Friday morning open thread

Joe is off celebrating a milestone birthday in Maine (all those wishing to extend him their best, here you go: sudbayjoe@yahoo.com), so you get me this morning. I'm finally off doing my annual August cat-sitting for Chris and his wife Joelle while they take the traditional French August vacation. And you know what that means.... no, not retinal detachments. Rather, the breakfast of champions is back, baby.



I did my junior year abroad in Paris, and speak French, so for me, in many ways, Paris is a second (or third) home, alongside DC and Chicago. Chris and Joelle live in the same general neighborhood where I lived at 19, and some of my classes took place literally around the corner from their apartment on Blvd. Raspail. I'll continue to blog, as usual, this month, while throwing in a bit of French flavor here and there.

And oh yes, there will be cats.