<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668382750140637735</id><updated>2011-04-21T16:41:44.194-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Little Stroll</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelittlestroll.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6668382750140637735/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelittlestroll.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Caro</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08040078702808709147</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>16</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668382750140637735.post-3653160625086667932</id><published>2007-12-03T11:25:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-12-03T13:04:05.211-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Quand je suis allée à Cabourg</title><content type='html'>Mercredi 28 novembre 2007,  à 8 heures, j’ai donc eu 35 ans.&lt;br /&gt;Ca a commencé comme ça :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/R1Rtkte-xLI/AAAAAAAAALk/jff57LNtaLk/s1600-R/P1040233.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5139853552188834994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/R1Rtkte-xLI/AAAAAAAAALk/xZGCUx4xwfU/s400/P1040233.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; J’avais pris ma journée car il me semblait impossible de faire ce que je fais tous les jours : me lever, aller au travail, jouer wonderwoman etc etc… J’avais donc voulu une journée de liberté. Et je voulais aller à la mer. J’avais choisi Cabourg. Pas trop loin. Le festival du film romantique, peut être.&lt;br /&gt;J’avais donc mis mon réveil à 9h. Ma mère m’a réveillée un peu plus tôt pour me souhaiter mon anniversaire la première (j’ai vu que j’avais eu des messages sur mon portable plus tôt encore).&lt;br /&gt;Alors voilà, j’ai raccroché et je me suis retrouvée sous ma couette bleue. Seule.&lt;br /&gt;Et j’avais 35 ans.&lt;br /&gt;Cette fois, c’était fait. Rien à dire, rien à faire.&lt;br /&gt;J’avoue, j’étais pas fière, seule sous ma couette bleue.&lt;br /&gt;Il y a des années une amie m’avait dit : « tu sais, quand j’ai eu 35 ans, j’étais seule, sans enfant. L’horreur. Alors je me suis dit : si c’est encore pareil à 40 ans, j’adopte un enfant ».&lt;br /&gt;Maintenant, cette amie a un mari et deux enfants.&lt;br /&gt;J’avoue, j’avais alors pensé (30 ou 31 ans je crois) : « impossible que ça m’arrive à moi ! ». 35 ans, seule, ça me paraissait horrible et donc inenvisageable.&lt;br /&gt;Bon bah n’empêche que j’y étais arrivée moi aussi.&lt;br /&gt;Je n’ai pas pensé à de grandes décisions genre « je vais adopter un enfant ». J’ai plutôt pensé que je voulais que les choses changent.&lt;br /&gt;Enfin passé le premier abattement.&lt;br /&gt;Je me suis donc habillée, j’ai mis mes vieilles baskets et mon vieux jean, j’ai pris ma p’tite auto et avant pour Cabourg.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/R1Rte9e-xKI/AAAAAAAAALc/LEwO5iaMRDk/s1600-R/P1040235.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5139853453404587170" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/R1Rte9e-xKI/AAAAAAAAALc/h4k9Eqb0Y9o/s400/P1040235.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; L’autoroute, les stations services pour s’acheter en toute liberté du coca et des m&amp;amp;m’s.&lt;br /&gt;La liberté.&lt;br /&gt;Pas mal de coups de fil pour me souhaiter mon anniversaire.&lt;br /&gt;Mon émerveillement un peu bêta devant les chevaux et les (très) belles vaches de la campagne normande.&lt;br /&gt;Puis arrivée à Cabourg.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/R1RtYte-xJI/AAAAAAAAALU/Lud6WpswIGU/s1600-R/P1040236.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5139853346030404754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/R1RtYte-xJI/AAAAAAAAALU/bWeBWW7K2jo/s400/P1040236.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Pas un chat.&lt;br /&gt;Enfin si, un !&lt;br /&gt;Un peu déstabilisée la Caro. Du genre : « crois tu vraiment que tu vas pouvoir échapper à tes 35 balais en venant dans un trou paumé où y’a pas un péquin ?? » (désolée pour les habitants de Cabourg, mais Cabourg au mois de novembre, faut quand même avoir le moral – et je ne l’avais pas justement !!).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Enfin, si, y’avais un restaurant ouvert. Je n’avais pas très fin mais comme j’avais (comme d’hab !) furieusement envie de faire pipi, j’ai décidé d’aller y déjeûner. C’était une première, je crois bien que je ne suis jamais allée seule au restaurant. J’étais loin d’être la seule. Il y avait notamment les VRP ! Mais je dénotais car je n’étais pas du tout habillée en commerciale. S’ils s’étaient posé la question, les gens, ils se seraient demandé ce que je faisais à Cabourg, un 28 novembre, à manger du poisson au « Hastings » (le fameux restaurant).&lt;br /&gt;Moi aussi je me demandais ce que je faisais là !&lt;br /&gt;Je me disais qu’il devait aussi y avoir des couples illégitimes. Mon imagination s’arrêtant rarement, je me suis mis dans l’idée que Cabourg au mois de novembre devait être le lieu des amours clandestines… Allez savoir…&lt;br /&gt;Je ne me suis pas éternisée au resto et suis vite allée trouver ce que j’étais venue chercher : la mer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/R1RtPNe-xII/AAAAAAAAALM/U1WXQbetQS0/s1600-R/P1040286.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5139853182821647490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/R1RtPNe-xII/AAAAAAAAALM/aGoTZj6wNow/s400/P1040286.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; C’était beau, évidemment. La mer, d’un vert gris très particulier. Pas beaucoup de vent. Mais assez froid. Le crissement des coquillages sous mes baskets. Le bruit de l’eau. Ces étendues limpides.&lt;br /&gt;Personne.&lt;br /&gt;La plage que pour moi.&lt;br /&gt;Seule encore.&lt;br /&gt;Le vertige, un peu.&lt;br /&gt;C’est le moment où mon frèrot a appelé pour me souhaiter mon anniversaire. J’étais au bout du monde.&lt;br /&gt;Il ne savait pas que j’étais à la mer, il était surpris, du genre « qu’est ce qu’elle a encore inventé ?? ».&lt;br /&gt;J’étais un peu triste.&lt;br /&gt;Beaucoup de gens avaient pensé à moi et pourtant je me sentais oubliée du monde sur ma plage avec mes coquillages.&lt;br /&gt;Alors, au téléphone, dans un élan de narcissisme, j’ai écrit ça :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/R1RsqNe-xHI/AAAAAAAAALE/K8QW60XvqnI/s1600-R/P1040237.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5139852547166487666" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/R1RsqNe-xHI/AAAAAAAAALE/2RNdMO8hTVk/s400/P1040237.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Et j’ai dit à mon frère : « tu sais, si ça ne change pas, il n’y aura pas de 36 ». Il n’étais pas content mon frère.&lt;br /&gt;Quand j’ai raccroché, je me suis dit : »ouvre tes yeux et tes oreilles et RESPIRE, t’es venue à la mer pour RESPIRER ».&lt;br /&gt;La morosité est brûleuse de passion et rend aveugle.&lt;br /&gt;Il fallait que j’ouvre à nouveau mes yeux.&lt;br /&gt;Alors je me suis mise à regarder partout et à prendre des tonnes de photos, de trucs complètement anodins, je mitraillais.&lt;br /&gt;Tout d’abord, mes nouveaux copains :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/R1RskNe-xGI/AAAAAAAAAK8/ZBaeIWaeIGs/s1600-R/P1040246.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5139852444087272546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/R1RskNe-xGI/AAAAAAAAAK8/GOk5e8bHDDA/s400/P1040246.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Puis n’importe quoi, les coquillages, les couteaux,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/R1RscNe-xFI/AAAAAAAAAK0/jn8AO-OgvGo/s1600-R/P1040280.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5139852306648319058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/R1RscNe-xFI/AAAAAAAAAK0/eam8xpphz3M/s400/P1040280.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; l’écume, le moindre grain de sable.&lt;br /&gt;Et alors j’ai fait des rencontres :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/R1RsONe-xEI/AAAAAAAAAKs/nu_i3LaSobE/s1600-R/P1040260.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5139852066130150466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/R1RsONe-xEI/AAAAAAAAAKs/NgTwREwALYw/s400/P1040260.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Un bidon qui tenait tout seul, comme en lévitation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/R1RsFNe-xDI/AAAAAAAAAKk/WbJbasTqj30/s1600-R/P1040284.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5139851911511327794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/R1RsFNe-xDI/AAAAAAAAAKk/hscvysCKcgk/s400/P1040284.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Une citrouille entière, perdue là, qui avait visiblement goûté à l’eau mais était intacte.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/R1Rr4te-xCI/AAAAAAAAAKc/4LhBuy1N9Ts/s1600-R/P1040274.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5139851696762962978" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/R1Rr4te-xCI/AAAAAAAAAKc/ZRdM8f3uVkM/s400/P1040274.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Une plume coincée dans une branche.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/R1Rrpde-xBI/AAAAAAAAAKU/LgSkrE8S-zo/s1600-R/P1040272.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5139851434769957906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/R1Rrpde-xBI/AAAAAAAAAKU/DBq4tLfoP2U/s400/P1040272.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Mais qui est donc ce Léon ??&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/R1Rrhte-xAI/AAAAAAAAAKM/H5wGQA8fD0o/s1600-R/P1040287.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5139851301625971714" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/R1Rrhte-xAI/AAAAAAAAAKM/X1fMSKit4rY/s400/P1040287.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Un squelette de je ne sais pas quoi, au milieu du sable et des coquillages. Mais d’où vient ce squelette ??&lt;br /&gt;(ndlr : imaginez moi à quatre pattes, emmitouflée, fêtant mes 35 ans sur une plage de Cabourg, me demandant ce qu’était ce squelette d’à peine 10 cm… !)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oh, ne cherchez pas, je n’ai pas eu de révélation, personne n’est descendu du ciel pour m’apporter LA solution, aucun prince charmant n’est apparu sur la plage, courant vers moi me hurlant « Caro c’est toi que j’attends » ! Non. Je ne m’y attendais pas non plus, vous savez. Enfin, presque pas.&lt;br /&gt;Mais, peu à peu, me forçant à ouvrir les yeux, me forçant à retrouver ce qui fait ma sève, la curiosité et la passion, j’ai retrouvé un peu de légèreté. Et puis le grand air qui rosissait mes joues me faisait le plus grand bien.&lt;br /&gt;Après quelques kilomètres sur la plage, j’ai fait demi tour en passant par le remblais avec la très belle balustrade du front de mer de Cabourg :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/R1RrONe-w_I/AAAAAAAAAKE/k9N63yW7CVA/s1600-R/P1040307.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5139850966618522610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/R1RrONe-w_I/AAAAAAAAAKE/lIeanUWJeS0/s400/P1040307.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; J’ai croisé quelques promeneurs ou cyclistes.&lt;br /&gt;Puis le fameux « Toutounet’ » :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/R1RrENe-w-I/AAAAAAAAAJ8/K2JeqPLDeS4/s1600-R/P1040298.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5139850794819830754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/R1RrENe-w-I/AAAAAAAAAJ8/VapQapWrHv4/s400/P1040298.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Pour la première fois depuis des siècles, ça m’a arraché un sourire (notez le "saisissez la déjection" !!!!)&lt;br /&gt;Ensuite, même si les maisons du front de mer sont beaucoup moins belles que celles de l’intérieur, je vous ai quand même rapporté ces deux photos :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/R1Rq7Ne-w9I/AAAAAAAAAJ0/MiHQz_04LkM/s1600-R/P1040311.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5139850640201008082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/R1Rq7Ne-w9I/AAAAAAAAAJ0/caNCcpuIb_A/s400/P1040311.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Celle là n’est pas belle, mais son nom est accueillant.