Storm the bastille

In Chicago, I love love loved going out with friends for Bastille Day! It was an easy excuse to go out and have a good time - drinking wine or late night coffee, we always found time to do something a bit French. I was hoping that there would be something going on in Eugene for the 14th of July, but nope. So, I created my own little garden soiree in honor of Bastille Day and invited friends over for French goodies.

le menu

salud!

The most useful French phrase for the evening - Je fouillerai dans votre bourse et je cracherai dans votre visage!! (I'm going to go through your purse and spit in your face.) Zut Alors!

In other news, one of my new pass times is shooing a young buck out of the backyard. It comes in through a hole in the fence and likes to eat the garden goodies. C & E have named him Bucky. He's big and his antlers frighten me. Other encounters with nature include a big garter snake that the cat presented to me as a gift. Scared the crap out of me - I screamed and ran in the house to find E so he could take care of it. I also saw a raccoon family going for a little stroll down the street on a bike ride.

All in all, things are going great here in Eugene. This is my kind of town.

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That's it for now, hope you all have a great week.