Joie de Vivre: A virtual coffee

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Paris is always a good idea.

~ The movie Sabrina

Bonjour!

Pull up a cafe chair.

I've found us just

the right spot to drink

cafe au lait and watch

the world go by....

It's raining in Minnesota

as I write, but this is a virtual 

coffee, so I ask myself,

Where would you love

to be right this minute

sipping coffee and sharing

confidences over steaming

cups of goodness?

Paris.

The sky is crystal clear,

with just a few puffy white

clouds.  Although it is

still early, the streets have

already been washed

clean; the city is ready

for the day.

The fragrance of fresh bread

from the boulangerie next

door permeates the air,

mixing with the aroma of

the rich brew in our cups.

Ahh.

How was your last week?

Mine was filled to the brim

with social activities.

Every day included a lunch

or coffee date, a baseball

game, a band concert or a

dinner party.

This seems to be the norm

at the end of the school year.

I call it the sprint to the finish.

And while I love spending

time with friends and cheering

on my son's baseball team, I'm

really a homebody at heart. 

Too much out and about social-

butterfly-ness throws me

off balance a bit.

This year we have received

half a dozen invites for

graduation open house parties.

My head just spins when I

realize that in two short years

we will be hosting our own

high school graduation party.

Sniff, sniff.

  

{I do think a chocolate crosissant

would help right now--thank you!}

  You are such a good friend!

One of the {many} things I

absolutely adore about watching

the world go by in Paris is

the fashion.

 

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 So effortless ~

So classic, yet so current ~

So beautiful.

vogue.com

There goes a little girl in

a sweet smocked dress.

I love her red shoes!

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There goes an older

gentleman ~

Trousers and white

dress shirt, a scarf

casually knotted

around his neck.

And there goes a

group of young women,

probably headed to the

office, high heels click

clicking on the pavement,

smartly cut dresses and skirts,

confident and glowing....

A scooter zooms past

us and rounds the corner,

roaring down a little side street.

Our waiter asks us if we'd

like another cafe au lait.

Oui, monsieur!

We chat about summer and

our sand-bucket lists.  Here's

part of mine:

strawberry picking

reading books by the lake

writing outside

early morning bike rides

my feet in warm sand

star gazing

cold museums on hot, muggy days

And it occurs to me

that what I really want

to do is capture moments,

like fireflies in a jar,

savoring them for a little

while and then releasing

them back to the universe.

Which is why we are in

Paris, sipping cafe au lait

together ~ capturing a moment.

The French do this so very,

very well.  It's in their

DNA, I think.

 They can pull up a table

and a chair anywhere ~

on a street

under a tree

on a terrace ~

Add a pot of coffee or a

bottle of wine ~

A friend and some sunshine ~

Voila! A moment : )

  

I haven't been to Paris in

many years.  I wonder if

technology has changed

the French way into the

mulitasking way that so

many of us now live?

I hope not.

I like to imagine that I

 can meet you for coffee,

the French way ~

and we will linger and

relax and be wonderfully

in the present. 

A gift.

Time to walk off our

croissants.  I want to hear

more about your sand-

bucket list.  Let's meander

towards one of the famous

Parisian jardins.  It's

 such a very pretty day and I

don't want this moment

to end.

 Thanks for joining me for

a virtual coffee.  Enjoy all of

your special moments,

this week!

xx

Suzanne

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