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/R1Rqxde-w8I/AAAAAAAAAJs/9ndfBkNW-E8/s1600-R/P1040305.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5139850472697283522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/R1Rqxde-w8I/AAAAAAAAAJs/cOyu7El-Ov4/s400/P1040305.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Celle là est très belle.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/R1Rqnde-w7I/AAAAAAAAAJk/iJ-mC7jmHRQ/s1600-R/P1040312.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5139850300898591666" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/R1Rqnde-w7I/AAAAAAAAAJk/U5hAmf4XI6o/s400/P1040312.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Un peu plus loin je suis passée devant le Casino et le Grand Hôtel où j’imaginais les premiers privilégiés qui découvraient les bains de mer et les joies de la plage (les élégantes de Chanel ou de Poiret, des années 20 – belle expo à ce sujet au Musée de la Mode Galliéra à Paris, rue Pierre 1er de Servie, d’ailleurs, à ce propos).Drôle d’atmosphère que celle du mois de novembre : je me croyais dans la chanson de Cabrel « Hors saison », c’est exactement ça : les tables sont dressées mais personne ne viendra dîner, les chandeliers côtoient les matelas de plage rentrés jusqu’aux prochains rayons de soleil.&lt;br /&gt;C’est ce que je voulais, je crois : me retrouver moi aussi « hors saison », hors de ce temps qui m’accablait.&lt;br /&gt;Ensuite j’ai fait un petit tour dans le centre ville de Cabourg.&lt;br /&gt;J’ai été surprise et émerveillée de découvrir une boutique de la Belle-Illoise, une conserverie bretonne qui produit des sardines, de la soupe de poisson et tous les produits issus de la mer.&lt;br /&gt;Vous allez trouver ça ridicule mais je suis entrée et j’ai acheté de la crème de sardine au whyskie. C’est (l’une) de mes madeleines de Proust : quand j’étais petite, ma grand-mère nous emmenait tous les ans au Croisic (près de la Baule) et nous allions à la Belle Illoise acheter de la crème de sardine au whyskie et c’était délicieux.&lt;br /&gt;Petit à petit, je me disais que j’étais bien contente de mon escapade et de mon initiative.&lt;br /&gt;J’ai même rigolé (un peu jaune en pensant à mes dernières déconvenues amicales) quand j’ai vu ce magasin :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/R1Rqa9e-w6I/AAAAAAAAAJc/5QEFouA7Z_s/s1600-R/P1040315.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5139850086150226850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/R1Rqa9e-w6I/AAAAAAAAAJc/-hRyI_IDowM/s400/P1040315.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Il était un peu avant 16 heures, j’ai repris ma petite auto et le chemin de l’autoroute. A la radio il y avait Jean Pierre Marielle qui parlait.&lt;br /&gt;J’avais fait l’école buissonnière, j’étais hors du temps.&lt;br /&gt;Quelques embouteillages en arrivant à Paris. Mais pas assez pour m’empêcher d’aller au cinéma pour conclure ma journée (pas question de rentrer seule chez moi et de passer une soirée – malheureusement – habituelle). J’avais choisi d’aller voir « Il était une fois », le dernier Disney.&lt;br /&gt;Merveilleuse façon de conclure cette journée : une histoire de princes et de princesses qui donnait à chacun l’envie d’ouvrir son cœur et d’y croire. Un film anti cynisme, une volupté d’espoir pour peu qu’on s’y laisse un peu prendre.&lt;br /&gt;Et je me suis laissée prendre.&lt;br /&gt;En sortant je me suis dit que ce serait l’année des changements.&lt;br /&gt;Vous allez voir ça.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/R1RY4te-w5I/AAAAAAAAAJU/fb5RTT2UfHc/s1600-R/P1040233.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6668382750140637735-3653160625086667932?l=thelittlestroll.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelittlestroll.blogspot.com/feeds/3653160625086667932/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6668382750140637735&amp;postID=3653160625086667932' title='2 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6668382750140637735/posts/default/3653160625086667932'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6668382750140637735/posts/default/3653160625086667932'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelittlestroll.blogspot.com/2007/12/quand-je-suis-alle-cabourg.html' title='Quand je suis allée à Cabourg'/><author><name>Caro</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08040078702808709147</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/R1Rtkte-xLI/AAAAAAAAALk/xZGCUx4xwfU/s72-c/P1040233.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668382750140637735.post-7695840385659483663</id><published>2007-11-22T13:49:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-11-22T13:52:52.384-08:00</updated><title type='text'>By the way</title><content type='html'>I'd had a very bad day. Then I met him in the street. He happened to be the sweetest thing of my day.&lt;br /&gt;Happy Thanksgiving !&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6668382750140637735-7695840385659483663?l=thelittlestroll.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelittlestroll.blogspot.com/feeds/7695840385659483663/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6668382750140637735&amp;postID=7695840385659483663' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6668382750140637735/posts/default/7695840385659483663'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6668382750140637735/posts/default/7695840385659483663'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelittlestroll.blogspot.com/2007/11/by-way.html' title='By the way'/><author><name>Caro</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08040078702808709147</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668382750140637735.post-9034907820155381325</id><published>2007-11-07T10:41:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-11-07T11:07:39.387-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Christian Lacroix aux Arts Déco</title><content type='html'>Si vous aimez ce qui est beau, si vous aimez le talent, si vous aimez la Haute-Couture et la mode, si vous aimez l'artisanat et le génie des mains, alors courez au Musée des Arts Décoratifs (lieu splendide, au Louvre, qui n'a rien d'un musée, justement) visiter l'exposition concoctée par le couturier Christian Lacroix, qui associe des robes issues des collections Haute-Couture de sa Maison qui fête, à l'occasion, ses 20 ans, aux robes du fond du musée, datant du XIXème siècle ou des années 30.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc66cc;"&gt;(If you like Beauty and Talent and Fashion and Luxury and Haute-Couture, if you like hand made work, go to the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, 107 rue de Rivoli - Paris 1er, beautiful place in the heart of the Louvre, to visit the new exhibition : Christian Lacroix and Stories of Fashion. Lacroix's Maison de Couture celebrates its 20 years with this in mixing its wonderful Haute-Couture dresses with dresses (from 19th century to now) which belong to the Museum).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/RzIID1GfwyI/AAAAAAAAAJM/EATBplQwVcE/s1600-h/NumÃ©riser.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5130171787415372578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/RzIID1GfwyI/AAAAAAAAAJM/EATBplQwVcE/s400/Num%C3%A9riser.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; L'exposition était inaugurée ce soir et durera jusqu'au 20 avril 2008 .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc66cc;"&gt;(The exhibition opens today and will take place in Paris until the 20th of April)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc66cc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(&lt;a href="http://www.lesartsdecoratifs.fr/fr/00artsdecoratifs/03programmation/page02.html#lacroix"&gt;http://www.lesartsdecoratifs.fr/fr/00artsdecoratifs/03programmation/page02.html#lacroix&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Juste pour le plaisir, quelques dessins de Lacroix, génie de la Couture, du costume, de la couleur.&lt;br /&gt;Son univers est subtil et illimité.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc66cc;"&gt;(Just for pleasure, here are some drawings of Christian Lacroix, Genius of Couture, costume, colors. His world is subtle and without any limit).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/RzIH_lGfwxI/AAAAAAAAAJE/5CXfaayzNAc/s1600-h/NumÃ©riser0001.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5130171714400928530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/RzIH_lGfwxI/AAAAAAAAAJE/5CXfaayzNAc/s400/Num%C3%A9riser0001.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Christian Lacroix - Collection Automne/Hiver 2007-2008&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/RzIH51GfwwI/AAAAAAAAAI8/7ukxBelA1eU/s1600-h/NumÃ©riser0002.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5130171615616680706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/RzIH51GfwwI/AAAAAAAAAI8/7ukxBelA1eU/s400/Num%C3%A9riser0002.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Christian Lacroix - Collection Automne/Hiver 2007-2008&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/RzIH2FGfwvI/AAAAAAAAAI0/PFe8UzwXhLk/s1600-h/NumÃ©riser0003.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5130171551192171250" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/RzIH2FGfwvI/AAAAAAAAAI0/PFe8UzwXhLk/s400/Num%C3%A9riser0003.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Christian Lacroix - Collection Automne/Hiver 2007-2008&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/RzIHyVGfwuI/AAAAAAAAAIs/kFXdzq2H5hI/s1600-h/NumÃ©riser0004.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5130171486767661794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/RzIHyVGfwuI/AAAAAAAAAIs/kFXdzq2H5hI/s400/Num%C3%A9riser0004.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Christian Lacroix - Collection Automne/Hiver 2007-2008&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/RzIHtVGfwtI/AAAAAAAAAIk/BvqPK9VcN5o/s1600-h/NumÃ©riser0006.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5130171400868315858" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/RzIHtVGfwtI/AAAAAAAAAIk/BvqPK9VcN5o/s400/Num%C3%A9riser0006.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Le catalogue de l'exposition.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc66cc;"&gt;(The brochure of the exhibition).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6668382750140637735-9034907820155381325?l=thelittlestroll.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelittlestroll.blogspot.com/feeds/9034907820155381325/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6668382750140637735&amp;postID=9034907820155381325' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6668382750140637735/posts/default/9034907820155381325'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6668382750140637735/posts/default/9034907820155381325'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelittlestroll.blogspot.com/2007/11/christian-lacroix-aux-arts-dco.html' title='Christian Lacroix aux Arts Déco'/><author><name>Caro</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08040078702808709147</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/RzIID1GfwyI/AAAAAAAAAJM/EATBplQwVcE/s72-c/Num%C3%A9riser.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668382750140637735.post-4033198510615342036</id><published>2007-10-14T06:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-10-14T06:12:48.356-07:00</updated><title type='text'>On a perdu mais la fête était belle !!