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Welcome back to our second installment of Weekends in Paris.....Along with the most magnificent architecture in the world and beautiful golden statues adorning the bridges there is also color to the extreme...from toy boats pushed around with sticks by the little children in all the gardens to the street vendors and the hues of fresh fruits and vegetables.......it's a photographers dream. Here are some glimpses while walking around the neighborhoods... The Red White and Blue...........of a different kind. Cozy Kitten sitting in a window sill............ Wandering the streets of Montmarte.......... stained glass.....P'ere Lachaise Cemetery colorful boats for the kid in all of us.......the Luxembourg Gardens Behind the Ivy Painted concrete walls.....the Paris Mosque boating on the Seine Blue Skies. carousel Champs de Mars......built 1913 Heart graffiti and a cute Parisian auto Subway Tile.....at the Concord stop Hope you enjoyed a little color today.....Stop back next weekend ...

Welcome to another edition of Tablescape Thursday hosted by the talented "Head Tablescaper" Susan at http://www.betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com/ This is the most fun I have had in a long time.....If you haven't joined in on the fun you should give it a try. You probably have more things around the house to dress up your table then you think....This week I decided to do a take on Monet's Table in Giverney France.....If you have ever seen a picture of his home Claude had the original designer kitchen.....We had the pleasure of visiting the home while in France and we even had a picnic on the grounds before touring the home and gardens. When we got back home daughter bought me this lovely book. It's a combination picture book of the home and gardens and a cookbook....It can be found on http://www.amazon.com/ I thought I would call my tablescape this week Monet's Table....."American Style"...using the colors of Monet's kitchen, yellow and blue.....

I have been making quiche for as long as I can remember but it wasn't until last week that the "Boss" finely did a taste test....Yes, real men do eat quiche.....He had no choice....For years I've been seeing people win big bucks in the Pillsbury Bake-Off contest and this was going to be my year!! I remember the year when the lady won $40,000.00 for making a zucchini something... It was original.....it sounded inventive....Last year a lady won a million dollars with a peanut butter cookie....come on..... a peanut butter cookie?....a million dollars! So I tweaked my recipe, made some adjustments, picked a name other then "quiche" and entered the contest........I do realize that I have a better chance of winning the Georgia Lottery then winning the Bake-Off.....but I thought I would give it a shot....Here is the recipe I entered. We had it the other day for lunch and I made the Boss try it.....He was my taste tester....my main critic......He loved it! Of course...

Welcome to our first weekend in Paris!! Myself and Daughter would like to take you on a little photo tour of the time we spent in the world's most beautiful city...For the next 14 weekends we will be showing you a little slice of Paris life and a few side trips along the way......we enjoyed our time we spent together and to say it was a bonding experience doesn't apply.....we bonded the day daughter was born...it has just gotten better and better.........we lived in a basic studio apartment from May until August 1999.....I'm talking basic as I had to cook most of our meals in a toaster oven. I shopped for our food daily on the famous "Rue Mouffetard".....and only came away knowing two words in French....Bon Jour and Merci......it got me through our time there and it was the only time in my life that I had nothing to say.... We hope you come back because the last week we will show you our luxurious accommodations......we didn't want to scare you from the get go...

My very first Tablescape Thursday hosted by talented tablescaper Susan at http://www.betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com/ Yes, that's right folks, Sue still can't figure out links!! Anyhoo, you can go over to Susan's blog and see all the other participants and wonderful table setting ideas.... When I decided to join in on the fun I thought what would be a fun table to put together? Being a "World Renowned Souvenir Junkie" I'm not talking tasteful classy souvenirs......No, I'm talking tacky stuff.....I'm the grown women at the Statue of Liberty that buys then wears the green foam crown while touring Miss L. So I dug out my massive collection of State Plates....Yes, those colorful but toxic dinner plates from the 1950's.......I say massive only because I have all 50 states, plus Puerto Rico and Washington D.C. and I'm currently working on a second set to leave the daughter in my will. I also have picked up along the hi-ways and by-ways other souv...