Anyone want to run away with me and live in Paris for a while? . . .

Bullwinkle925

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Tue Oct-02-07 01:36 AM
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Anyone want to run away with me and live in Paris for a while? . . .

I'm watching 'House Hunters International' and am jonesing for Paris again.

sigh

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SeattleGirl

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Tue Oct-02-07 01:39 AM
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1. I'll go!

Never been to Paris, but it's on my list of places I really want to see.

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Bullwinkle925

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Tue Oct-02-07 01:54 AM
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4. pack your bags . . .

i'll take care of the flight reservations.

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SeattleGirl

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Tue Oct-02-07 01:55 AM
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5. Cool!

I love it.

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Bullwinkle925

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Tue Oct-02-07 01:57 AM
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6. i was there 10 yrs. ago . . .

sicker than a dog and running around for a week like a chicken without it's head. most fabulous time of my life. really, really want to go back.

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SeattleGirl

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Tue Oct-02-07 01:58 AM
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7. I can understand that.

There are some places one can be where there is no way being sick is going to stop you.

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Bullwinkle925

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Tue Oct-02-07 02:48 AM
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14. yes - got sick the night before my flight out of SFO to Paris . . .

sick the whole way over the pond....
after a couple of days I had a Dr. come to the hotel room and loaded me up with Prednisone, antibiotics, cough syrup, etc to keep me going.

I remember saying to him ....

"I HAVE to go to the Louvre" . . . as it was looming just outside the hotel window we had.

I remember dragging around my cough syrup through Versailles - nothing was gonna stop me. What a magnificent place Paris is.

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CaliforniaPeggy

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Tue Oct-02-07 01:49 AM
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2. My dear Bullwinkle...

Oh, how I wish I could go back to Paris!

It's the most beautiful city...

A photographer's dream!

And my French isn't too bad, after a week or so...

*sigh*

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Bullwinkle925

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Tue Oct-02-07 01:53 AM
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3. wouldn't it be nice to throw caution to the winds and just be able to be a resident there

for a year?

i hope to get back one day.

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CaliforniaPeggy

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Tue Oct-02-07 01:59 AM
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8. That would be sooooooooo cool!

A year!

My French would be nearly perfect....

And the pictures!

I've already told my husband we have to go back...

*sigh*

I loved the Sainte Chapelle...

Did you get to see it? ALL stained glass.......

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QueenOfCalifornia

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Tue Oct-02-07 02:03 AM
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9. I just watched that

and if i didn't have a family...

I'd be on your "go to Paris list."

I was sipping a glass of vino, watching that couple look at the apartments --- The girl is amazingly pretty - The guy is sooooo gay. (don't kill me - it is my impression) When I saw they were buying in the 2nd district I wanted to scream... "Hey!!!! Take me too!"

What a great place --- Shhhh, I would have gone for the 3rd place with the strange circular layout - I loved the look of it -- I could be the prison guard in the center... Hey! You! Don't touch the TV!

Anyway-

I loved it.

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Bullwinkle925

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Tue Oct-02-07 02:08 AM
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10. dayum . . .

i sooooooo wanna be there.
sigh

i think we should have a DU meet-up in Paris one of these days.

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QueenOfCalifornia

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Tue Oct-02-07 02:11 AM
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12. Which apartment did you like?

I would have taken any of them but --- like I said, I really loved that last one. Something about the light and the rooms === I didn't like the 2nd one so much with no windows and only sky-lights -- there was NO view... Anyway - I digress...

Let's go.

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Bullwinkle925

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Tue Oct-02-07 02:12 AM
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13. i agree - i like the 3rd one as well . . .

Edited on Tue Oct-02-07 02:13 AM by Bullwinkle925

i must be a freak - i like the circular thing going on.

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Bullwinkle925

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Tue Oct-02-07 02:09 AM
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11. PS .. . .

I'm with you - also sipping (more than one) glass of vino.