</title><content type='html'>Mesp’titscocos, vous aviez une envoyée spécialement pour vous hier au Stade de France !Bien sûr, on a perdu, bien sûr la 2ème mi temps était nulle et bien sûr les Français n'ont pas joué leur rugby et bien sûr on va les critiquer etc etc mais je ne suis pas assez connaisseuse et passionnée pour ne retenir que la déception. Moi je veux vous raconter la fête parce que, vraiment, voir un match au stade, c'est vraiment très très différent et une fête formidable !Mon frérot et moi étions carrément parés pour l'évènement !Mon frère avait mis son maillot de l'équipe de France et il m'avait prêté sa casquette aux même couleurs.Nous sommes partis vers 18h de la plus belle ville du monde, en métro.Serrés, concassés sur la ligne 13, direction le Stade de France au milieu de dizaines de néo zélandais TOUS revêtus de leur maillot noir et parfois d'une écharpe tricolore montrant qu'ils soutenaient la France, malgré tout, malgré la défaite de la semaine passée, adorables, charmants. Nous avons un peu discuté, tout serrés dans le métro, au milieu des anglais qui chantaient à tue tête, ayant commencé leurs descentes de bière depuis bien longtemps !!! Au bout du chemin, une dame néo zélandaise m'a donné un de ses pin's avec la fougère, symbole de l'équipe all black : un grand honneur.Au retour : idem. Vous voulez que je vous dise ? Les Néo Zélandais = LA CLASSE. La très grande classe.Il y avait aussi des Australiens, des Africains du sud, bref le monde entier sur la ligne 13 !!Comme vous savez que je suis très "inteuuurnationale" comme fille, vous imaginez comme j'étais aux anges !Arrivés au stade, la très grande ambiance, déjà à l'extérieur de ce stade magnifique :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/RxIUfF1BfLI/AAAAAAAAAIc/gJgLnX4TVeU/s1600-h/P1040121_modifiÃ©-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5121178250646748338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/RxIUfF1BfLI/AAAAAAAAAIc/gJgLnX4TVeU/s400/P1040121_modifi%C3%A9-1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  Mon frérot ! Devant le Stade et déjà au milieu des Anglais, TOUS habillés de leur maillot (pas comme les Français, venus pour la plupart en "habit de ville", ce qui a rendu fou mon frère : "comment veux tu qu'on soit fort avec des supporters aussi coincés et aussi peu dévoués au drapeau et au maillot ?" Il était furieux !!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/RxIUL11BfKI/AAAAAAAAAIU/DeBzHnG1X_I/s1600-h/Copie+de+P1040120.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5121177919934266530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/RxIUL11BfKI/AAAAAAAAAIU/DeBzHnG1X_I/s400/Copie+de+P1040120.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Eh, j’étais pas la dernière !!Là il y avait déjà une très bonne ambiance. On se baladait les uns à côté des autres, toutes nationalités confondues.Nous avons même croisé, très très cool, Richard Branson, le pdg de Virgin, jean élimé et tout sourire, déambulant au milieu des autres supporters, serrant la main de ceux qui le reconnaissaient. Les néo zélandais et Richard Branson = la grande classe, c'est la leçon de cette soirée !!L'heure avançait et nous avons acheté chacun un sandwich merguez, vrai symbole pour moi du match de rugby, qui me rappelait le stade de mon enfance, quand on m'y traînait un dimanche sur deux et que je détestais ça, sauf que je savais que mon papa ou mon papy allait m'acheter un sandwich merguez !!!Mon frère et moi profitions de l'ambiance d'avant match, avec des groupes venus du monde entier, se prenant en photo, rigolant, chantant, la bière coulant à flots.Y'avait aussi les orchestres, les fanfares (enfin je ne me rappelle plus du nom exact) :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/RxIUC11BfJI/AAAAAAAAAIM/30yGpwMT568/s1600-h/P1040122_modifiÃ©-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5121177765315443858" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/RxIUC11BfJI/AAAAAAAAAIM/30yGpwMT568/s400/P1040122_modifi%C3%A9-1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ouhlala, ça nous en fichait des frissons !!Assez vite, j'ai voulu rentrer dans le stade d'abord parce qu'avec la pression de l'évènement j'avais très envie de faire pipi (comme toujours !) mais aussi et surtout parce que j'étais un peu angoissée avec mes places et que je voulais être sûre qu'elles allaient fonctionner... Vu leur aventure, j'avais tout à coup peur de m'être fait avoir et qu'elles soient fausses ou je ne sais pas quoi.J'ai été rassurée quand elles sont passées dans la machine !Ensuite, fouille au corps, assez poussée, malgré tout.Mais je peux vous dire que l'ambiance était cool et que les CRS n'avaient pas du tout l'air angoissé !!Ensuite, nous nous sommes mis en quête d'un drapeau car je voulais absolument jouer le jeu jusqu'au bout, même si mon frère est plus timide et plus discret !Des petits gamins distribuaient des drapeaux et donc je l'ai eu :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/RxIT4l1BfII/AAAAAAAAAIE/JLz8bVC0PSk/s1600-h/DRAPEAU+FRAN9AIS.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5121177589221784706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/RxIT4l1BfII/AAAAAAAAAIE/JLz8bVC0PSk/s400/DRAPEAU+FRAN9AIS.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Et puis, pour être une vraie de vraie, il me fallait absolument ça :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/RxITy11BfHI/AAAAAAAAAH8/wKrM4BU6rj4/s1600-h/kit+supporter.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5121177490437536882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/RxITy11BfHI/AAAAAAAAAH8/wKrM4BU6rj4/s400/kit+supporter.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/RxITtl1BfGI/AAAAAAAAAH0/GUN8Mi-D9Zc/s1600-h/kit+supporter+2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5121177400243223650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/RxITtl1BfGI/AAAAAAAAAH0/GUN8Mi-D9Zc/s400/kit+supporter+2.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Le kit du supporter qui permet de se dessiner le drapeau sur les joues ! Monfrère a mouillé ses doigts et m'a dessiné le drapeau, qu'est ce qu'on s'est marré ! J’étais à fond !&lt;br /&gt;Nous sommes montés jusqu’à nos places après la pause pipi.&lt;br /&gt;Ce n’était pas les meilleures places du monde mais voilà ce qu’on voyait :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/RxITlF1BfFI/AAAAAAAAAHs/eWDJC7_NN7I/s1600-h/P1040126_modifiÃ©-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5121177254214335570" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/RxITlF1BfFI/AAAAAAAAAHs/eWDJC7_NN7I/s400/P1040126_modifi%C3%A9-1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il était trop tôt pour rentrer dans le stade, mon frère était un peu déçu mais il ne le disait pas !&lt;br /&gt;Très vite, nous nous sommes rendus compte que nous allions être entourés, CERNES, d’Anglais ! Il y avait deux autres Français 3 rangs devant mais sinon, que des Angliches ! C’est sûrement normal, j’avais acheté les places sur un site anglais. C’était incroyable ! Ils étaient tous plus excentriques les uns que les autres, absolument tous revêtus du maillot, qui avec des chapeaux incroyables, qui avec des maquillages etc etc. Mon voisin de droite était habillé du maillot, d’une cape et d’une sorte de casque moyennageux !&lt;br /&gt;Pendant le God Save The Queen, ça a été ENOOORME :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/RxITdF1BfEI/AAAAAAAAAHk/tYlZ4aNAjtE/s1600-h/P1040124_modifiÃ©-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5121177116775382082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/RxITdF1BfEI/AAAAAAAAAHk/tYlZ4aNAjtE/s400/P1040124_modifi%C3%A9-1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;De toute façon, ils ont passé leur temps à chanter et à scander « ENNNGLAND, ENNNGLAND », tout à tour dépités puis triomphants.&lt;br /&gt;Pendant les hymnes :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/RxITWV1BfDI/AAAAAAAAAHc/KxEI9qU-qlg/s1600-h/P1040125_modifiÃ©-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5121177000811265074" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/RxITWV1BfDI/AAAAAAAAAHc/KxEI9qU-qlg/s400/P1040125_modifi%C3%A9-1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Et après, mon frère et moi on mettait aussi notre ambiance, marseillaise à fond la caisse et autres « allez les bleus » et que je te secoue mon petit drapeau !!! Nous avons sympathisé avec nos voisins, c’est ça le charme du rugby.&lt;br /&gt;C’était super, super.&lt;br /&gt;Bon, techniquement, le match c’était un peu compliqué pour moi car comme je suis myope, je ne voyais pas bien l’écran géant qui était trop loin donc je regardais le terrain mais ne comprenait pas tout. Mais mon frère, très patient, m’expliquait, et comme il s’y connaît vraiment beaucoup, je pouvais tout suivre.&lt;br /&gt;A la fin, bien sûr, il était très très déçu.&lt;br /&gt;Mais bon, allez, pas grave, profitons quand même.&lt;br /&gt;Nous sommes rentrés, gentiment, par la ligne 13, toujours avec les néo zélandais et les anglais et c’était très sympa.&lt;br /&gt;Et, épuisés, ça a été dodo tout de suite !&lt;br /&gt;Mon frère est parti ce matin à 6 heures car il avait entraînement et « mise au vert » avec l’équipe qu’il entraîne, avant le match cet après midi ! Ah rugby quand tu nous tiens…&lt;br /&gt;Et mon frérot, passée la déception, voudrait emmener toute sa famille (sa femme et ses enfants) dans 4 ans, en Nouvelle Zélande, pour la prochaine coupe du monde !&lt;br /&gt;Voilà, mesp’titscocos, le récit de votre envoyée spéciale au stade de France, samedi 13 octobre 2007, pour la ½ finale de la coupe du monde de rugby, England Vs France.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/RxITJ11BfCI/AAAAAAAAAHU/QrJCs8Ah0Wc/s1600-h/billet.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5121176786062900258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/RxITJ11BfCI/AAAAAAAAAHU/QrJCs8Ah0Wc/s400/billet.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6668382750140637735-4033198510615342036?l=thelittlestroll.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelittlestroll.blogspot.com/feeds/4033198510615342036/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6668382750140637735&amp;postID=4033198510615342036' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6668382750140637735/posts/default/4033198510615342036'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6668382750140637735/posts/default/4033198510615342036'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelittlestroll.blogspot.com/2007/10/on-perdu-mais-la-fte-tait-belle.html' title='On a perdu mais la fête était belle !!'/><author><name>Caro</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08040078702808709147</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/RxIUfF1BfLI/AAAAAAAAAIc/gJgLnX4TVeU/s72-c/P1040121_modifi%C3%A9-1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668382750140637735.post-6831226828308535301</id><published>2007-09-01T00:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-09-01T00:08:23.344-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Sont fous ces Américains, la suite</title><content type='html'>Me suis levée tôt mesp'titscocos parce que j'ai beaucoup de choses à faire : je cherche un mari et une voiture. Je crois que j'ai trouvé la voiture. Comme d'hab, le mari attendra.J'en profite malgré tout pour vous continuer mes petits articles new yorkais avec d'autres trucs insolites.Je ne sais pas si c'est vraiment votre truc, justement, mais bon, ça vous fera des trucs à raconter dans vos dîners en ville.Malgré le côté pas toujours propre de la ville en été, malgré les odeurs pas très appêtissantes, surtout en cas de fort taux d'humidité, les new yorkais sont, comme vous l'avez vu, très sportifs et très "healthy" si on peut dire. Leur santé avant tout. Et leur poids.A la télé, on voit des tonnes de pubs pour des médicaments ou autres compléments alimentaires et on voit aussi beaucoup beaucoup de pubs pour des régimes avec photos d'avant/après, comme celles ci :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/RtkPVBtcgZI/AAAAAAAAAHM/WmTzBSWNfdU/s1600-h/Copie+de+DSC02949.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105128506511884690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/RtkPVBtcgZI/AAAAAAAAAHM/WmTzBSWNfdU/s400/Copie+de+DSC02949.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/RtkPPRtcgYI/AAAAAAAAAHE/gcM4OFHmTf8/s1600-h/Copie+de+DSC02950.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105128407727636866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/RtkPPRtcgYI/AAAAAAAAAHE/gcM4OFHmTf8/s400/Copie+de+DSC02950.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/RtkPJxtcgXI/AAAAAAAAAG8/J4kKDtCDVJU/s1600-h/Copie+de+DSC02948.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105128313238356338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/RtkPJxtcgXI/AAAAAAAAAG8/J4kKDtCDVJU/s400/Copie+de+DSC02948.