I am not used to weekends going by so quickly. It is already Sunday and tomorrow is Monday...back to work. I have been very lucky the past few semesters to plan my school schedule so that I have no school on Fridays, making my weekend seem longer because it starts Thursday night. Then again, the faster it goes, the more fun you have had...and this weekend was a lot of fun and VERY eventful.
Friday night I went for dinner with Stella to this really delicious Pizza restaurant called Paparazzi. They are known for their paper thin crust. We had a very nice time together catching up. Unfortunately she is leaving for Hong Kong for the summer this coming Friday to spend time with her family, so that was probably the last time I would see her as she is very busy getting ready this week. It has been very great developing a friendship with Stella. She was always a good friend of my mothers, but we were not close when I was a child as I never got to really get to know her since she moved to Paris a long time ago. Developing this friendship with her has been very interesting for me. It is the first time that I have had a friendship with someone who is quite a bit older than me and feel comfortable talking about anything and everything with. Usually when I meet people older than me, I am intimidated by them and judgements that they will make. With Stella, I am not. It is also nice, that it is not because of my mother that we have become friends. It is more that we both have made the effort to get to know each other and have found that we really enjoy each others company. I am sad that she is going to Hong Kong so soon, but I'm sure I will find myself back in Paris and our friendship will continue to grow.
After dinner, I met up with Paula to go to her friends party. We met a group of her friends in Saint-Germain at this really cool restaurant/bar called Alkazar where they had live ambiance music to have a drink. When all her friends had arrived we made our way to the club Lup where the party was. It was ] party her assistant Kelly's partner had invited us too. I had no idea what to expect. When we arrived, I immediately found myself surrounded by an abundance of girls. It didn't click until we got to the bar, that this was a Lesbian club or party. This was the first one I have ever been too. The music was great, but we only stayed for a little while, cause it was clear that we didn't really fit in. Paula chose to stay, however Delphine and I moved on to another party two of her guy friends had invited her to. It was at Chalet-des-Isle. This party only happens every two weeks or so in the summer and it is in Bois-de-Boulogne (the Central Park of Paris). It is so different because you have to take a little boat over a small river in order to get to the party. Think a Chalet, like that Beaver Lake, add over 2000 people, great dance music and open bar and that was what this party. I definitely want to go back. It is considered "l'un des endroits les plus branchés de la capitale"!!!
The funniest thing happened when we were trying to find a taxi on our way home. It was around 4am and we had taken the boat back across the river. G7, the taxi company, had a line set up. We were about 5th in line. A girl behind us asked Delphine if she knew if it usually takes long time for a taxi to come. Delphine didn't know, and as she replied I looked slightly to the back, curious who was asking and immediately heard someone call my name. I turn around fully, only to see that Marguerite, Lindsay's friend, is right behind us. What is the chance...to run into someone in Paris at such a huge party like this. I couldn't wait to tell Lindsay!
I didn't get much sleep that night as I was meeting Sophie and her family in the morning to go to the Marché au Puces. Her mother is a serious collector of antiques and various tzatch that she is a regular every Saturday morning at this market. It was set up like a garage sale where each vender comes and sets up their own little stand. I find numerous little treasures such as an awesome vintage leather sheepskin bomber pilot jacket, a purse, a wallet, a bracelet and a couple other things. The most important thing to do is to bargain, and my Dad taught me well.
After the market I went to Marché Barbès and Gigi met me there. It was so much fun going with her as she speaks the language of the venders and was 'drague'ing' (flirting) them in arabic in order to negotiate better prices. To help with the fake 'flirting', I was her niece and we were both already married. The weather was awful - it was raining buckets. We stayed there until the market closed. This is the best time to buy as all the venders want to get rid of their produce so that they don't have to bring it back with them. We bought a huge bag of potatoes and onions for 1 Euro.
We returned to my place with our purchases and Sophie joined us with some meat and we cooked dinner together. We had such a nice night just chilling and talking.
The following morning was the House/Techno Dance class I mentioned I was going to do. I said I was nervous because I am not inclined at all in Dance and I did end up making a fool of myself. Lindsay joined me with two of her friends. We couldn't stop laughing the entire time. It was so hard and I couldn't even get half the steps. There were two 60 year old women there who were doing better than me. But hey, looking back, it was a lot of fun. This was the video from So You Think You Can Dance Canada that intrigued me to try this style of dance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Qeg0iRHq5A. It is way harder than it looks.
I took the rest of the day to relax, do my laundry at a laverie (the machine is fully broken and am waiting for it to be replaced) and clean the apartment.
Last night was the Fête de la Musique in Paris. This night happens once a year and it symbolizes the first real day of summer. How it works is singers/dancers famous and infamous perform on the street for free. There is music and dancing on every corner. From my apartment I could hear drumming at Pigalle. There was a group who were doing numbers like from the movie Drumline. It was so cool. Gigi joined up with me and we made our way to le Marais to check out what was happening there. We hadn't eaten and felt like Falafel - so we went to the best place on Rue des Rosiers - L'as de Falafel. There was a line halfway down the street - but it was well worth it. They had techno music blaring and people were dancing like they were at a night club. It was amazing! It was like they didn't have work the next day.
I had a really eventful weekend. It was the first time that I have had tons of things planed which was really nice. I do look forward to coming home after work tonight and relaxing, as I didn't get much sleep. But hey, who needs sleep when your having fun!
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