Fun and More Fun in Paris
Every morning I run for two miles, have done for years. Thismorning's run was invigorating. I felt energized and enjoyed every step of it. A good thing too, as I just got in from Paris last night and was feeling the effects of work, jetlag and too much fun on my layover. The run got me back on track.
Sometimes going to work can be a struggle but I knew that this trip was going to be a blast. Oscar, Elissa, Scott, Sabrina, Chris and myself in BusinessFirst; Andre, Jepson, Mika, Stephanie, Champagne Dorothy and Joanne in coach; Kip in the cockpit. Don had invited the entire crew to his Paris apartment for drinks and appetizers before dinner at Chez Nathalie. 9 of the crew went--plus Don and Carlita (Carlos).
Don outdid himself with canapes, champagne and great music in his teeny-tiny one-roomed flat. We all brought more champagne and wine so a good time followed. None of us wanted to go out for dinner as we were happy to stay there, but Don had made a reservation and changed the time twice already so it would have been a huge faux-pas to have no-showed. Once at Chez Nathalie, we were all happy to be there and enjoyed a marvellous dinner with some excellent Languedoc.
That's when the evening should have ended. Why is it that I am always swayed by Jepson's powers of persuasion?? Of course we ended up in our old haunt, La Taverne (in the Butte aux Cailles)....
Yazid (the bartender) still had a crush on me and so he kept passing me samples of different flavored rums ... mango, ginger, apple-cinnamon .... none of which I am particularly fond of. So I kept passing them on to Jepson, Champagne Dorothy and Don who all proceeded to exhibit signs of silliness. Let's just say that the evening ended with all of us taking Don back home, Jepson spilling red wine everywhere, me cleaning Don's floor at 2 a.m. and then an almost futile search for a cab back to the Mercure. At one point Jepson flagged down what he thought was a cab but was a regular car; when it stopped to see what he was doing Dorothy got into the back seat and I had to yank her out and profusely apologize to the concerned motorist!!! We finally got a cab and headed back to the 15th ... got back to the hotel at about 3.30 and finally got to go to sleep.
Sometimes going to work can be a struggle but I knew that this trip was going to be a blast. Oscar, Elissa, Scott, Sabrina, Chris and myself in BusinessFirst; Andre, Jepson, Mika, Stephanie, Champagne Dorothy and Joanne in coach; Kip in the cockpit. Don had invited the entire crew to his Paris apartment for drinks and appetizers before dinner at Chez Nathalie. 9 of the crew went--plus Don and Carlita (Carlos).
Don outdid himself with canapes, champagne and great music in his teeny-tiny one-roomed flat. We all brought more champagne and wine so a good time followed. None of us wanted to go out for dinner as we were happy to stay there, but Don had made a reservation and changed the time twice already so it would have been a huge faux-pas to have no-showed. Once at Chez Nathalie, we were all happy to be there and enjoyed a marvellous dinner with some excellent Languedoc.
That's when the evening should have ended. Why is it that I am always swayed by Jepson's powers of persuasion?? Of course we ended up in our old haunt, La Taverne (in the Butte aux Cailles)....
Yazid (the bartender) still had a crush on me and so he kept passing me samples of different flavored rums ... mango, ginger, apple-cinnamon .... none of which I am particularly fond of. So I kept passing them on to Jepson, Champagne Dorothy and Don who all proceeded to exhibit signs of silliness. Let's just say that the evening ended with all of us taking Don back home, Jepson spilling red wine everywhere, me cleaning Don's floor at 2 a.m. and then an almost futile search for a cab back to the Mercure. At one point Jepson flagged down what he thought was a cab but was a regular car; when it stopped to see what he was doing Dorothy got into the back seat and I had to yank her out and profusely apologize to the concerned motorist!!! We finally got a cab and headed back to the 15th ... got back to the hotel at about 3.30 and finally got to go to sleep.
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