Our Weekends in Paris

(all photos are iphone photos)

(peonies at my local out door florist)

i love our weekends

here in paris.

we try and balance

them with a little bit of 

relaxing

sightseeing

baseball

date nights

family dinners.

steve works very hard

during the week.

he also travels frequently.

he is never ever home

during the week for a 

family dinner.

so we try and make the 

most of every minute of 

our weekends.

 (basil and Greenbanks by Dorothy Whipple

on the balcony)

on saturday

steve took the little

kids to the tuileries

for a few hours.

a treat for me

to paint my nails

and sit on my balcony

and read.

stephen is studying

these days for his 

upcoming finals.

hannah was off 

walking around the city

with friends.

(weekend morning pancakes 

by hannah and griff)

saturday evening

we had some friends

over for drinks and 

yummy cheeses i bought

at the fromagerie.

we then walked

to le congres

near port maillot

for a delicious and 

fun evening with our friends.

champagne and oysters

wine and salmon

digestif's and chocolate deserts.

we dined for hours!

we had a fabulous and 

funny waiter.

of course as we leave

(like i always do now)..

i ask for matches

(for my collection)

and if i could buy a 

water carafe.

negative for both

which is a bummer

but it doesn't hurt to ask

right?

(taken from hannah's balcony)

sunday was a gorgeous

day here in paris.

we started out walking to 

the american library.

we rent movies

and load up on

books.

for me..

patricia wells' cookbooks.

looking forward to 

cooking with her!

from there we strolled to

the champs du mars

and sprawled out

on blankets to enjoy 

the warm sun.

i wished i had been

better prepared

with a picnic.

which also got me thinking..

i REALLY need a picnic

basket.

hoping i can find one here.

from there we headed to the 

latin quarter for dinner.

as we were walking home

steve and i were just

taking in the beautiful sights

around us and talked about

how 3 years 

(maybe 4)

will just not be enough time for us here.

(snacks and homework

on the balcony)

our friends that we had dinner

with saturday evening are 

getting ready to move

back to the states this summer.

they've luckily, been here 

4 years.

we talked about what they'll miss

(baguettes being #1)

and if they're ready to go.

i don't think i'll 

ever be ready to leave

paris.