An open letter to a Parisien friend

Ah Monika.

Ha. Monica. Bet you miss our JAPES.

I write to you via this blog to make you HAPPY cos I know how SAD you are that this blog has not evolved into the medium of Paris-Bonn peace and love friendship you had dreamed of.

I started writing a happy birthday wish on your fbook walley on Saturday but then thought, no, the best present would be a blog from absent blog-friends. But then I forgot. And in so doing, it seems to you that I forgot your birthday. But I didn't you see. I remembered it. And then forgot it.

I'm terribly hungover, and Judith probably is too. You've missed some peachy nights out recently, but then I'm pretty sure you've had some peachy ones in the city of love.

We had a BBQ- at my new PAD. It was great- I'm loving the new house and its occupants. I have a phone again. I have a job. Life is good, if only my girlfriend were here and it would be awesomely awesome.

So...I return to my hangover, I leave you to your desk (we have a holiday today, yum).

I'm glad Paris is working so well for you and HAPPY BIRTHDAY.xxx

Speaking of food

Speaking of food.. I just picked up a warm hot baguette from the baker on the corner and was then offered the BEST hunk of soft goats cheese covered in ash to eat it with when I got home..... UM YUM!!!!

missing my food blogging buddies.

ps Today went great!

pps Speaking of food again, I went to a canteen for lunch and had:

-Quinoa salad with crab and veg

with

-natural yogurt and apricot puree for dessert! How .. Paris.

Bisou!

M.

holding down the blog fort

I wonder if my wonderful lent blogging friends will ever reappear one day. I wonder if they know how happy it would make me feel?

My day went well, I ran some errands, viewed another (shite) apartment, got a haircut, drank coffee and read the paper... its a hard life! :)

Breaky
-plain yogurt
-rice cake (1)

Lunch/Snack
-baguette style thing... it was yummy and carb-olishiss

espresso, loads of water

Dinner
-Salad with a hard boiled egg, beetroot, carrot, garlic, mache (greens), rice cake (1). Can you tell Im getting into a habit?

I think ill have a yogurt for dessert...

and if I have the energy Ill go for a run or power walk along the canal this evening... otherwise Ill roll of this couch and do some yoga!

a coffee and the laundry this afternoon

M.

Not failing to blog!

REALLY?! NO updates? rien? nothing? niente? COME on kids.

I am here to say, I will keep this legacy going... and Im really proud of myself on this particular day :) So here it is, MY blog post, well over due but nevertheless here...

At least I cant say I failed to blog about lent (while I failed everything else to do with the mission..)

okay. Here is a little look into my parisien diet:

Breaki
-plain yogurt
-green tea

Snack
-raisin bun (tiny parisien size)
-plain yogurt (okay so Im missing quark maybe??)

Solid run on the canal, I discovered a piece of Paris I didnt know. AWESOME!! and around the corner from my house. (I will take you there when we meet again).

Snack (post run so.. hungry!)
- 2 rice cakes (yup I have kept them in my diet surprise surprise)
- a bowl of strawberries
-loads of water

Dinner
-salad with mache/greens, beetroot, carrot, green beans

Dessert
-coconut yogurt


and thats me!
Active and eating well.. NO pastries, NO sugar (ill save that for sunday morning with mom!!)*

*My mother is deciding to hop on a place to visit for 5 days! Wooop! Mummmy and I reunite! :)

I hope you are well, thinking of you guys.

M.

and again...

just for fun again...

just for fun...

Life is what you make of it my friends..