I've had some pretty good days in Paris. Once, at breakfast, I met a stunning
but dejected young woman from another country who was not having a good
visit in Paris. She was staying at the same hostel as me but despite
Michelin did not know where to start and had no one to
share her time with...So I told her that this was completely
unacceptable and invited her to share a day with me. Her name
translated to "Violet" and despite the fact that I had a bit of
a cold, she accompanied me for a day. We went to the Jeu De Paume,
walked the Champs-Élysées, lunched at a street side cafe, Musee
Rodin, and as evening fell we went to Montmartre, Pizza by candlelight
wood-fired hearth on a red checkered table cloth to match the
red wine...Watching over the shoulder of a talented charcoal
artist expertly crafting lampoon portraiture. And we shared each
others dreams and memories in a mixture of the different languages
we spoke.

As evening gave way to night, I took her to Sacré-Coeur where
we overlooked the beautiful and glittering city at midnight, We held
hands and snuggled on a bench before heading back to the hostel.
The cathedral glowed white with supernatural illumination it shined
and I dare say we did too. We exchanged small gifts and addresses.
I was on my way to Zermatt and she was on her way somewhere else.
Sadly. the airlines lost some of my luggage including her info and
I never saw her or heard from her again...but we will always have Paris
and a tender kiss on the cheek - a whisper that I had given her the happiest
day of her vacation. I have a photograph of Violet wearing my tan dinner
jacket that day and my tie and a smile i will never forget.
Although I do not need the photograph any more, I still enjoy looking
at it from time to time....

Hi Cy - musings from the great day thread
Beachfarmer reminded me - so I waxed Nostalgic.

Now I think a better title would've been
"Sacre-Coeur"

Did you figure out a way to watch the Olympic Hockey?

i couldn't get any of the stream feeds to work

very cool write S1ow!


I went to Paris in 2003 for 3 days.


From hanging with the gargoyles on top of the Notre Dame cathedral. To standing underneath the Eiffel Tower looking up (didnt ride the elevator, wish i did). from Napoleans Tomb to the Musée d'Orsay.

It all felt very rich in history and culture.

This would have felt,,,like a movie man,,great write and its so cool that you lived this.....envy envy man,,,


OH,,and GREAT pic,,,,,,,of that thought....

G'morn.my friend. I didn't realize U had posted till now.Ditto!sad to say;(I'm catching bits & pieces from the local news & NHL.com.I would Luv to be watching this first hand. Ummm!as a side note our primary T.Thomas is there but I heard he will be warming the bench.lol.With his lackluster performance as of late I'm not surprised.lol.Our back-up T.Rask is the one pulling us out of the current funk.A huge contract,benefits & he moves his family to Boston.Hmmm!There are rumors flying already in the mill of getting rid of him.Wow!Take care my friend.tty/soon K.Godspeed!Cy I Luv this write(stay inspired);)

nice s1ow