Tuesday, 10.07.07

I know, I know, everyone loves the impressionists; but me, I really love the Impressionists. And the Nabis, and Art Noveau, and Pointillism and Gaugin’s Tahiti paintings and anything Van Gogh. I was again in heaven today with all my favorite artists. Ah, to be an art student in Paris…a girl can dream. Today was the Orsay, finally, and it was all tres bon. But I won’t go on waxing poetic about an art museum, just go yourself, there are lots of good ones all over the world.

It rained again today and it was cold. We came to Paris expecting 90° and it barely hits 60. But that’s OK, we’re in Paris. So we walked to keep warm and we hid out in the Orsay and we metro’d down to the Eiffel Tower and got rained on. Save that for another day, but I must say I’m definitely more attracted to the antiquities.

Leaving the Orsay there was a street performer doing amazing rollerblade stunts to a soundtrack provided by a street musician playing a clarinet. Scads of people lined up and watched him as if he were his own parade. God I love this place!

Came home on the earlier side (7pm) so Sienna and Karl could get to the market for tonight’s dinner. As I said before, Sienna is a blossoming chef and tonight’s meal was superb-fresh pasta marinara with an olive tomato sauce. Then it was French cookies and Harold and Maude, my all time favorite movie and it still holds up today. Watch it again as it is full of words to live by.

Here are my words to live by today, this is from a plaque in Clelia’s kitchen: Vous Etes Ici (look it up, you know how to use a computer).