la vie en fromage.

at my marche today, i went to my cheese/egg lady and picked up dix oeufs, a tranche chaque of port salut, emmenthal, and chevre frais. fresh fucking chevre cheese. heaven on earth. i just ate a quarter of the round of the cheese for dinner. my mouth orgasmed. you could cover hitler in this cheese and i would be willing to lick it off, it is that wonderful. it tastes like chevre normally does, but the texture is just so light and delicate, the flavor just explodes in your mouth, but in the most subtle way. i so look forward to my week's worth of sandwiches made with this cheese and slices of zucchini.

as always, i went to my produce guy. i learned a lesson today - that i need to get to my market earlier. it was busy today and my guy seemed crabby. but he still gave me a deal - five euros off again, and a head of lettuce as my weekly cadeau. i so look forward to taking my visiting friends to this market.

after a little catnap around noon, i got up and made my way to galeries lafayette. i learned another lesson today - if i dont want to spend money, go to lafayette on a saturday. i was in and out (of both lafayette homme and the main store) within thirty minutes. i had to make my way through the men's store to see my pseudo boyfriend, jake gyllenhaal. my eyes needed their candy and candy they had. such a cutie. OH, and my dream is true...i had mentioned earlier that if galeries lafayette and monoprix were combined and then i could put an apartment on top, i would be in heaven. well, i dont have my apartment, but there is definitely the equivalent of a monoprix. it's 'lafayette gourmet,' and gourmet a lot of it certainly is. but there is normal food, too, just like a monoprix. when i saw all of this, i kept wondering if it was real...

i left lafayette and made my way towards l'opera garnier. they had been doing all kinds of work on it last year and i hoped they had finished. some was done, but there was still a big chunk of the front covered up with boards. it doesn't matter, though, opera garnier is so beautiful. another place i look forward to taking friends, at least for just a look at the facade.

i wandered down boulevard de la madeline and on my way, i found la maison du chocolat, only the most wonderful chocolate store in paris (as well as london, nyc, and tokyo). their truffles are divine. the window display was full of eclairs. it took all of my willpower to keep on walking. i prefer to wear my money, rather than eat it...but i had not found anything to wear so an eclair seemed like a good idea...and i digress...made my way to the madeline. i think that the madeline is a church (no, wait, it's a cookie). i kept thinking of the short film in 'paris, je t'aime,' where elijah wood is at the madeline and he sees a sexy female vampire and he gets scared and falls down the stairs and starts to bleed to death, but then the sexy vampire rescues him and he turns into a vampire and they fall madly into vampire love. anyway, i hated that short film and now i am biased against the madeline and surrounding area. although, fauchon is nearby, and they are supposed to have some of the best foods in paris. maybe ill give it a try and then i wont dislike the madeline.

while i was wandering today, i began to remember how everything is connected. i ended up at place de la concorde. i completely forgot how close lafayette was to the champs elysees. and as i was feeling rather chic this afternoon, i felt that a stroll down the champs was in order. i really am excited for christmas-time. the trees on the champs have been strung with lights, and they even have these big clear cylinders hanging down that i am assuming will light up. im not quite sure when they turn on the lights, but perhaps google will know. OH, and the windows at lafayette are all covered up with red fabric...but i know they're ready and they will be unveiled very soon. young boys were selling roasted chestnuts near there today. i couldn't help but turn on 'charlie brown christmas' and stroll around with a smile on my face.