paris pride 2013

spent my saturday at pride - had a wonderful time, as always, and took way too many photos.  right now is a great time to celebrate as same sex marriage has recently passed in france!

this year, i watched at the beginning and then watched at the end... 

you can check out the all the photos {here}

and if that is not enough for you, take a look at {2011} & {2012} posts!

fyi: for your post soundtrack needs, besides {daft punk}, {this song} was pretty popular!

a year in retrospect, 2012

january 

 february

 march

april

may

 june 

july

 august

september 

 october 

 november 

december

doesn't seem like i should be reflecting upon another year as 2012 has flown by!  paris 2012 has offered so much to my life even though i was sick to be stateside for many of it.  i continue to count my blessings of having a great community of family and friends i love here but also far across the atlantic.

i know my life will continue to be in paris for a couple more years and i welcome the experiences of the future here; my second home.

{sometimes we go looking for life changing experiences but sometimes they just present themselves like a pleasant surprise.} 

{2011} - {2010}

i've slept here.

my husby too.

hope monday is wonderful for everyone. 

countin' down the days 'til my feet hit the american soil.

2 weeks.  

paris pride 2012

pride, as always, was filled with: 

rainbows and free condoms!

 lots of sexy 'sailors'!

this guy!

dancin' and drums!

this by far was the best float EVER.

but i'm not going to lie, i had much more fun last year.... 

it was still great though; so much positive feelings of acceptance and happiness.

you can see more photos of the day {here} and last years post {here}. 

the visiter

for the past couple months, we have had this visiter:

in the beginning, he would come up to our window, peak his head around and then run away if we got too close.

then one day this happened:

i was way too excited and let him come on in and walk around.  he would walk around and look around, but if we got too close, he'd run back out the window.

eventually, we've become friends with him.  he loves to be pet and purrs really loud... it's so sweet.

these days i think his curiosity has subsided but sometimes he comes on in to get some lovin'...

i've wanted a kitty for awhile now, so my husband thinks this is such a blessing.  we can play with the kitty and get some snuggles and then send him on his way.

we have no idea where he lives.  in the beginning he wore a collar, but these days he's not wearing it anymore.  my assumption is that he lives down the hall from us, but i can't be sure.  i do know he has a home somewhere in the neighborhood, but he is always venturing out all over the roof tops, so who knows how far or close his home might be.  the fun thing is, he is completely content and has the total attitude of the independent cat.  if we walk to the window and ask him to leave, he just leaves with no issue at all... so. cute. !!!

the question here is: am i a creep?

haha.  do any of you cat owners feel a little bit worried for your wondering cats now?

these are all the all the questions that run through my mind when i play string or get snuggles from 'kitty'...

also, do you think we're the only ones in the neighborhood who has had our hearts stolen?

what do you think?

spring is finally here...

although not much has been goin' on in my personal life, the sun has been shining like crazy this week. 

i took these on my walk home from work today.  what a treat!

j.crew, europe.

I THINK MY LIFE IN FRANCE JUST GOT BETTER.

now if i can find a store here, then my life will be complete...

i'm just nervous that the shipping costs will be so outrageous  it won't be worth it.

either way, happy friday for me!!!