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distantearlywarning

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Tue Oct-02-07 08:09 AM
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15. Ooooh....Paris.

I was watching that episode last night too and I got all nostalgic and sad about the fact that I have to live here instead of Paris.

I've already informed my husband that if we win the lottery, we're moving to Paris and that's that.

BTW, I would have picked the 3rd apartment too...

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Sugar Smack

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Tue Oct-02-07 08:14 AM
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16. Here are some sketches of Paris for you.

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Sugar Smack

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Tue Oct-02-07 08:21 AM
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17. Another page.

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Sugar Smack

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Tue Oct-02-07 08:27 AM
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19. Final page.

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Bullwinkle925

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Tue Oct-02-07 10:36 AM
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21. oh Sugar Smack

how wonderful of you to send these. man-o-man how i wish i could be transported right back there again.

who did the sketches? they are an absolute joy.

:hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :yourock:

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Sugar Smack

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Tue Oct-02-07 10:40 AM
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22. They're mine, sweet.

I loved Paris so much when I went to school there. I'd sit outside, ANYWHERE I could, and draw the fauna. I especially liked those who read while they walked, or had their dogs with them.

Thank you so much, Bullwinkle. :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug:

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Bullwinkle925

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Tue Oct-02-07 11:54 AM
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24. are you selling any of your work?

they're terrific . . .

i'd love to have a copy of one to frame it!!

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Sugar Smack

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Tue Oct-02-07 11:59 AM
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25. Thank you so much, Bullwinkle. Those are

out of my Paris journal. I tried to pick up on the character of Paris when I was there. I may have done alright sketch- wise, but I defy anyone to describe the smell of the place. It's too perfect!

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Bullwinkle925

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Tue Oct-02-07 12:04 PM
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26. isn't it?

although when i went to Bend, OR a few times, I relished the smell of the pine trees and clear, fresh air. wandering through the neighborhoods of SF is nice too with all the different ethnic cooking smells.
i don't think my suburban town has it's own smell, though. unless we just become immune to it. wonder if the parisians are immune??

:shrug:

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Sugar Smack

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Tue Oct-02-07 12:11 PM
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27. I saw a jaded kid once when I was at the Sorbonne.

He said, "Oooh, en france, tres bien." when he saw us. He must have been 10. So sarcastic. :rofl:

Too bad. I tried to share it with my fellow travellers but they didn't think it was funny at all. They might have taken it personally. The thing I really like is that they KNOW they're living in one of the greatest cities in the world, so they make no pretention.

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grasswire

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Tue Oct-02-07 12:13 PM
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28. you are a talented smack!

Your sketches are perfect. I hope you are making money off that gift.

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Sugar Smack

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Tue Oct-02-07 04:37 PM
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30. Thank you, grasswire.

I just do this for fun. :pals: Being in Paris just made it easier.

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Lydia Leftcoast

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Tue Oct-02-07 08:26 AM
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18. Si j'avais d'argent, j'irais avec vous

J'aime bien la France.

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Connonym

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Tue Oct-02-07 08:29 AM
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20. I'm in

I can't afford my medications any more and besides you can't get a decent croissant here anyway.

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Jack from Charlotte

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Tue Oct-02-07 11:22 AM
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23. Count me in. Here's the apartment I hired last time I was there....

in The 1st. Would like to stay in The Marais next time. Or Isle St. Louis, of course.

And you crazy if you don't stay in an apartment....

http://www.paristay.com/index.php?menu=fiche&id=37&sort=nom_en&posi=VSS

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dembotoz

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Tue Oct-02-07 12:22 PM
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29. runaway? Yes Paris--I don't know

had a very good friend who just got fed up with it all and moved to England a few years back.
I have ALWAYS admired her guts.
Oh I wish and I wish...

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MnFats

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Tue Oct-02-07 04:39 PM
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31. i got back a week ago after a week there. I'm with you!

fascinating and beautiful city. I have to back if it means a life of crime to get tix!

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