A few days ago, Alyssa, who is one of the other teachers’ babysitters, was downtown doing some shopping. She felt something at her hip. She reached down and grabbed the arm of a little girl around four years old who had just about had her hand inside her pocket! Four freakin’ years old!
They have the strangest makes of cars here. The car we rented was a Delta Lancia. Another common model is a Golf. My all time favorite is a Panda.
The buses are all BMWs.
We came home the other day to find a huge tent erected in the parking lot. I was sure John Knox was going to be hosting a wedding or some other special occasion.
Well, they sure did. They hosted a celebration of the new road. All of the important people of Grand Saconnex gathered here to party hearty over some asphalt. Imagine that.
I really love this place.
We had dinner at Fifty-fifty twice this week, allowing John the opportunity to enjoy his favorite pizza two more times. Once with a bunch of the students.
And once with friends of Gary’s and Drew’s who happened to be in town.
John really loves that pizza!!
Simon ordered a pizza with goat cheese, but he decided he liked Gary’s dinner better. This is not unusual.
Drew ordered…..
I tried a penne with vodka sauce and a type of thinly sliced fried ham which was wonderful!
On Saturday, I spent the morning by myself in the “suburb” of Carouge. It’s an artsy community that sort of reminded me of Soho. I window shopped and had coffee and basically spent some alone time doing stuff the boys would have hated.
Check out how much a store charges for Maybelline mascara. 16.90 francs! That’s around $18 US dollars for something I paid $7 for. Yikes!
On the way back, I did peek into a store that almost all of my friends would love to have been in…
When I stopped for coffee there was this elderly woman sitting at a table across from me that I couldn’t help but watch.
She smoked 5 cigarettes in the 10 minutes that I was there. While she was at rest, her breath was labored. I wondered where she had been, who
she had been…
I think she will show up again in something else I do, whether it be on stage or on paper.
I also walked up the Horrible Hill twice on Saturday.
The cursed buses run strangely on the weekends. I had to take a picture to show you even though I don’t think the photo does justice to its horribleness.
We went to dinner last night and decided to have a …. few beers.
I assure you that beer tastes better by the yard.
Ain't no thing like a chicken wing 