The Flea
Market
is located
in
the
North
part of
Paris and
it's
been around
for more
than
a
100 yrs.!
Can
you
imagine all
the
bargains
I've
missed!!! |
I'm getting
ahead of myself. You've GOT to hear 'bout all the cool places I
found
to shop in Paris 'fore I take you to a fashion show.
Jessica
showed Paul and me the fab Marché
aux
Puces--the flea market! It goes on
for
kilometers and kilometers (that doesn't sound as good as "miles and
miles,"
but I'm practicing using the metric system in case my math teacher
reads
this)
You
can
buy everything from hot-looking T-shirts to old movie posters in
French
(Gone With the Wind is "Autant En Emporte Le Vent").
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Check thel
department store called "Printemps"--that means spring. I
guess
Parisian women like to think they're always as young as
spring.
French girls do have that je ne sais quoi (my French
teacher
is always saying that--it means something is cool but you don't know
why)
in everything they do. Their hair, their stylin' duds, the way
they
shrug their shoulders when a guy tries to make a pass at them.
I'm
learning fast.
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ddddJessica
also took us to les Galeries de Layfayette and Bon
Marché and Samaritaine and a shopping center called
Aux
Trois Quartiers.
I haveta admit I kept looking at Paul 24/7--he's so fine! I'm
workin'
on figurin' out what kind of girl he likes, what to wear to impress
him.
Jessica clued
me in on sweet vs. sassy--guys look at sassy, but they like
sweet.
It made me realize what I wear sayz a lot 'bout my
self-confidence.
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The
Big Moment is here. I'm sitting in the audience at the Printemps,
waiting for the show to begin. Paul squeezes my hand as the
cameras
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Ooohhh,
it is
sooo cool
to
sashay down
the runway,
feeling like
you're cruisin'
on this side
of
heaven.
I'm
feelin'
like I'm a super
model and
people
are
throwing
roses at my
feet....when--
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..there
goes my
daydream!
Back
to
the real world.
I
haveta work
hard
if I want to
work
in the
fashion
biz...
Send me an
E-MAIL if you
want the 411
on Paris shops
--where to go,
when the sales
are on (sale in
French is
SOLDE. Those
French guys
are pretty
confident, huh?
You can also
buy stuff in
duty free shops
to take home.
You can only
bring back
$400 worth of
stuff. So keep
your receipts! |
The
clock is ticking... My
vacay in Paris is almost over. It'll be time to head back
to
the beach soon...and I'm freakin', wondering if I'll ever see Paul
again.
We've been together 24/7, seeing the rest of Paris together. Paul
insisted we go back to Versailles for a "High Tea" at
this
ultra-cool
hotel near the Palace. I felt like a Princess when we drove up
and
Paul parked
his bike next to this Rolls Royce--
--'course
I was dressed up, wearing my new kicks.
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I've
never eaten
so
much in front
of
a guy before--
Paul
laughed when
I
said I was em-
barrassed.
He
kissed
the chocolate
off
my cheek! |
...when
we walked, well, I kinda wobbled into the dining room of Le
Trianon
Palace Hotel and I waddled back out after scarfing up these fab
chocolate desserts! Mousse, brioche, tarts...and can you believe, Lipton
Tea!
Ummmmm....soooo
delish!
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