Friday, March 18, 2011

PRINTEMPS

This is what I look like to children:
This one says "Cèlsi* Aie** love your Fenni love your."
*How I will be spelling my name from now on.
**Aie is the French word for ouch/phonetic spelling of 'I.'
Cool tag.
Paris is way prettier when the sky isn't gray.
River rats.
This guy's head is wrapped in aluminum foil.
Here is a close-up:
"Some like it hot"
In French "Baby Foot" means foosball.
I am teaching the kids animal names these days. Horse is really hard for them to say. One kid asked me if people ate horses ever so I told him yes, sometimes. Another kid asked me if there was any pork in horse meat so I told him yes, sometimes, but only when horses eat piglets.
Embouteillage
Le Kremlin-Bicetre is a "Flowered Town" and is recognized by the National Council of Flowered Villages and Towns.
Chatons
The place that song is about:
Montaigne
Middle ages museum I have never been to:
"Have the tongue well hanged!"
All I do is look at ads all day on the metro. This one says: "After my lobotomy, I will love you more."
Making the world a happier place:
Cool shirt.
Cool park.
Closing the window forever:
Teaching the kids to talk about their pets sucks because in French pet means fart.
Overbearing sign:
Overbearing graffiti:
Zebra playing with $700,000 worth of purses:
Louis Vuitton illustrating how tough yet playful their trunks are:
Sharing an ice cream cone seems like it could only end in a fight. Or with being topless, like that other picture.
This is what cool Americans look like:
VEGETABLES
Where my heart is:
Parc Monceau.
"The French are exceptional lovers.
According to 95% of French people..."
Graveyard for TVs I pass on my way to work:

Sunday, March 13, 2011

LA VIE EN ROSE

Typical French recycling bin:
Typical French girls sharing some ice cream:
I have to resist his seductive gaze every time I walk to the subway.
Yes he is!
In French, non-profit organization= association without lucrative goal.
"Too happy to be shy" (in French it rhymes).
Masks of famous people I don't recognize.
Roman Polanski's store
Black Swans
Setting up for the party in the back of his van.
Sushi: a dish best served room temperature after having traveled 8 miles on the back of a moped.
"We make pizza faster than rabbits on speed make babies."
The price of a whole goat has skyrocketed since I've been here.
The asterisk denotes that "Ready to kick ass" translates to "Ready to win" in French. There is no verb for kick in French, only the noun "hit of foot." I guess the translator was forced to take creative liberties because "Ready to give hit of foot to ass" didn't do these sweet Oakleys justice.
"Look at this sad empty ad space. I know! I'll put a bird on it!"

Sunday, March 6, 2011

PARIS- LE TRASH

Massage Parlor
Massage Parlor After-Party
Le hotdog.
Statue of a health-conscious graffiti artist.
Animals that wear clothes are so much cuter than boring naked animals.
Here are the really specific dates that all Parisian grass takes a nap:
Texting on a razor.
The only skyscraper in Paris. There is a law that buildings can't be taller than ten stories in most areas.
Don't mind if I do, Julia Child.
Speed limits: as effective as condoms.
"Culturally Superior"
Cute.
Sunny.
Bold statement I'm not sure I understand.
The cool preppy clothing company in France is "Redskins."
I don't think it will ever make in the US with that attitude.
This is the only thing that has made me regret not eating meat since I've been here. I just want to order it to see what it looks like in real life. How the crap did they make the bread half white half multigrain?
GUESS WHO SHOWED BACK UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT IN A SEMI WITH THE WORDS "BABY PLAY" PAINTED ON THE SIDE?