we see London, we see France: A New Columnist!

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

A New Columnist!

We are pleased to announce a wonderful new voice to our bloggy little indulgence, the one and only Goldilocks! We've been making here keep a daily journal of her trip (a habit she seems to be enjoying), but she's here today with a soon to be regular column; the differences between Paris and Home. So without further fanfare, here is her inaugural piece:

Differences

#1: There are no fire hydrants whatsoever in Paris from what I’ve seen so far.

#2: Dogs are everywhere here in Paris, and most are small and they’re all so tame that a few (most! - Jack) of the dogs we see here aren’t on leashes and still don’t go up to you, like in the States.

#3: There are two separate bathrooms in the apartment, one called the bathroom, where you take a shower or a bath and wash your hands, and then there’s a toilette where you go to the bathroom, and, of course, it has a sink.

The French are so clever with #3!

-Goldilocks

do you know how hard it is to get a photo of a
leashless dog, without looking like a weirdo?
-Jack

2 comments:

AnonymousJune 30, 2011 at 3:36 PM
I can't wait for your next column Goldilocks!

Here's your answer to the "missing" fire hydrants...http://bit.ly/mIBJkI

XO,
Tante Rebecca

BTW - came across this link with some great Paris "Do's & Don'ts"...http://bit.ly/mFhPxe
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JackJuly 1, 2011 at 4:11 PM
very cool, we may have to try and see if the last two hydrants are still there. otherwise, now that we know what to look for, we'll try and take a picture of the new style hydrants. btw, hannah was very proud that she noticed their absence right away.

thanks also for the basics link, strangely enough, we're up to speed on most of them. who knew we were actually prepared for this?
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Once upon a time...

...there was a man (let's call him Jack) who worked in a big city at a big company that makes books. A few years later, his wife (we'll call her Jill) started working there too, in the same department no less. While no job is perfect and theirs certainly weren't the worst they had ever had, at times the best benefit was having adjacent cubicles. Wouldn't you know it, a few years after that Jill got pregnant (and no, the adjacent cubicles were not the backdrop for the conception). Jill eventually popped out a little girl named...well, I'll ask her in the morning what pseudonym she prefers to use. Time went by and they moved out of the city to a more picturesque setting, ~~almost~~ just as surreal as Green Acres. At this point a lot of things start to happen, but two big ones were that Jill switched departments (and LOVED it!) and Jack ended up without a job (which was enjoyable until the lack of a paycheck forced him to get a new one). Because she liked her new job so much, Jill kept going into the big city to work every day, mostly in exchange for all the books she could read. By then Jill had put in enough time at the company that she started thinking about another benefit; if you gave them 10 years service, the company would give you a four week sabbatical to go and do whatever you wanted. At first it was something to fear, since the thought of five more years riding the train for 15 hours a week made her want to taser someone. However, five years became four, four turned to three, and eventually Jill developed a survivalist instinct, counting the days until her sabbatical. Fast forward to last year, when she realized a co-worker had an apartment in Paris and was willing to rent it for a month. Throwing down the gauntlet, Jill told Jack he could either sit at home eating soup from a can or find a way to get a month off work and join the family adventure. Luckily Jack works at an awesome place too and they agreed to let him run away and pretend to have a month off, with the unspoken understanding that if any of his work didn't get done during the trip he should probably update his Monster account info.

The moral of the story? Who the hell cares, we're going to Paris for a month!!!