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;J’ai photographié la télé, ce qui explique la mauvaise qualité des images.Evidemment, avec ce médicament, il est précisé que la perte de poids sera rapide !! Il est aussi précisé que les candidats présents sur la photo ont été rémunérés.Je suis aussi tombée sur une émission de télé réalité style "j'ai décidé de maigrir" mais à la sauce américaine, c'est à dire que, là, les candidats n'ont pas comme chez nous 10 petits kilos à perdre mais bien 50 ou 60 ou même plus tellement ils sont obèses. Il y en avait un (qui s'est fait éliminé d'ailleurs, je crois, avec forces larmes et embrassades et 'we love you forever'), je ne vous ments pas, il faisait au moins 1 mètre de large. Sa tête semblait toute petite perdue au milieu de son corps. Incroyable.En tout cas, je vous assure, une pub sur deux est consacrée à un médicament.D'ailleurs, autre truc incroyable, quasiment à chaque coin de rue, on croise un magasin de cette chaîne :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/RtkO3BtcgWI/AAAAAAAAAG0/9kpU4WUWTDY/s1600-h/Copie+de+DSC02852.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105127991115809122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/RtkO3BtcgWI/AAAAAAAAAG0/9kpU4WUWTDY/s400/Copie+de+DSC02852.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/RtkOyRtcgVI/AAAAAAAAAGs/QDdvi6DEXl8/s1600-h/Copie+de+DSC02853.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105127909511430482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/RtkOyRtcgVI/AAAAAAAAAGs/QDdvi6DEXl8/s400/Copie+de+DSC02853.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;C’est une sorte de petit supermercado (avec caddies) où l'on peu trouver toutes sortes de vitamines, de compléments alimentaires, de drainants, enfin de trucs comme ça... Sous forme liquide, de pilules, de gélules, au choix. Le royaume de la chimie !Comme macopine V et moi nous en étonnions, on nous a dit que les légumes et autres produits frais que l'on trouvait à New York étaient si traités, si lavés, qu'ils devenaient très pauvres en vitamines. Donc nos pauvres new yorkais viennent dans ces boutiques faire le plein de petites pilules miracles, qui pour les cheveux, qui pour la peau, qui pour le transit, etc etc ! Ce ne doit en plus pas du tout être exceptionnel car on trouve vraiment beaucoup ce genre de boutique !Pour continuer avec l'hygiène, il est frappant de voir que dans les toilettes de tous les restaurants (même les fast food ou les deli's), il y a cette inscription :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/RtkOtRtcgUI/AAAAAAAAAGk/_s8YtNe3MSY/s1600-h/Copie+de+P1040038.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105127823612084546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/RtkOtRtcgUI/AAAAAAAAAGk/_s8YtNe3MSY/s400/Copie+de+P1040038.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; ‘Employees must wash hands before returning to work' (le h de hands est parti).("Les employés doivent se laver les mains avant de retourner travailler"). &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Dingue...! Et enfin, dans le genre dingo, cette dernière image, à l'aéroport JFK, avant de rentrer :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/RtkOlxtcgTI/AAAAAAAAAGc/LQp_ZpQ5Ew8/s1600-h/Copie+de+P1040069.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105127694763065650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/RtkOlxtcgTI/AAAAAAAAAGc/LQp_ZpQ5Ew8/s400/Copie+de+P1040069.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/RtkOhRtcgSI/AAAAAAAAAGU/7jlUtsxbReE/s1600-h/Copie+de+P1040070.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105127617453654306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/RtkOhRtcgSI/AAAAAAAAAGU/7jlUtsxbReE/s400/Copie+de+P1040070.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Des distributeurs de fleurs fraîches !! Pour 20$, mesp'titscocos, vous pouvez devenir, 24h sur 24, l'heureux acquéreur de ce merveilleux bouquet qui tourne dans son frigo avec cette magnifique faveur rose culotte ou jaune poussin et ce ravissant papier plumetis, pour accueillir votre aimé(e) à sa descente d'avion !!!!Dingue, complètement dingue !Sont fous ces américains !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6668382750140637735-6831226828308535301?l=thelittlestroll.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelittlestroll.blogspot.com/feeds/6831226828308535301/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6668382750140637735&amp;postID=6831226828308535301' title='3 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6668382750140637735/posts/default/6831226828308535301'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6668382750140637735/posts/default/6831226828308535301'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelittlestroll.blogspot.com/2007/09/sont-fous-ces-amricains-la-suite.html' title='Sont fous ces Américains, la suite'/><author><name>Caro</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08040078702808709147</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/RtkPVBtcgZI/AAAAAAAAAHM/WmTzBSWNfdU/s72-c/Copie+de+DSC02949.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668382750140637735.post-414702776394884980</id><published>2007-08-25T01:11:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2007-08-25T01:16:57.693-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Sont fous ces Américains et autres trucs insolites</title><content type='html'>Pendant ces vacances, mesp'titscocos, j'avais l'oeil ouvert, la tête en l'air et l'appareil photo toujours à portée de main. Je voulais capter un maximum de choses, je voulais m'imprégner. Mais, évidemment, je gardais mon regard d'Européenne et de Française donc il y a des choses qui semblaient tout à fait normales là bas et qui m'ont semblé complètement insolites.Petits instantanés et à vous de juger !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/Rs_k3xtcgRI/AAAAAAAAAGM/1KHJUeaOjXQ/s1600-h/Copie+de+DSC02816.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5102548549721948434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/Rs_k3xtcgRI/AAAAAAAAAGM/1KHJUeaOjXQ/s400/Copie+de+DSC02816.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Un petit coiffeur de quartier dans East Village. Traduction pour ceux qui ne parlent pas anglais : "Nous faisons tous les types de coupe de cheveux - 10$" !! Notez, dans la vitrine, le petit drapeau américain : le drapeau est partout, partout, partout, partout, même dans les églises et temples et, j'imagine, synagogues. Ca aussi, c'est un truc qui serait inconcevable en France, ce serait la révolution dans le 1/4 heure qui suit !J'avoue, je n'ai pas eu le courage d'aller essayer les différents "types de coupe de cheveux"...!Pour continuer avec les coupes de cheveux, cette dame marchant devant moi :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/Rs_kyxtcgQI/AAAAAAAAAGE/tGwpVDb_f3Q/s1600-h/Copie+de+DSC02817.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5102548463822602498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/Rs_kyxtcgQI/AAAAAAAAAGE/tGwpVDb_f3Q/s400/Copie+de+DSC02817.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Notez la mèche de cheveux assortie au sac à main et aux tongs... Un registre où l'insolite est à tous les coins de rues à New York, ce sont les chiens.Déjà, truc pas incroyable mais qui nous peut nous paraître incroyable : il y a pas mal de chiens mais quasiment aucune crotte de chien sur les trottoirs : tout le monde ramasse et plutôt deux fois qu'une car il paraît que l'amende est énorme. Et ça, voyez vous, nous pourrions en prendre de la graine, car je suppose que dans les photos insolites des américains venant en France, on peut retrouver des dizaines de crottes de chien...Ce que l'on voit beaucoup à New York (et sûrement ailleurs aussi), ce sont les "dog walkers" (ou "promeneurs de chiens"), sorte de petit métier souvent exercé par des jeunes qui consiste à sortir et à balader les chiens dont les propriétaires travaillent. Ils ont souvent 3 ou 4 chiens au bout de leur laisse.Et quand les chiens sont fatigués ou veulent se faire une petite beauté :&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/Rs_ktRtcgPI/AAAAAAAAAF8/xbu4b3GfyuQ/s1600-h/Copie+de+DSC02820.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5102548369333321970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/Rs_ktRtcgPI/AAAAAAAAAF8/xbu4b3GfyuQ/s400/Copie+de+DSC02820.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Allez hop, un petit tour au spa pour chiens !! Ce genre de structure peut aussi garder votre chien à la journée ou pour des séjours plus longs ! Celui là était dans Chelsea mais, quand j'en ai parlé à des gens qui vivent là bas, ils n'étaient pas du tout étonnés, donc c'est peut être quelque chose d'assez courant... Comme ceci d'ailleurs :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/Rs_knhtcgOI/AAAAAAAAAF0/m-EiVJgBz9w/s1600-h/Copie+de+DSC02822.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5102548270549074146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/Rs_knhtcgOI/AAAAAAAAAF0/m-EiVJgBz9w/s400/Copie+de+DSC02822.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; A côté du Tompkins Park (juste à côté de notre appartement), un parc exclusivement réservé aux chiens !!! Tout à fait officiel, avec un règlement très précis :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/Rs_khRtcgNI/AAAAAAAAAFs/zHOtrNznDDg/s1600-h/Copie+de+DSC02823.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5102548163174891730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/Rs_khRtcgNI/AAAAAAAAAFs/zHOtrNznDDg/s400/Copie+de+DSC02823.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; En gros, pour les principales règles :- pas de chien non accompagné- pas de personne sans chien (!!!!)- pas de jouet pour chien : les jouets créent des bagarres (!!!!!!!!!)- pas de chien agressif - pas de chienne en chaleur- surveillez votre chien en permanence : s'il fait un trou, bouchez le (!!!!!!!!)- si votre chien est pris dans une bagarre, échanger vos coordonnées avec l'autre propriétaire et partez (!!!!)- amenez les infos à votre propre risque. les enfants douvent rester assis- tous les chiens doivent être tatoués et vaccinés- nettoyez après votre chienEt pour que les choses soient bien claires :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/Rs_kdBtcgMI/AAAAAAAAAFk/1eL39jR7Fac/s1600-h/Copie+de+DSC02824.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5102548090160447682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/Rs_kdBtcgMI/AAAAAAAAAFk/1eL39jR7Fac/s400/Copie+de+DSC02824.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; "Personnes accompagnées de chiens uniquement !"Et, forts de toutes ces règles, vous voyez tout ce petit monde s'amuser allègrement :&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/Rs_kVBtcgLI/AAAAAAAAAFc/NHJtu7qEaXg/s1600-h/Copie+de+DSC02825.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5102547952721494194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/Rs_kVBtcgLI/AAAAAAAAAFc/NHJtu7qEaXg/s400/Copie+de+DSC02825.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Notez la sculpture en forme d'os (à gauche) pour bien enfoncer le clou !!Sont fous ces Américains !Bientôt, d'autres images insolites...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6668382750140637735-414702776394884980?l=thelittlestroll.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelittlestroll.blogspot.com/feeds/414702776394884980/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6668382750140637735&amp;postID=414702776394884980' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6668382750140637735/posts/default/414702776394884980'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6668382750140637735/posts/default/414702776394884980'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelittlestroll.blogspot.com/2007/08/sont-fous-ces-amricains-et-autres-trucs.html' title='Sont fous ces Américains et autres trucs insolites'/><author><name>Caro</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08040078702808709147</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/Rs_k3xtcgRI/AAAAAAAAAGM/1KHJUeaOjXQ/s72-c/Copie+de+DSC02816.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668382750140637735.post-2006309285597307624</id><published>2007-08-20T12:14:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2007-08-20T12:20:37.206-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Cute Guys in Central Park</title><content type='html'>Mylittlechicks, post especially made for ladies !