Dinner and an opening

I swear I had already decided that I loved the art before I drank these.
This is a piece by Eric White, it's really big, I should have put G beside it to give it some perspective. When I got home i realized that I hadn't taken a picture of the trippiest work i the show.
Daniel Davidson's stuff was really twisted and almost obscene in a very cool way.

Becca and G talking about how awesome free campari and orange juice is at any event.
What?

Art
Upstairs were several instillation pieces by Jennifer Vasher made entirely of pills.
We ended up talking to Eric White for a long time about his work and how he was enjoying Paris, he was unbelievably nice(he could have simply been happy to hear some unaccented English). his is one of three of these split head negative paintings, very cool.
He also had a series of doctored album covers. Can you guess what album this is based on?
After the opening G and I headed off for a late dinner.
Hmmm should I eat of just keep drinking?
This is my serious "I'm drinking free cognac and it is delicious but strong" look.
Pretty lady.

We've been here how long?
And the evening ends with Star Trek season one.

Snail search

So a you know Liam made a snail in art this week and has been obsessed ever since, so we decided to go to a pet store and try to buy a couple as pets. I suggested that we go to the marche to find some but Liam won't even hear that people eat snails so to the pet store by Point Nuef we went.
When G isn't with us Chloe is in charge of D, she does a great job.

At the Hotel De ville they had a huge French Open thing set up. They had a couple of courts where kids could pick up some pointers,
a full sized clay court for adults to hit on,
and a huge screen showing the matches in progress.
Hotel de ville
The pet store was a disaster. No snails so Liam decided a mouse or rat would be a good substitute i said no. Then he decided a dog or a cat would be ok again i said no(the cheapest dog was 380 euro). Finally he disdainfully said a fish or bird would be ok, i had to break down the "apartment is really too small for a tank or cage" that is when the crying began. For those of you with a feel for the city the loud crying and whining lasted from the point nuef all the way to the picasso museum!! From the Picasso Museum to home he listed all the things he hated including the street we live on, Paris, and me. Good times.

Another sunny day

Dylan and i got to school early to pick up the kids so we sat and enjoyed the sun for a few minutes.

about town

Dylan enjoying a little sunshine.
Liam and some street art.
Dylan looking tough.
Still nothing.
Chloe examined but found nothing.
That wasn't it.
Liam made a snail in art class today.
Thumbs up.
Believe it or not, this was part of a reading comprehension lesson.

So was this.

Hot Sunday

It got up to 82 degrees today which meant the apartment got hot so we hit the streets. First we swung by the park to check on the apple trees, nothing yet.
D didn't care but Liam was not happy about these slow growing apple trees, we want a forest today.
That's a sharp looking van.
We stopped at this park on Quai George V for a bit before heading down to the Seine. Dylan needed a little help getting onto the structure.
Yesterday Chloe got these fresh prison issue vans with planets and spaceships on them.
Walking along the Seine.
Batman
Back to the Bastille and hundreds of roller bladers.
We had to stop for some fountain time.

Plantings

Liam has been saving the seeds from the apples he eats for snack for the last week. Wednesday we went to the park to plant them.

We planted thirty seeds in the hopes that we will have out own forest.
We added some water to get them started. Two hours later Liam wanted to go back and see if they had sprouted.
There were roses in the park.
Dylan was ready to get out.