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Obsessed with Europe

Over the past few years I have grown very fond of Europe.  Italy and France to be exact.  I fear am happy that it has now turned into a full blown obsession.  How can I tell?  For starters….

  • I walk by snails sliming up the sidewalk and I think, "Mmmm, they would make a wonderful dinner with garlic and butter sauce"
  • The $2 Morton salt used to be a staple in my kitchen…now I only use $10 Fleur de Sel
  • I have articles of clothing that now require an additional description of where I have worn or bought them, like my Paris raincoat or my Italian leather gloves
  • My ultra modern electric automatic drip coffee maker has been downgraded to a French Press
  • Daily breakfast has gone from cereal and coffee to a croissant and cafe au lait
  • I used to buy a no name brand of olive oil on sale in my local supermarket…now I won’t buy anything less than First Cold Pressed Extra Virgin Olive Oil from my favorite Italian deli
  • My Joy of Cooking and Martha Stewart cookbooks(that suited me fine for years I might add) have been replaced by Barefoot in Paris and Patricia Wells’ Trattoria
  • I now have a collection of beautiful scarves.  I wear them often…to feel like a stylish Parisienne(of course they are all my Paris scarves)
  • Even though I live in Suburbia where the winters are cold and we get feet of snow…I often dream of trading in my car for a Vespa
  • Instead of sleeping in on the weekends I find myself up at an ungodly hour, flicking through the channels to watch Samantha Brown’s Passport to Europe
  • In my wine shop, I blatantly ignore bargain after bargain from Australia, South Africa, California, Oregon and Germany as I dash off to the France and Italy regions.  It’s as if those other places don’t even exist
  • I am always dreaming, wishing and excitedly hoping that my blog will have the honor of being an ‘expat’ blog

C’est obsession, non?

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    Kelley
    June 4th, 2007

    Well Robin…I think we may have been separated at birth. I haven’t been to Italy, but I have visited Paris numerous times…and my obsession list would look like yours…AND to top it off, my ebay account includes the word mélange…so do you feel like you are missing a twin? LOL
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    Kelley,
    How cool is that! Maybe you are my missing twin…especially the melange thing! Welcome to my blog….please come back soon…I love comments!
    Robin

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    tongue in cheek
    June 4th, 2007

    You are more European than the Europeans!
    The imported salt is that expensive? I think you should fly here and buy it for less. The savings could pay your airline ticket.
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    Corey,
    I’m on my way! Pick me up at the airport please! I am loading up my suitcase in September with salt and skin care!!!! Not to be used together of course!

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    Carol
    June 4th, 2007

    My husband and I were in Europe a few years back. I also fell absolutely in love with it. I would live there in a heartbeat and truly think I would feel at home. We were there for 5 weeks, rented a car and were everywhere. I must say that I was completely enamoured with France especially. I keep hinting about another 5 or 6 weeks again.
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    Carol,
    Thanks for coming by. I’ll move with you if you want a roomate!!

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    Paris Parfait
    June 6th, 2007

    There are worse things to obsess over! :) xo

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