&lt;br /&gt;One of the things which much surprised me in NYC (wonderful surprise actually) was the incredible density of... cute (very cute, handsome, good looking, sexy) guys !&lt;br /&gt;Between 25 and 40. Irresistible. But I did resist. Indeed.&lt;br /&gt;French guys are not ugly, no, but, you know, despite their reputation, I was fed up to see them every day. They were not cute anymore for me.&lt;br /&gt;Well, the truth is that I haven’t seen any French guy very close for a very long time because, as you know, monamericain, my big last love, was obviously... american !&lt;br /&gt;But. All these New Yorkers were so ‘wriggling’... Looking at them every day, I was...sparkling ! My friend V too. And she can’t be accused to be a really sparkling girl.&lt;br /&gt;Please note that we didn’t use our french accent to try to charm them. We were perfectly loyal with the New York girls.&lt;br /&gt;I should anyway admit that New York girls aren’t less ‘wriggling’ with their short shorts and their mini mini skirts... So I’m not sure that we could have won the game. But we didn’t try, I promise.&lt;br /&gt;I was wondering how this city could be so full of so cute guys though the probability that a lot of cute guys live in such crowded city was big. I know that I’m usually indulgent with American men as well. But, that IS the TRUTH : NYC is crowded of cuuuuuute guys !&lt;br /&gt;Why ?&lt;br /&gt;SPORT.&lt;br /&gt;Sport, mylittlechicks.&lt;br /&gt;SPORT.&lt;br /&gt;They do sport. They (she-they) do sport.&lt;br /&gt;Mylittlechicks, let’s do sport !&lt;br /&gt;You know, there are sport clubs every corner of every block, in every basement or terrace of every building.&lt;br /&gt;And there is... THE PARK... Central Park.&lt;br /&gt;I swear that my friend V and I didn’t go to the Park on Saturday to see cute guys. I swear. Believe me. We just wanted to live our ‘New York Way of Life’ so we decided to eat seated on the grass (my white trousers passed away but war is war mylittlechicks) and to walk to find the bicyles rental area. Then, we rent a bicycle without any brake (american bicycles ???), 9$ per hour and we rode alongside, the whole loop, below a sunny sky, with a light breeze and... Riders, skaters, runners, rollermen... Naked chest.&lt;br /&gt;Yes.&lt;br /&gt;This was one of the more pleasant moments of a pleasant moments full vacations...&lt;br /&gt;Because we were allowed to watch. To look at. To contemplate. To enjoy.&lt;br /&gt;Help me, I feel sick !&lt;br /&gt;We aren’t selfish V and I and we wanted that our French friends also enjoy whats we were discovering in this big and interesting country. (and we were also afraid that nobody wants to believe us when we’re back in France).&lt;br /&gt;So, we, it was an idea of mine, but WE, took photos.&lt;br /&gt;Yes.&lt;br /&gt;Please note that the cutest were already gone when I had this wonderful idea. But I had these ones :&lt;br /&gt;(Enjoy ladies !) :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/RsnosBtcgII/AAAAAAAAAFE/xYJa-D9fgyM/s1600-h/Copie+de+DSC02896.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5100863896044732546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/RsnosBtcgII/AAAAAAAAAFE/xYJa-D9fgyM/s400/Copie+de+DSC02896.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/RsnonRtcgHI/AAAAAAAAAE8/iYuSddA7ydA/s1600-h/Copie+de+DSC02898.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5100863814440353906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/RsnonRtcgHI/AAAAAAAAAE8/iYuSddA7ydA/s400/Copie+de+DSC02898.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/RsnogRtcgGI/AAAAAAAAAE0/BlBEUWA2j_k/s1600-h/Copie+de+DSC02894.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5100863694181269602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/RsnogRtcgGI/AAAAAAAAAE0/BlBEUWA2j_k/s400/Copie+de+DSC02894.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/RsnoaxtcgFI/AAAAAAAAAEs/yVrITMtmBYg/s1600-h/Copie+de+DSC02893.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5100863599691989074" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/RsnoaxtcgFI/AAAAAAAAAEs/yVrITMtmBYg/s400/Copie+de+DSC02893.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/RsnoWRtcgEI/AAAAAAAAAEk/0E2BAY5lyo4/s1600-h/Copie+de+DSC02900.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5100863522382577730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/RsnoWRtcgEI/AAAAAAAAAEk/0E2BAY5lyo4/s400/Copie+de+DSC02900.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/RsnoQxtcgDI/AAAAAAAAAEc/67etIDpPOLg/s1600-h/Copie+de+DSC02901.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5100863427893297202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/RsnoQxtcgDI/AAAAAAAAAEc/67etIDpPOLg/s400/Copie+de+DSC02901.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6668382750140637735-2006309285597307624?l=thelittlestroll.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelittlestroll.blogspot.com/feeds/2006309285597307624/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6668382750140637735&amp;postID=2006309285597307624' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6668382750140637735/posts/default/2006309285597307624'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6668382750140637735/posts/default/2006309285597307624'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelittlestroll.blogspot.com/2007/08/cute-guys-in-central-park.html' title='Cute Guys in Central Park'/><author><name>Caro</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08040078702808709147</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/RsnosBtcgII/AAAAAAAAAFE/xYJa-D9fgyM/s72-c/Copie+de+DSC02896.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668382750140637735.post-2520006315424880218</id><published>2007-08-17T08:07:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-08-17T08:23:08.082-07:00</updated><title type='text'>New York City August 2007 - My loft !</title><content type='html'>I’m a little bit late but here is the following post about my trip in New York City.&lt;br /&gt;Mylittlechicks, may I introduce you... ‘my’ loft ?!&lt;br /&gt;As you know I decided to rent an apartment for my stay in New York. This was a great way of staying, offered by travel agencies or the Lonely Planet guide. I finally found an agency on the internet : &lt;a href="http://www.urbanliving.net/"&gt;www.urbanliving.net&lt;/a&gt; and found an apartment thanks to Fred-Alex’s advices (the man of the agency) who spoke fluently French : a 304 sq feet loft in East Village located in this building :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/RsW6zhtcf9I/AAAAAAAAADs/veckfFyXV1k/s1600-h/Copie+de+P1040049.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5099687547452030930" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/RsW6zhtcf9I/AAAAAAAAADs/veckfFyXV1k/s400/Copie+de+P1040049.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The apartment was at the 3rd floor, where you can see the curtains. It was very big and my friend V and I were really comfortable !&lt;br /&gt;Urban living gave me (for an huge commission !!) e.mail and address of Mary Jo, the owner of the apartment and we had decided to meet each other at the apartment when we arrived from the airport. I was a little bit scared : if this organization was phoney ? If there wasn’t any apartment ? Well I hadn’t paid for the rent yet so it wouldn’t have been the end of the world but it was 10:30 pm (NYC’s time – 4:30 am Paris’ time), I had left home since 8:45 am (Paris’ time – 2:45 am NYC’s time), I didn’t want to walk all around New York to find an hotel !&lt;br /&gt;Fortunately, I rang at the nr3 and Mary Jo appeared and opened the door : my first chance to show my new English speaking !!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/RsW6uBtcf8I/AAAAAAAAADk/DKMEEEV6cOE/s1600-h/Copie+de+P1040050.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5099687452962750402" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/RsW6uBtcf8I/AAAAAAAAADk/DKMEEEV6cOE/s400/Copie+de+P1040050.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Here is the entry of the building and the corridor. There was a little garden behind and an apartment in the basement. There were three of them in the whole building. The corridor was decorated with very ‘special’ paintings, with naked women together and such things !! Bizarre... !&lt;br /&gt;Well, if I want to be honest, I have to say that this part of the building didn’t smell very good, something like vomit ?! Though I was very enthusiastic when I arrived, I was a little bit upset with this smell...&lt;br /&gt;But it was ok inside the loft and V and I were very happy about what we were discovering : space, painted concrete flooring, air conditioning, huge screen TV, Music, big kitchen, huge fridge : our american way of life could start !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/RsW6ohtcf7I/AAAAAAAAADc/Jg1SsHxt9OQ/s1600-h/Copie+de+Copie+de+P1040019.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5099687358473469874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/RsW6ohtcf7I/AAAAAAAAADc/Jg1SsHxt9OQ/s400/Copie+de+Copie+de+P1040019.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Ikea kitchen, huge fridge, air conditioning, weird details like bizarre paintings and a poodle below the closet, 2 huge rubish bins (one for usual garbage, one for packagings).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/RsW6jhtcf6I/AAAAAAAAADU/JnbRo-cDvtQ/s1600-h/Copie+de+P1040018.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5099687272574123938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/RsW6jhtcf6I/AAAAAAAAADU/JnbRo-cDvtQ/s400/Copie+de+P1040018.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; The 2 first doors were closets’s doors. We didn’t use these closets because they weren’t very clean...! The loft was actually less modern than I had thought watching the photos on the website and much less modern that V and me had imagined apartments in New York City ! Well, travelling is also that : realize than cities aren’t as modern and comfortable as we could imagine. On the left, the door of the restroom (same : not really modern...!!!). Owner’s stuffs were still in the closets, I suppose she lives here sometimes even though she said she lives in her husband’s appartment few blocks away (husband ??? With all these naked women paintings in her loft ???!).&lt;br /&gt;On the left, are the bathroom and the washing machines.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/RsW6eRtcf5I/AAAAAAAAADM/RcCn6cqOHOk/s1600-h/Copie+de+P1040021.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5099687182379810706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/RsW6eRtcf5I/AAAAAAAAADM/RcCn6cqOHOk/s400/Copie+de+P1040021.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The main room with different kinds of sofas, like a ‘bric à brac’ ! All was old and odd but funny anyway. And everywhere, pieces of ‘doubtful’ art !&lt;br /&gt;Curtains were closed during the day because of the heat. We switched on the air conditioning as soon as we came in the apartment (air conditioning is very useful in New York in August : if you want to rent an apartment, choose one with air conditioning, believe me). Mary Jo asked us to switch it off when we left home to save energy (like an ‘help us to save the planet’ thing !).&lt;br /&gt;Air conditioning was very convenient but very noisy because the machine was inside the apartment so it was very wearing out after a while.&lt;br /&gt;There was a door on the right to go to my bedroom where I slept like a baby despite of outside noises.&lt;br /&gt;V and I felt very free and good in this apartment : we almost felt like real new yorkers ! V told me : ‘you could do a lot of things to decorate such a place !’. It’s true that this loft had an unexploited potential...&lt;br /&gt;We didn’t use the kitchen a lot because it was so easy to eat outside that we didn’t want to bother ourselves with cooking and washing up : minimum efforts ! We took our breakfast there (very pleasant not to have to get dressed to go to a Starbucks or to an hotel’s restaurant to have our breakfast). V brought her Nescafé from France and I brought my chocolate powder : Perfect !