anyone who knows me...knows that i love anything french...french fashion...french food...i can always spot a fleur-de-lis...in fact...many reside in my home...and then there is just paris...beautiful beautiful paris with its eiffel tower, cafe's, shopping, museums, churches...just thinking about it...makes me want to go back...(dana...are you ready?)...
my birthday "nite" was celebrated "paris" style...i was greeted at the door with a dozen beautiful red roses...(that isn't necessarily french...but it was lovely...none the less)
dinner was at chouchou (pronounce shooshoo) a french bistro...chouchou comes from the term "mon petit chou" literally translated as "my little cabbage", but actually means "cutie-pie" awww...
on the third thursday of each november, from little villages and towns like romanèche-thorins, over a million cases of beaujolais nouveau begin their journey through a sleeping france to paris for immediate shipment to all parts of the world. banners proclaim the good news: le beaujolais nouveau est arrivé! "the new beaujolais has arrived!" one of the most frivolous and animated rituals in the wine world has begun.
well...the third thursday of november this year...fell on my birthday...so there was quite the celebration going on in the restaurant...
the restaurant is a tiny hole in the wall...you would really only know about it through word of mouth...which honestly are my favorite kinds of restaurants...
the host was adorable...as we walked in he gave us the biggest hug...both my date and i! he welcomed us to the celebration...and told us a little of the meaning of this third thursday in november...
dinner was absolutely deliscious...nice and rich...and mouth watering...paired with a bottle of the beaujolais nouveau...and then of course...the best part...dessert! a chocolate pear tart...
as we were leaving...the host ran out to the street...to give us one more big hug...
it was such a warm friendly atmoshere...from the moment we stepped in to the restaurant...until the very last moment...
and me?? well...i honestly felt like i had been taken to paris for my birthday...
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