Repetto's and Dinner

Tonight

Hannah has an audition

for a dance class.

It is an exceptional school

and it's close to our flat.

I pray it works out in her favor.

This is a very last minute audition

so yesterday after school

we made our way to 

Repetto.

Retpetto has also been on

both mine and Hannah's 

"must get to" list.

Oh the ballet flats!

I want them in every color.

But, 

this trip was for pointe shoes for

Hannah.

The salesgirl was so sweet and helpful

and her English was very good.

She told us the story behind Repetto.

Back in 1947 Rose Repetto

created the shoes for her son,

and then his friends..

all dancers.

And now,

you can't walk down a 

street in Paris

without seeing a woman 

wearing repetto's.

A few nights a week

I pick up dinner here.

You can smell those rotisserie chickens

far before you see them.

And then you see the line of people

waiting for their dinner.

He cuts up the chicken for you in 

quarters, and asks if you'd like

potatoes and pan gravy.

He pours it all into paper 

bags and I'm off.

I pick up a baguette on my way

home, throw together a salad

and voila!

Bon Appetit!