&lt;br /&gt;We bought food at the Associated market downstairs. We bought delicious white bread (not like french bread, like ‘pain de mie’), pepsi max and delicious seltzer water.&lt;br /&gt;To do the laundery, I studied these machines :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/RsW6YRtcf4I/AAAAAAAAADE/lqrmxN1CMg0/s1600-h/Copie+de+DSC02914.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5099687079300595586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/RsW6YRtcf4I/AAAAAAAAADE/lqrmxN1CMg0/s400/Copie+de+DSC02914.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I didn’t want to spend all my time cleaning the apartment up (and Zu, the Brazilian cleaning lady came once) but I had to wash the sheets and towels (Mary Jo provided them) because my friend C came after V was left. And I really wanted to feel like home (New York home) and do the laundery like a very busy new yorker !!&lt;br /&gt;I don’t know if you’re going to enjoy this ‘every day life’ post but this was exactly what I wanted to live when I came to NYC : every day life and not being a tourist.&lt;br /&gt;Everything was almost perfect except... the bathroom.&lt;br /&gt;V and I were really enthusiastic the first night when we arrived but when we saw the bathroom, we realized that it’d be unpleasant to take showers in such a place... I thought that American people really cared about cleanliness and hygiene... Then, I was really disappointed ! They can talk about French people ! We used the kitchen’s sink to brush our teeth ! And regarding the bath, after the first shower, water refused to disappear : the stuff was blocked up... We found a magic product in the closet and V found a suction pad !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/RsW6Ihtcf3I/AAAAAAAAAC8/_7W9D0vcMmI/s1600-h/Copie+de+DSC02854.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5099686808717655922" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/RsW6Ihtcf3I/AAAAAAAAAC8/_7W9D0vcMmI/s400/Copie+de+DSC02854.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I had to go to NYC to learn how to use a suction pad ! Unbelievable !&lt;br /&gt;It worked. But we had the same problem the day after and we hadn’t product anymore and the suction pad didn’t work either. I didn’t want to call the plumber because I know it’s very complicated in my own language, so imagine in a foreign language !&lt;br /&gt;The situation became worse when, after the big storm (tornado in Brooklyn), the water level rised : imagine : a tide in a new york’s bath ! I was scared of the flooding so I made a big decision : even though I was in NYC, I’d use the old ways : I emptied the bath with buckets !!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/RsW6Dhtcf2I/AAAAAAAAAC0/MwIsqOfuQQE/s1600-h/Copie+de+P1040022.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5099686722818309986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/RsW6Dhtcf2I/AAAAAAAAAC0/MwIsqOfuQQE/s400/Copie+de+P1040022.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Here, you can see me in pyjamas, emptying the bath...&lt;br /&gt;New York way of life you said ??!...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6668382750140637735-2520006315424880218?l=thelittlestroll.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelittlestroll.blogspot.com/feeds/2520006315424880218/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6668382750140637735&amp;postID=2520006315424880218' title='1 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6668382750140637735/posts/default/2520006315424880218'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6668382750140637735/posts/default/2520006315424880218'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelittlestroll.blogspot.com/2007/08/new-york-city-august-2007-my-loft.html' title='New York City August 2007 - My loft !'/><author><name>Caro</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08040078702808709147</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/RsW6zhtcf9I/AAAAAAAAADs/veckfFyXV1k/s72-c/Copie+de+P1040049.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668382750140637735.post-6279011240162549350</id><published>2007-08-12T12:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-08-12T12:53:44.766-07:00</updated><title type='text'>New York City August 2007 - East Village</title><content type='html'>Here it is, mylittlechicks, as I told you, this post is the first of my New York’s trip diary. (from 29th of July to 10th of August).&lt;br /&gt;I hope it’ll make people who don’t know yet feeling like going there and I hope i won’t be too boring for others !&lt;br /&gt;Anyway, your comments are welcome !&lt;br /&gt;Obviously, I’m going to star with telling you about “my” neighborhood, which was East Village, east of Manhattan, as you can see on the map :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/Rr9kQZuhonI/AAAAAAAAACs/1c-2rBlYSrc/s1600-h/NYC+MAP_modifiÃ©-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5097903536153404018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/Rr9kQZuhonI/AAAAAAAAACs/1c-2rBlYSrc/s400/NYC+MAP_modifi%C3%A9-1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; New York City (New York State) is composed of 5 borroughs : the bets known Manhattan (the “real New York” for Europeans), Brooklyn, the largest, below Manhattan, on the right, one of the most crowded city in US. The Queens, above Brooklyn, the Bronx, above the Queens and Staten Island, below Manhattan, on the left. Harlem is a part of Manhattan.&lt;br /&gt;Manhattan is an island and is composed of a lot of neighborhoods (few are written on my map).&lt;br /&gt;Manhattan is actually divided into (from up to down) Harlem (in the north), Central Park (or “The Park”), Upper West Side (west of Central Park), Upper East Side (east of Central Park), Midtown, just below Central Park where the most important and the tallest buildings are, Times Square etc and, Downtown.&lt;br /&gt;Downtown is divided into several neighborhoods which have changed a lot for the last 20 years : Chelsea and the Meatpacking District (become very importants areas of galeries of art), Greenwich and the West Village, trendy and rich neighborhood (a lot of gays with a lot of money live there), Tribeca (just below West Village) where real estate has become very expensive since Movie Stars start to buy apartments there, Soho, neighborhood of artists ans shopping, Little Italy, very nice small part of Italy, step by step devoured by the octopus Chinatown, which extends now from Financial District to Soho and East Village. And, the Financial District with Wall Street and the World Trade Center become Ground Zero. And, then, East Village, where I stayed in the apartment I rent to a New Yorker.&lt;br /&gt;There are no very tall buildings Downtown (except in the Financial Distric) as they can be Midtown : Towers are in the Financial District and, most of the time, they are offices buildings. Downtown’s neighborhoods are shopping and living areas (well, for people who can afford an apartment in Manhattan...).&lt;br /&gt;East Village, “my” neighborhood looks like that :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/Rr9j5puhomI/AAAAAAAAACk/t-sYvRdgczA/s1600-h/Copie+de+DSC02864.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5097903145311380066" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/Rr9j5puhomI/AAAAAAAAACk/t-sYvRdgczA/s400/Copie+de+DSC02864.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; And that :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/Rr9jzpuholI/AAAAAAAAACc/V6XQ5-nbFwI/s1600-h/Copie+de+DSC02916.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5097903042232164946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/Rr9jzpuholI/AAAAAAAAACc/V6XQ5-nbFwI/s400/Copie+de+DSC02916.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; East Village was known to be a drop out area and had been pretty dangerous until the end of the 80s. It’s become more and more “bourgeois” for 15 years (like the whole City) and it’s now pretty safe.&lt;br /&gt;However, the “special spirit” of East Village can always be felt with tatoos and piercings shops (a lot of New Yorkers, even women, wear tatoos,  – I even saw one with all his face covered by tatoos !), with drop out or “lost” people and homelesses. I saw a lost couple who was sleeping in the street, on the sidewalk or in the Tompkins Park. Homelesses are got away from the park at night by the NYPD. It’s sader than anywhere else because you feel than you can easily become a homeless in a city like NYC... That could happen and that could happen very quickly.&lt;br /&gt;East Village is a very nice and very creative area. A lot of “Latinos” live there and spanish is spoken a lot.&lt;br /&gt;People don’t hesitate to express themselves on the walls !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/Rr9jtZuhokI/AAAAAAAAACU/v5hr2ae0FIA/s1600-h/Copie+de+DSC02834.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5097902934857982530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/Rr9jtZuhokI/AAAAAAAAACU/v5hr2ae0FIA/s400/Copie+de+DSC02834.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Very small shops (in the basements) are also very creative. I liked this cute dog very much !!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/Rr9jmpuhojI/AAAAAAAAACM/OS_GEeuptog/s1600-h/Copie+de+DSC02869.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5097902818893865522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/Rr9jmpuhojI/AAAAAAAAACM/OS_GEeuptog/s400/Copie+de+DSC02869.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/Rr9jgZuhoiI/AAAAAAAAACE/6n8zQdBbiLc/s1600-h/Copie+de+DSC02870.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5097902711519683106" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/Rr9jgZuhoiI/AAAAAAAAACE/6n8zQdBbiLc/s400/Copie+de+DSC02870.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Everywhere in Downtown in the morning, you can see the metal plates opened. Very steeply stairs go to shops’s stocks or restaurants’ kitchens (not always very attractive !!). There are often floodings in these basements (it happened during the big storm last week).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/Rr9jYZuhohI/AAAAAAAAAB8/zvxRBVioUTU/s1600-h/Copie+de+P1040060.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5097902574080729618" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/Rr9jYZuhohI/AAAAAAAAAB8/zvxRBVioUTU/s400/Copie+de+P1040060.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/Rr9jPpuhogI/AAAAAAAAAB0/tx9vZH85NUw/s1600-h/Copie+de+P1040059.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5097902423756874242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/Rr9jPpuhogI/AAAAAAAAAB0/tx9vZH85NUw/s400/Copie+de+P1040059.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; What you can see in these basements is very different from what you can imagine a huge town like New York City. Europeans think that NYC is a very modern city : not at all ! Some stuffs are very old in this town and facilities are actually very often timeworn (big problems of plumbing, electricity etc).&lt;br /&gt;For example, New York City is also that :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/Rr9jE5uhofI/AAAAAAAAABs/NDprMdoCJyA/s1600-h/Copie+de+P1040061.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5097902239073280498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/Rr9jE5uhofI/AAAAAAAAABs/NDprMdoCJyA/s400/Copie+de+P1040061.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Mountains of garbage bags (here is a small sample) put down every night and taken away every morning. Which means that in summer, with heat and humidity, mylittlechicks, sorry to disappoint you, but it isn’t always smell good in NYC’s streets !!&lt;br /&gt;But they have this splendid king of garbages trucks :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/Rr9i_ZuhoeI/AAAAAAAAABk/ANxNO6M_2dI/s1600-h/Copie+de+DSC02818.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5097902144583999970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/Rr9i_ZuhoeI/AAAAAAAAABk/ANxNO6M_2dI/s400/Copie+de+DSC02818.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;East Village is also known for its private little gardens cared by people of the neighborhood : These people are very creative to care of their small green areas !