Tuesday in the Park
It seems like life has been pretty slow over here, all though in reality it hasn’t been.
This morning I went to the park across the street and read for a little while. In a little bit I am going to go have lunch with Ashley and then go back to the park.
The weather is really pretty today. I am trying to get a suntan…. all though I am not seeing results in my attempts.
Wes, you will love this-
Saturday night we went to a White Party at Le Cab. It was pretty interesting. I went with Ashley, Tasha and Fabien. It was nothing like Wes’s White Party. Wes’s parties are way better. I mean I was in Paris at white party at one of the coolest clubs in Paris and I still thought wes’s party was better. So Kudos Wes! You now how to throw a party!
The RER, one of the subway lines in Paris is one strike. This is a little bit of an annoyance because I use the RER EVERYDAY. It stops right in front of my dorm and takes me directly to school. So instead of a small 10 minute journey to class It has become more or less a 30 minute trek.
There was also a strike at one of the Museums we went last week. Parisians LOVE to go on strike.
I am currently reading Seven Ages of Paris. Its tells the history of Paris starting from Ceasar and ends in 1969. I am currently only on the 1st age of Paris, the age of Philippe Auguste.
It is a really difficult book to read but I am enjoying it because now I know a little bit more about the history of these sites I am seeing all over Paris.
Do you remember the blog I wrote about the area around the Bastille? It is the Marais area. It is known for its huge jewish population. In the book I am reading it talks about the way Philippe acquired the money to build all of these huge buildings was from taking the money from the jews. He caused a lot of problems for the jewish people, even exiling them out of Paris. But when they returned they settled in Marais.
Lunch time!
bissous!!
You know, i am Parisian, and you talk about Paris and our cultural places better than any Parisian i've met ...
Boy it sure is a shame that this beautiful cool blog is sitting here collecting dust. . . 
So - where are these memories from Europe - you realize that if you wait, they will never get recorded ...
So in other words you are a vegetarian then? Since vegans do dont use animal products :) 
Hi Alyse, Enjoy your stay in Paris. I am enjoying the pictures you have been taking and i cannot ...
Dear Alyse:
Your hairdo is becoming more and more popular and we haven't even seen it yet. Congratulations.
Also, I just sent ...
YES, the sales!! I was in Paris the entire month of July and the sales were going on the ...
June 17th, 2008 at 10:50 am
Thanks for the lastest post, you are soooo smart! Looking forward to seeing more photos.
June 17th, 2008 at 11:18 am
Alyse Marie:
I too think you are an amazingly accomplished avatar.
Does the wind blow in Paris anything like it does in Oklahoma? This morning we had a intense wind blow through. It blew large branches out of the trees in the front yard.
I like your idea of fresh air and sunshine at the park. Enjoy your lunch. It is great hearing from you.
Love,
Dad
June 17th, 2008 at 4:00 pm
TTIWWOP
June 17th, 2008 at 7:14 pm
Alyse - how weird that humble oklahoma could play host to a better white party than a swank discotech in paris! Everyone else in your party must have been so impressed, must have been awkward for you not being able to be completely honest with everyone “yea this is cool and all, but it is nothing compared to my brothers white party back in tulsa oklahoma” - people would have thought you were looney . . . Be sure to find time to spend some leisurely afternoon in luxemborg gardens, absolutely amazing - get that replacement camera as soon as you can, we need more PICS!! + would love to hear exactly what happened in rotterdam that made you lose it - WTF?!?!? Oh well, cameras are replaceable and memories are forever, keep it coming
June 17th, 2008 at 9:55 pm
Alyse - how weird that humble oklahoma could play host to a better white party than a swank discotech in paris! Everyone else in your party must have been so impressed, must have been awkward for you not being able to be completely honest with everyone “yea this is cool and all, but it is nothing compared to my brothers white party back in tulsa oklahoma” - people would have thought you were looney . . . Be sure to find time to spend some leisurely afternoon in luxemborg gardens, absolutely amazing - get that replacement camera as soon as you can, we need more PICS!! + would love to hear exactly what happened in rotterdam that made you lose it - WTF?!?!? Oh well, cameras are replaceable and memories are forever, keep it coming
Hey also I noticed that I can’t log in under the admin user and pass I set up on the control panel of the blog. Can you set me up as an administrator with the user name: wesleywinston.
i need to get in there and tweak with some settings, dad requested a place where all of the most recent posts show up and I need to install a plugin.
thanks, later!
Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device
June 18th, 2008 at 6:16 pm
Alyse, That King Philippe Auguste was quite the little scoundrel - wasn’t he? He married a woman - Isabelle -had a kid then she died. He married again- Ingeborg - didn’t really like her - she probably had stinky arm pits - told everyone he wasn’t really married because it wasn’t consummated - found another girl he wanted to marry - Marguerite - but someone kidnapped her on her way to meet him - so he found another girl to marry - Agnes - had 2 kids with her and then low and behold, the pope said they weren’t really married, cause he was still married to Ingeborg.
Lesson to learn here? Watch out for those Paris men - they’ll love ya and leave ya. They’re “sissy men” anyway.
HYHFIP (Wanna be like Ben - Hope You’re Having Fun In Paris)
Love ya!
June 18th, 2008 at 9:10 pm
Alyse,
How wonderful it is to read encounters from Paris! I want to put some of this in the mag…it’s so interesting to learn about these places, and fun to see the pics. I want to see how people in Paris party. You should expand on that section (:
Episode 2 of FN MAG will be out mid July…looking forward to exposing your Paris travels! Be safe, take care, have fun and report back with juicy details (:
-Lauryn Clark