I'd rather be in: Deauville and Trouville

I have been called for Jury Duty on Monday.  I'm not sure who gave anyone the idea that I could be ever fit the definition of impartial.  Ha! What a BiG joke.

They say that you need to bring material to occupy yourself while you wait.  Well, I'm bringing ten books-- no, literally, ten books-- and a laptop and I'm still set on writing my 1800 words a day, even it is cooped up within the four walls of a municipal court building with 100 other captives reading over my shoulder.

So I'm leaving you with pictures I took this summer on a day we escaped Paris and took a train to Deauville and the adjacent city Trouville.  

You can rent those candy-looking tents on the beach.

De jolie maisons partout.

We arrived smack dab in the middle of the sunday market

Fruits de mer.  ahhh....sigh... and the size?! You could feed a family of four on a single shrimp.  

And ahhh the smell of chicken roasting.  I'm drooling just looking at the picture.  

 Des montagnes de saucissons. Still drooling.  returning home, American farmers market felt a bit insipid in comparison.

I wanted to buy all those cans.  I didn't care about what was in them or about the taste.  I wanted to wear them.

And then for desert: pains aux raisins

 

See ya'll after jury duty (i call it jury doo-doo)

Comments

[nadia]

c'est fantastique!! the colors, please play with camera more often!!

[mlle paradis]

oh yes! i knew i would not be disappointed! I especially like the little cabanas on the beach of course!

[Freshly Found]

All the best with the jury duty and the writing!

[Jeannette]

And now I want to be back there too!! ;)What a great set of pictures.
And glad to read that I´m not the only one who buys tins abroad just for their looks.
Have a great Sunday, Jeannette

[my favorite and my best]

american farmer's markets insipid in comparison is a gross understatement. i have seen shows before about those damn chickens!! they put potatoes on the bottom of those giant rotisseries so all the chicken fat and shit falls on them...GIMMMEEEEEEE NOOOOOWWWW FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!

[tiffany]

Such amazing photos!! The French really know how to do those markets, amazing! Good luck in jury duty!!

[TheYoupiTouch]

Courage pour ta mission de demain... ca ne me plairait guere !
Et jolies photos de notre beau pays !

[Peonies and Polaroids]

eugh, how crap.

I love that second picture, I really want to eat those tents. And surely no one would actually open such a tin? They are of course for decorating your walls with, yes?

[kathryn]

Everything - gorgeous!

[Trishie Koh]

The shrimps are MASSIVE, don't think i've seen them so big ever. Love the cute little tents, i'd love to stay overnight in one.

[Natalie]

Thank you for this lovely little slice of French goodness!

[Liberty Post Editor]

You are rotten to the core. I am so hungry now and it is the middle of the night. Now what? Be a good law girl!

[Donna Deluso]

England is so close to France and yet we get insipid tiddly shrimps and nothing that resembles fruits de mer - more like sewer de mer - boo hoo! How is this possible?

Great photos. Those stripey beach huts are so cute!

[casadulcehogar.blogspot.com]

Hi, I´ve been trying many times to live a comment in your blog but with this new options I got a little complicated and when did a comment, and onether one, they went somewhere else. Now I think I´m managing it better. Anyway, just to say that your blog is very nice and your pictures too.
Cariños
María Cecilia

[Katy Allgeyer aka fishgirl]

Okay, this is yummy but I do have a few pics from our Stonington Farmers Market that will make you drool, too. I'll email them to you.

[Katy Allgeyer aka fishgirl]

BTW, going to Deauville and Trouville is so "Gigi" of you!

[annabelle]

un home, une femme...
chabadabada chabadabada...