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/Rr9i35uhodI/AAAAAAAAABc/K41E8zeLCII/s1600-h/Copie+de+P1040047.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5097902015734981074" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/Rr9i35uhodI/AAAAAAAAABc/K41E8zeLCII/s400/Copie+de+P1040047.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/Rr9iwZuhocI/AAAAAAAAABU/tGMtL25zSr8/s1600-h/Copie+de+P1040048.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5097901886885962178" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/Rr9iwZuhocI/AAAAAAAAABU/tGMtL25zSr8/s400/Copie+de+P1040048.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; And, then, as it was summertime, we could see everywhere children and teenagers playing soccer, basket ball or base ball on sports grounds which made me think of West Side Story !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/Rr9ioJuhobI/AAAAAAAAABM/mGjwG5H5e2o/s1600-h/Copie+de+DSC02871.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5097901745152041394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/Rr9ioJuhobI/AAAAAAAAABM/mGjwG5H5e2o/s400/Copie+de+DSC02871.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well, mylittlechicks, I hope you enjoyed the sighseeing tour !&lt;br /&gt;Tomorrow I’ll show you my loft !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6668382750140637735-6279011240162549350?l=thelittlestroll.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelittlestroll.blogspot.com/feeds/6279011240162549350/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6668382750140637735&amp;postID=6279011240162549350' title='1 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6668382750140637735/posts/default/6279011240162549350'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6668382750140637735/posts/default/6279011240162549350'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelittlestroll.blogspot.com/2007/08/new-york-city-august-2007-east-village.html' title='New York City August 2007 - East Village'/><author><name>Caro</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08040078702808709147</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/Rr9kQZuhonI/AAAAAAAAACs/1c-2rBlYSrc/s72-c/NYC+MAP_modifi%C3%A9-1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668382750140637735.post-7109590732244439046</id><published>2007-08-10T16:12:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-08-10T16:13:32.031-07:00</updated><title type='text'>From the sky</title><content type='html'>I’m back, mylittlechicks.&lt;br /&gt;Of course you can imagine that I don’t really know what time it is or if I need to sleep or not. Because I had an exhausted trip with connectiong flight in Madrid and my first plane left JFK in late. In Madrid I had to run to go to the right terminal.&lt;br /&gt;As I was saying there, Dream vacations, really. Just because I felt good and free there. Very far from what it is so heavy in my “real life” here in Paris. In NYC, eyes look at the sky. And travelling means adventures.&lt;br /&gt;I got back many things for you, especially photos, to try to show you new york way of life. Well, What I felt about it, actually. I have to file all this and I’ll show it in few days.&lt;br /&gt;Now, I give you what I wrote in the plane, last night.&lt;br /&gt;Be cool, I was tired and the lady seted next to me put her denture in and off every ten minutes !!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wrote in the plane somewhere above the Atlantic Ocean, 9th of August night :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“There were these square designed grey concrete sidewalks. There were these blocks walked in, uptown, midtown. These avenues crossed always in the same order : Fifth Ave, the most beautiful, Ave of the Americas, Seventh Ave. There was the Empire State building with “cartoon motion cars” below. There were heat, humidity, sun, chilly air conditioning. And a cool breeze. And the Booklyn bridge.&lt;br /&gt;There were these worldwide faces. Sure to be in the right place in the right time. These foreign languages, everywhere, mixed in each corner of each block.&lt;br /&gt;There was the city, huge meeting place of the whole world.&lt;br /&gt;We walk, we walk until our feet are hurt. We want to see everything, breathe every detail. We don’t want to miss the thing which makes us more than tourists.&lt;br /&gt;We’re not really only tourists anymore. We’re home. Everybody is probably home sooner or later, in this city which gives chance to everyone.&lt;br /&gt;We don’t dream about America : we ARE in America.&lt;br /&gt;Buildings seem already less tall but they always have their own majesty.&lt;br /&gt;We already have our favorite places and habits.&lt;br /&gt;There isn’t something we don’t like yet. Except these people who speak so loudly in the restaurants. And these american “dolls”. Speaking loudly too and smiling all the time.&lt;br /&gt;They’re good looking, slim and they wear shorts.&lt;br /&gt;We’re told  American people don’t really talk, they only chat. Everything is always sooooo “GREEEEAAAT”, “AMAAAAZING” or “TERRRRIFIC”. But we’re told there is nothing behind words.&lt;br /&gt;They don’t always talk about the world, they don’t do “world’s makeovers” as French people do. Their government takes care of that for them. Not always with the best taste.&lt;br /&gt;New Yorkers are polite and do sport. Not bad anyway.&lt;br /&gt;I saw thousands of “monamericains” in New York City streets. Same look, maybe. Each time I feel plenty of tenderness. Once or twice I believe he’s in front of me. He’s not. Monamericain doesn’t go to NYC in August : too much farenheits and humidity.&lt;br /&gt;I observe men in the streets, without any guilt. They are cute, most of the time. More than in Paris.&lt;br /&gt;I say that because I’m in a plane, somewhere in the sky between New York City and Paris. And because this plane is bringing me back home.&lt;br /&gt;The air hostess, eyes over blue made up, sees my Abercrombie t.shirt and says she likes this store very much. Me too. She offers me drink. And “chicken or beef ?”. Chicken.&lt;br /&gt;I read “Hell” (Lolita Pille – French writer).&lt;br /&gt;Home.&lt;br /&gt;There I also felt like home. I was seriously wondering if I’d be able to live in the city when I was there. I mean, not like something you can talk about but like something you can really think about. I really that, except my family, I wouldn’t leave a lot of important things in my Paris’s everyday life. I feel weird when I realize that.&lt;br /&gt;But this is an illusion. A “sky” illusion : there I could love someone and beloved by someone. That’s not true.&lt;br /&gt;Life is hard there : work, competition, money, no vacation, no health insurance, 5 women for 1 man, wedding obsession...&lt;br /&gt;But I was thinking of it.&lt;br /&gt;At home, everything is always too small.&lt;br /&gt;But this is only because of my eyes.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I’m home now.&lt;br /&gt;And I feel lucky.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6668382750140637735-7109590732244439046?l=thelittlestroll.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelittlestroll.blogspot.com/feeds/7109590732244439046/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6668382750140637735&amp;postID=7109590732244439046' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6668382750140637735/posts/default/7109590732244439046'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6668382750140637735/posts/default/7109590732244439046'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelittlestroll.blogspot.com/2007/08/from-sky.html' title='From the sky'/><author><name>Caro</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08040078702808709147</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668382750140637735.post-7652333398437416603</id><published>2007-07-28T12:53:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2007-07-28T12:54:13.786-07:00</updated><title type='text'>See you soon</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/Rque3YH4XQI/AAAAAAAAAAs/x-qAtdZblZ0/s1600-h/Sans+titre-3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5092338477877976322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/Rque3YH4XQI/AAAAAAAAAAs/x-qAtdZblZ0/s400/Sans+titre-3.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6668382750140637735-7652333398437416603?l=thelittlestroll.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelittlestroll.blogspot.com/feeds/7652333398437416603/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6668382750140637735&amp;postID=7652333398437416603' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6668382750140637735/posts/default/7652333398437416603'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6668382750140637735/posts/default/7652333398437416603'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelittlestroll.blogspot.com/2007/07/see-you-soon.html' title='See you soon'/><author><name>Caro</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08040078702808709147</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/Rque3YH4XQI/AAAAAAAAAAs/x-qAtdZblZ0/s72-c/Sans+titre-3.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668382750140637735.post-2123960550638918188</id><published>2007-07-25T13:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-07-25T13:39:46.511-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Waiting for NYC</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/Rqe0moH4XPI/AAAAAAAAAAk/hYR2qJmW2Qo/s1600-h/DSC02783.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5091236479464135922" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/Rqe0moH4XPI/AAAAAAAAAAk/hYR2qJmW2Qo/s320/DSC02783.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Just more few days, mylittlechicks, and I’ll fly to New York City.&lt;br /&gt;Just 2 or 3 days of exhausting work et good morning Big Apple !&lt;br /&gt;YES !&lt;br /&gt;Everything is changed, actually : I don’t leave alone but with my friend Vivi who dreamt to visit New York and decided to come one week with me, in my loft ! A couple of friends of us will joins us too because they travel in Canada during august. And my friend C. who goes to Canada for a wedding will join me as well for few days !!!&lt;br /&gt;GREAT !&lt;br /&gt;I think that 11 days won’t be enough. Because I also have to go to my office there. And I’ll probably meet some French/American friends who live there.&lt;br /&gt;Well. Anyway, it’ll be great.&lt;br /&gt;I’m eager meeting Mary Jo, the owner of the apartment I’ve rent. She’ll welcome us when we arrive in East Village. It’d be nice if we could become friends and if she could show us the “real” new yorker way of life. I want to live like New Yorkers do although “vacations” aren’t really a new yorker concept !!&lt;br /&gt;I’m going to try to blog every day to tell you my trip, thanks to The little stroll. But I’m not sure that the american wifi will work with French computer... And I’m not a computer’s specialist !!&lt;br /&gt;Well, mylittlechicks, I’m very excited and I’m very eager to leave. All “beach, sex and sun” vacations couldn’t make me happier that this trip to NYC !&lt;br /&gt;I leave you mylittlechicks and I’m goint to write an e.mail to Mary jo, the owner of “my” loft !!!&lt;br /&gt;See you, sweethearts !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6668382750140637735-2123960550638918188?l=thelittlestroll.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelittlestroll.blogspot.com/feeds/2123960550638918188/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6668382750140637735&amp;postID=2123960550638918188' title='1 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6668382750140637735/posts/default/2123960550638918188'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6668382750140637735/posts/default/2123960550638918188'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelittlestroll.blogspot.com/2007/07/waiting-for-nyc.html' title='Waiting for NYC'/><author><name>Caro</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08040078702808709147</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/Rqe0moH4XPI/AAAAAAAAAAk/hYR2qJmW2Qo/s72-c/DSC02783.