Arrival

yes we are here! Friends in Paris, beware, if you have not heard from us yet you will soon! Fortified by a quick nap after our flight, today we soldiered on to a work lunch at the lovely Merci, a little piece of California in a seemingless endless building offering clothing and kitchen goods (after first making our way through a bookstore type entrance reminiscient of a Carlos Ruiz Zafron novel) Yummy green soup, fresh fresh salads including a quinoa herb mix...and the children indulged in kiwi/ginger/apple juice fizzy things (Keri are you with me?). Tooled around the neighborhood which has no less than 5 bakeries within spitting distance. Once has ENORMOUS meringues which I've promised to buy on Friday. We spent the late afternoon in our 5th floor walkup (I will have a great ass in 2 months) swilling wine and picking out the Eiffel tower top, Notre Dame and Sacre Couer in the horizon. Quick jaunt in that killer light between sun and rain to the Seine to look around Notre Dame before a good old French cheezburger. Stephen has more work in the morning, and I'll be banking. Except for the little lump that sticks in my throat about leaving home all is perfect. I would like all friends to show up NOW, thank you, I miss everyone at home. bon soir.