraid to dress a bit better than you would at home and to practice a few words of your high-school French. Believe me, even the feeblest attempt at a little French will take you much further than you can imagine in Paris.
Here are some tips and answers to many commonly asked questions:

Water and Wine

It’s never required that you order a pricey bottle of water. Be like the French and ask for a carafe d’eau. If you want to order a bottle of water, ask for gazeuse (with gas) or plat (flat, without gas). Be sure to specify when you order. Would you go into a restaurant in the United States and tell a waiter “I’ll have a soda”?
Ice is rarely given, although if you’re lucky, you may get a cube. Asking for a lot of ice will generally means an extra cube.

La coupe Icare

Premier dimanche passé à autre chose que de s'occuper de la maison de Rives (heureusement que pour les autres, il y avait eu les repas chouettes du dimanche midi qui mettaient un peu de joie dans le week-end) : en route pour la coupe Icare ! Les gars ont marché comme des chamois dans la montagne, nous avons assisté à des spectacles de voltige à parapente ou en avion, c'était magnifique !

Les couleurs des voiles dans le ciel bleu

Pilote d'un avion de chasse

Essai d'arbalètes au stand des chevaliers

On va aller tout en haut de la falaise

Et comme ni Lolo, ni Maud ne sont patientes, ce ne sera pas avec le funiculaire (trop de monde)

La vue sur Belledone