Today I...

• got my Nixie back!!
• delivered & shared (smooth & creamy) French chocolates w/ my colleagues.
• dug my way out of a week's worth of emails & laundry.
• caught up w/ GD via Skype.
• learned that RD (finally) sold his house!
• made & enjoyed chicken taco salad.

Today I...

• flew from Paris to KC (via Amsterdam & Detroit).
• dined on airplane pasta (breakfast) & airplane pizza (lunch).
• laughed (& cried) watching The Proposal.
• split a hummus salad & (GARLIC!) fries w/ RD @ Gordon Biersch.
• drank whiskey & coke to Darius Rucker performing @ the Midland.

Today I...

• enjoyed a (1) petit dejeuner @ le hotel
• prayed for peace @ (2) Notre Dame (majestic).
• strolled alone the (3) River Siene (tranquil).
• was dumbfounded by the size & beauty of (4) le Louvre.
• nightcapped @ L' Open Cafe.
• devoured a late night (grande', cheesy, beefy) crepe.

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• ordered (in French!) and enjoyed a (1) freshly-made egg & tomato egg crepe @ (2) Marche St. Quentin (charming).
• strolled (wandered) through arrondissement 10 to arrondissement 18 and bought a (freakin') map!
• was breathless from the (3) view from (& 300 steps!! to) the top of (4) Sacre Coeur Basilica (amazingly beautiful).
• rested & reflected over (5) un cafe latte @ Halle St. Pierre.
• was dazzled by the (sparkling!) light show @ (6) Eiffel Tower @ night!

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• (1) presented w/ SB to a(n international) crowd o'50 @ the Online Information Conference.
• enjoyed a (2) steaming hot pasty (de-li-cious!)
• zipped across the chunnel from (3) London, St Pancras station to Paris, Gare du Nord via Eurostar train.
• checked in to Hotel Le Relais Du Marais (quaint).
• stopped in for a nightcap @ Cafe Cox Bar.

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• breakfasted on (1) bacon, egg, & beans @ the Ridgemount (tasty).
• heard Westminster Chimes @ (2) Westminster (bongbongBONGbong BONGbongBONGbong).
• saw the (3) Tower of London & London Bridge from atop a double-decker bus.
• strolled through (4) Trafalgar Square (impressive) & (5) Covent Gardens (loverly).
• fell in love w/ (6) Billy Elliott @ the Victoria Palace Theatre.

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• met SB for coffee @ the Park Lane Hotel (posh).
• strolled to Knightsbridge & lunched on salen soba @ Wagamama.
• paid (1) respects to Diana & Dodi (2)Harrod's (chee-ee-zee).
• viewed & photographed (3) Buckingham Palace by night.
• enjoyed authentic (4) British fish & chips @ Cagney's.

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