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668382750140637735.post-3184472763235354628</id><published>2007-07-13T10:23:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-07-13T10:34:05.966-07:00</updated><title type='text'>A spanking and go to bed !</title><content type='html'>Some young guys deserve to be spanked !&lt;br /&gt;I’ve never thought I could get the chance to hear what I heard today.&lt;br /&gt;Well, it’s done : today, Friday, July, the 13th, I’m in the dark side of the force.&lt;br /&gt;The young gay man I hired told me this afternoon :&lt;br /&gt;“No, really, I wish I could be like you when I’m the same age you’re today because you’re still “young minded”. Usually people in the same age are “has been”.&lt;br /&gt;..............&lt;br /&gt;Damned stupid kid !&lt;br /&gt;I’m 34 !&lt;br /&gt;I really ask each person I told she (or he) wore well despite of her (or his) age” to forgive me.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6668382750140637735-3184472763235354628?l=thelittlestroll.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelittlestroll.blogspot.com/feeds/3184472763235354628/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6668382750140637735&amp;postID=3184472763235354628' title='1 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6668382750140637735/posts/default/3184472763235354628'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6668382750140637735/posts/default/3184472763235354628'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelittlestroll.blogspot.com/2007/07/spanking-and-go-to-bed.html' title='A spanking and go to bed !'/><author><name>Caro</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08040078702808709147</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668382750140637735.post-2539572358578212213</id><published>2007-07-12T14:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-07-12T14:51:18.313-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Well...</title><content type='html'>Well…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Assessing, mylittlechicks.&lt;br /&gt;I just come back from a pub night in the most beautiful city in the world (Levallois) with my English group. We spoke english, only english, with a young english teacher.&lt;br /&gt;I like speaking english, I really like speaking english. I feel like I was travelling (and travelling, as everybody knows, is... adventure !). I feel freer too. Less me.&lt;br /&gt;Except that I realized that other people had the same idea than I had : learning english as an hobby, an activity to meet people. And, actually, I was with a 42 years old woman, a 40 years old man, a 30 years old one. All single... And a 39 years old man who is getting divorced...&lt;br /&gt;They obviuosly knew everything about me and my poor private life after only 30 secondes...&lt;br /&gt;Well...&lt;br /&gt;Why do single men have such an “unttractive” look on their face ? And why do married or engaged men look so sexy ?&lt;br /&gt;Who knows, poor girl !&lt;br /&gt;I’m surely look like they look.&lt;br /&gt;Nevertheless, if you want to know everything, I get some “proposals” these days. 3 in fact. I don’t fancy any of them. So I feel guilty and tell myself I’m too hard to please. I should end with big emotions and passion and be pragmatic...&lt;br /&gt;But do you really think I could be “pragmatic” ?!&lt;br /&gt;I’m waiting for the “spark”. I’m telling to myself that the spark will fall on me one day.&lt;br /&gt;Hurry up, spark.&lt;br /&gt;I hope I’m not making a mistake.&lt;br /&gt;I hired a young man, at work. 22 years old, gay. He’s scared of me. He told me that I’ve impressed him a lot.&lt;br /&gt;I summonned him yesterday. So he didn’t sleep all night.&lt;br /&gt;Well.&lt;br /&gt;I give him big speeches about experience and life and youth and the best way to do our job, etc etc...&lt;br /&gt;And I realize that I started working a long time ago now.&lt;br /&gt;“Time goes by so quickly”, I thought.&lt;br /&gt;I prefer to be in my position than in his. But, I used to be the youngest, and, now, I’m the “old”.&lt;br /&gt;A cold brieze went through me.&lt;br /&gt;And I know that I took “pleasure” to scare him with my “experience” and all these things about life and patience. Am I sadistic ?!&lt;br /&gt;I’m a complete different person at work. You wouldn’t believe it.&lt;br /&gt;You know what I’d like ?&lt;br /&gt;And I don’t care if it’s immoral or bad.&lt;br /&gt;I’d like that a married or engaged man leaves his wife for me.&lt;br /&gt;Am I childish ?&lt;br /&gt;Yes but you know, mylittlechicks, it’d flatter me !&lt;br /&gt;And if he could speak english, it’s be better !&lt;br /&gt;This is what I want.&lt;br /&gt;I tell you it straight out.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6668382750140637735-2539572358578212213?l=thelittlestroll.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelittlestroll.blogspot.com/feeds/2539572358578212213/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6668382750140637735&amp;postID=2539572358578212213' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6668382750140637735/posts/default/2539572358578212213'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6668382750140637735/posts/default/2539572358578212213'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelittlestroll.blogspot.com/2007/07/well.html' title='Well...'/><author><name>Caro</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08040078702808709147</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668382750140637735.post-2639595800116343885</id><published>2007-07-09T14:37:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-07-09T14:42:04.780-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Cheers !</title><content type='html'>This morning, by 9 and half, quarter to ten, I was drinking a diet coke with a colleague of mine. We were at the café around the corner, a weird place where alcoholic men come to drink white wine at 7 am and play all their money at ‘rapido’ games. Most of all, please note the fag smell which makes you feel sick at the first second...&lt;br /&gt;I was kindly drinking my coke when the young waitress, just in front of me, began to use the beer machine.&lt;br /&gt;Beer ?? At 9 and half, quarter to ten in the morning ??&lt;br /&gt;Well.&lt;br /&gt;She had troubles with her beer machine. She splashed herself a little a first time. A second time. And a third time. But this wasn’t enough for her so she went on with her beer machine. She insisted and tried a fourth time...&lt;br /&gt;And she sprinckled with beer on me !!&lt;br /&gt;At 9 and half, quarter to ten in the morning !&lt;br /&gt;From my hair to my trousers.&lt;br /&gt;Just in front of the laughing alcoholic men !&lt;br /&gt;Thank God, she didn’t sprinckle with beer on my new repetto shoes : I would certainly have killed her !&lt;br /&gt;She apolologized. But coke wasn't free... I said ‘well, don’t worry : itdoesn’tmatter’. My eyes said the opposite.&lt;br /&gt;Can you imagine me (I never drink alcohol), stinking beer at 9 and half, quarter to ten ??!!&lt;br /&gt;And you know, beer really stinks !&lt;br /&gt;So I came back home to change my clothes and wash my hair.&lt;br /&gt;Tonight I came back after work and imagine that mylittlechicks : my apartment stank beer from floor to ceiling because I have left my clothes on the bed.&lt;br /&gt;Berk !&lt;br /&gt;Well, everything in the washing machine !&lt;br /&gt;Berk !&lt;br /&gt;Sprinckling on me with beer, what an idea !&lt;br /&gt;So, to celebrate, I did art and I changed the ugly blog banner I made yesterday.&lt;br /&gt;What do you think, mylittlechicks ?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6668382750140637735-2639595800116343885?l=thelittlestroll.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelittlestroll.blogspot.com/feeds/2639595800116343885/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6668382750140637735&amp;postID=2639595800116343885' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6668382750140637735/posts/default/2639595800116343885'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6668382750140637735/posts/default/2639595800116343885'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelittlestroll.blogspot.com/2007/07/cheers.html' title='Cheers !'/><author><name>Caro</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08040078702808709147</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668382750140637735.post-3231628668605555703</id><published>2007-07-08T08:39:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2007-07-08T08:43:28.393-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Travelling means adventure, mylittlechicks, so I just come back from Barcelona.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5084851739199295954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/RpEFt1KAUdI/AAAAAAAAAAc/bGe5KDZpFj4/s400/DSC02750.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;em&gt;(One of the typical Barcelona’s Gaudi Buildings)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was there for work in fact. I stayed a few longer but I couldn’t really enjoy my trip as much as I wanted because I actually had many work problems and I almost spent the whole time on phone to solve them.&lt;br /&gt;Well, nevertheless, I took time to breathe the Barcelona’s air.&lt;br /&gt;ENERGY.&lt;br /&gt;Energy is what I’ll keep from this city.&lt;br /&gt;Energy is what you can feel in this city. And lightness, and enjoying and beauty and youth. People from Barcelone all seem young and good looking and tanned ! Everywhere that sounds fiesta, crowded restaurants after midnight, beach, riding on the boardwalks, lovers...&lt;br /&gt;I wish I could have stayed a bit longer but Barcelona isn’t a city you want to visit alone. I’m fed up with visiting cities alone, by the way.&lt;br /&gt;Well, you know mylittlechicks, I actually left energy in Barcelona because I just met monaméricain (I won’t tell you all my life but ‘monaméricain’ is a new yorker who lives 2 streets from mine, in the most beautiful city in the world, I mean Levallois, 5 minutes from Paris – France. Monaméricain is the man I used to love. He doesn’t love me. That’s all !). He was with his daughter and a young lady, EXTREMELY young lady ! It broke me.&lt;br /&gt;And I also saw that Allan Wills (&lt;a href="http://www.areyoumywife.com/"&gt;www.areyoumywife.com&lt;/a&gt;) has finally found the woman of his life thanks to his blog.&lt;br /&gt;No link between both stories but it shows that people are living and are going ahead. And I’m not. So, yes, it broke me.&lt;br /&gt;I dont usually talk about my work on my blogs so you can’t know that I don’t stagnate in every part of my life. I’m going ahead with my job. I like what I do, I like people I work with and I have a lot of prospects and I’m lucky to be free and to get the opportunity to express myself.&lt;br /&gt;I enjoy my job very much and I think that people I work for appreciate what I do.&lt;br /&gt;And I enjoy my English courses a lot. I travel, I meet new people, I write : my life isn’t completely empty !&lt;br /&gt;But, the truth is that, regarding my private life, I still stagnate. I don’t evolve, I don’t learn. I’m still so hurt and agressive and lost and maladjusted. I always feel I’m not as nice and pretty and interesting as others.&lt;br /&gt;Well, mylittlechicks, itdoesn’tmatter !&lt;br /&gt;Have a nice Sunday.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6668382750140637735-3231628668605555703?l=thelittlestroll.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelittlestroll.blogspot.com/feeds/3231628668605555703/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6668382750140637735&amp;postID=3231628668605555703' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6668382750140637735/posts/default/3231628668605555703'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6668382750140637735/posts/default/3231628668605555703'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelittlestroll.blogspot.com/2007/07/travelling-means-adventure.html' title=''/><author><name>Caro</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08040078702808709147</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gNlpxKRqwfI/RpEFt1KAUdI/AAAAAAAAAAc/bGe5KDZpFj4/s72-c/DSC02750.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
