Well, the past four
years have been a great ride. This blog has grown up alongside our
French Fries. But that’s kinda the point – we have lives. Our
kids are getting older, which means homework and activities – not
to mention English lessons, bien sûr!
And we have jobs with some cool new career opportunities on the
horizon. The blog needs to take a backseat.
So voilà, nos amis.
Here’s the convo
about blog-cation:
Stephanie: I think
we’re done here.
Allison: I’m so
with you. But what about the story with my physical therapist who put
on the “bow-chicka-bow-wow” music and said how nice it was to
have a half-naked woman on his massage table?
Stephanie: Or the
story about California Mom who came to visit for a week and shipped a
huge box of American kid snacks, hand disinfectant, and sanitizing
wipes before her arrival? She wiped down and sanitized every café
table we were about to use while the French waiters looked on in
horror.
Allison: Or the time
when Small Fry started asking loud questions in English about why the
lady in front of us was so big and fat and she happened to be
American?
Stephanie: I'm
still on germaphobe California Mom's visit. Remember when I came home
to find her mopping my floor in the nude and disinfecting all the
door handles in my house? She told me, “You're pretty clean, probably cleaner than the average French person, but I think
you and your family are not as clean as I am. Your house must be
crawling with germs.” Big Cheese still belly laughs when he tells
people that story.
We think you get the
drift. There are still so many stories to tell.
But that doesn’t
mean that Les Moms’ adventures stop here.
You can still check
out Les Moms on Twitter and Facebook or send us an email if you'd like to keep in touch.
So au
revoir nos amies, and not necessarily
adieu.
Thank you for hanging out with us. Thank you for your support. Thank you for your kind comments. Thank you for the fun.
Thank you.
And just to make
sure you get your Paris fix in the meantime, we’re leaving you with
the ultimate French paradox: Serge Gainsbourg. How did this goofy-looking
guy end up as the most famous séducteur
in France?
Guess you gotta live
here to figure it all out.
Bonnes vacances!
Kisses on both
cheeks,
Les Moms
P.S. - Les Moms may be back for a few posts sometime in the Fall - no promises. There is one subject that has never been developed on the blog, although now isn't the time to write about it. And who knows, there may be a big announcement, too!
Sea, Sex &
Sun
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SUGAR DAZE, THE AMERICAN CUPCAKE SPECIALIST, TO OPEN FIRST STORE IN SOUTH PIGALLE !!!
Grand Opening: June 23 - 1 free cupcake for the first 100 people through the door!
(PARIS, FRANCE) 1 June 2012 -- Parisians and expats searching for delicious, authentic
American-style cupcakes will have a new HQ starting this month. After more than 3 years
of operation as a custom-order only cake and cupcake business - with waiting lists often
exceeding 6 weeks! - Sugar Daze is set to open its first retail location at 20 rue Henri Monnier in
the dynamic South Pigalle district (75009) on June 23.
The Sugar Daze Bake Shop will feature a daily rotating selection of the over 30 cupcake and
cake flavors available on the current menu as well as limited-time only special flavors and other
American baked goods like brownies, bars and pies. All Sugar Daze sweet treats are baked
fresh daily from scratch on-site using the highest quality, natural ingredients such as free-range
chicken eggs, Nielsen-Massey Bourbon Vanilla from Madagascar and fresh fruit. The cupcakes,
prepared using traditional American recipes, come in a variety of original and delicious flavors
such as "Lucky Star" (chocolate cupcake with whipped peanut butter frosting), "Kiss Kiss
Bang Bang" (the classic Red Velvet) and "Cookie Monster" (an Oreo cookie-speculoos cream
signature creation).
Cupcakes and other baked goods can be purchased for take-out or eat-in - the Bake Shop
proposes a small seating area for clients wishing to eat “sur place” while they enjoy a variety of
hot and cold drinks including teas and infusions by renowned French cultivator: Le Palais des
I love French. Everything sounds so fancy! Fancy Nancy
You mean I've been under Paris all this time? Wow. Ratatouille
Joakim Noah is the Eiffel Tower you buy in a souvenir shop. I'm the real Eiffel Tower. Shaquille O'Neal L'Equipe Magazine 18/12/2010
My mother always said it's useless to have a face-lift. All you have to do is look at a woman from behind to know her age. Carla Bruni-Sarkozy
When I'm big, I want to drink wine, Mommy.
Big Fry
I don't like going to hotels because they're never as nice as my house. Poor Little Rich Girl
I'm gonna be homeless in Saint Barth's! Mommy Money Bags
I can’t go one centime over 150,000 euros for the kitchen! What am I supposed to do with that kind of money? "Jennifer"
Boy, those French. They have a different word for everything.
Steve Martin
I like Paris. My problem is I don't like Parisians. Sir Laurence Olivier
Casse toi pauvre con! Daddy (President) Sarkozy
If I had been a dog walker, I would have been the most successful dog walker in Paris. Tom Ford
Baaaa Baaaa Baaaa! Big Cheese
The best of America drifts to Paris. The American in Paris is the best American. It is more fun for an intelligent person to live in an intelligent country. France has the only two things toward which we drift as we grow older—intelligence and good manners. F. Scott Fitzgerald
I have two loves: my country and Paris. Josephine Baker
I have tried to lift France out of the mud. But she will return to her errors and vomitings. I cannot prevent the French from being French. Charles de Gaulle
Eet ees time to say au revoir to zee spider veins. Dr. Vein (Phlebologist)
Call. Blow. Pump. Dr. Hot (American Hospital Paris)
Let France have good mothers, and she will have good sons. Napoléon Bonaparte
Moi love you maman. Small Fry
To err is human. To loaf is Parisian. Victor Hugo
I don't want to be known as the granddaughter of the Hiltons. I want to be known as Paris. Paris Hilton
Gross! I stepped in it again! La Mom
Je t'aime, Mommy. Big Fry
Chérie, you must buy a 7€ bag of popcorn for the kids to feed the ducks! Parc Monceau Mom
Some days you're the dog, some days you're the hydrant. Unknown
I love Paris in the summer, when it sizzles. Cole Porter