A French Story of Food and Romance
In France it always starts with food.
Which you can buy on any street corner. Buy a French baguette, a hunk of cheese, and a box of Medoc wine and attach it to a moped. Picnic a go-go.
Beauty is everywhere in France even at the back of a restaurant. How would you like this hunk of Cheese? It gives a new twist to "Take Out" food.
"Bonjour! Je m'appel Take me Home." (He is for you Nancy and Delphine, two friends who leave comments on this blog.)
(French souvenirs... Soap. Keep it clean Corey!)
A French Story of Food and Romance here is how it goes:
The young tourist came to France. She jumped on a moped, taking a spin to the backside of a restaurant. There she met her knight in a white apron. He grabbed the dessert (or was the dessert!) and they rode to his backyard and had a picnic.
Happy Saturday.
Photos: Around where I live.
Totally agree on your favorite "take out" restaurant employee!!! :)
Posted by: Suzanne | 05 October 2007 at 04:25 PM
oh good lord.. the scenery there is fabulous!!
;)
Posted by: Abbie | 03 October 2007 at 10:30 PM
Oh, you can be wickedly delightful!!!
Posted by: stephanie | 01 October 2007 at 04:46 PM
Holy Cow! Are all frenchmen that beautiful?
I've gotta start prowling the back allies of restaurants!
Posted by: Darlene | 01 October 2007 at 03:00 PM
Yum! On so many levels! :-)
Posted by: tlchang | 01 October 2007 at 08:56 AM
As I am using my old computer (my main one being infected by a bug), I have no 'favourites' and I have to type my links whenever I want to get connected to them.
I read this post of yours last week, and yesterday morning, I wanted to go and read it again. Having that "hunk of cheese" on mind, I typed "Tongue in Cheese" in the search bar...
Of course, I ended up elsewhere and when I finally saw my mistake, I found it funny and wanted to use this lapsus in my comment.
If your readers read "Tongue in Cheese" without knowing the whole story of my using the expression, could they misunderstand it and held it as rude, especially as the cheese is a man on your blog? see what I mean....
Here is my comment (erase it if necessary): Thank you for the picnic, madame "Tongue in Cheese" !!!
cheese... oops... I mean cheers xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Posted by: Mari-Noëlle | 01 October 2007 at 08:17 AM
What a fun post, Corey. And yes, that fellow is a very nice hunka cheese. Love Savon de marseille soaps. My favorite.
Posted by: AnnieElf | 01 October 2007 at 07:43 AM
I would take a hunk of that cheese, if I were 18 again :) Thanks for all your photos, it makes me feel like I was there.
Teresa
Posted by: Teresa | 01 October 2007 at 04:40 AM
Quite a hunk of cheese indeed! Aged to perfection I'd say :)
Posted by: lindsay | 01 October 2007 at 01:31 AM
You are so funny! Love it!!!!!
Posted by: Linda Harre | 01 October 2007 at 01:08 AM
Beautiful pictures! Thank you for todays "journey", very lovely!
Posted by: Heidi Malott | 30 September 2007 at 09:27 PM
I loved the Impressionists's Picnic.
Posted by: Kitem | 30 September 2007 at 09:23 PM
Oh my! I would stop at the shop!!!
Posted by: Caffienated Cowgirl | 30 September 2007 at 09:25 AM
I am SO moving to France!! :)
Posted by: Diana | 30 September 2007 at 09:13 AM
Corey-is this why you've become a photographer ih France? So you can say
"Cheese" all the time and get away with it??
D.
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Donna are you sure you are not hiding something behind that crown of yours? Comedy is so you!
Posted by: Donna O. | 30 September 2007 at 06:45 AM
now that is hunk of cheese! what a fun post Corey....especially on a day when I am in the dumps! Thanks for putting a little smile on my lips.
Posted by: tommiea | 30 September 2007 at 03:27 AM
C'est un Samedi parfait. :)
Posted by: susanna | 30 September 2007 at 03:13 AM
I love it Corey, and what a hunk of cheese.
Thanks for sharing, so we can live through you.
Have a fun weekend!
Rosemary
Posted by: Rosemary | 30 September 2007 at 02:40 AM
mmmm, yes please! i'm flying to paris next month -- i hope this fairytale comes true for me :)
Posted by: Lilie | 30 September 2007 at 01:52 AM
wow! french guys are really hot! didnt realized that till i frequent your blog.
Posted by: pusa | 30 September 2007 at 01:34 AM
There aren't any hunks of cheese at the back of any restaurants around these parts!!! Darn!
Posted by: beachy | 30 September 2007 at 01:06 AM
I loved the tale, Corey.
Your video selection is very timely. Tomorrow I'm hosting a croquet party for fourty. I'll send pictures. Ellen
Posted by: Ellen Cassilly | 30 September 2007 at 12:33 AM
I covet that MOPED!!! Forget the cheese!
Posted by: maddie | 30 September 2007 at 12:09 AM
I'll take one of You-in-the-black-apron to go, please. And if MY husband is reading this, you're getting an apron for Christmas. :)
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Every women should have a supply of aprons,lol! Funny response Karin!
Posted by: Karin | 30 September 2007 at 12:01 AM
Ahhhhh, France truly is a very enchanted place!
~elaine~
Posted by: Elaine L. | 29 September 2007 at 10:51 PM
All of a sudden I am craving a hunk of 'cheese' ;-)
Posted by: ~jolenemarie | 29 September 2007 at 10:05 PM
Cute! :0)
Posted by: stuffed | 29 September 2007 at 09:19 PM
I'm afraid I can never come to France. I'd be spending all of my money in restaurants just to keep men who look like that coming back to check on me. LOL
I'd have to leave the driving to somebody else. Me on a moped? Yikes.
Posted by: Amy | 29 September 2007 at 09:12 PM
Wonderful eye candy ;> I love the reflection in the vine glass and the spoon on the first photo...*sigh*
Posted by: Mo'a | 29 September 2007 at 08:29 PM
Corey, my french is very limited, but I think that "OOOO, LA-LA!" fits this picnic-with-dessert very well!! Oh, and I know, "Oui, monsour", (not spelled right!), which might fit here, too. (Just in case my husband accidentally reads this: that's if I weren't happily married, dear! LOL) Still...lovely eye candy...he POSED for you!
Posted by: Elizabeth | 29 September 2007 at 07:03 PM
I did that in Italy, minus the moped. When I was much younger... A bag of luscious black figs, fresh mozzarella, and bread.
La vita é bella!
Posted by: Colette | 29 September 2007 at 06:41 PM
I'm breathless!
Posted by: Dee | 29 September 2007 at 05:17 PM
He WAS the dessert, of course!
^_^
Mari-Nanci
Posted by: Mari-Nanci | 29 September 2007 at 04:48 PM
Je voudrais un dessert français svp!
Posted by: cruststation | 29 September 2007 at 04:23 PM
Delicious Frenchman, Delicious (clean) story.
ps
I love picnics!
Posted by: rochambeau | 29 September 2007 at 04:10 PM
Here we were innocently taking a "blog balade" before going out to buy a gift for a friend's b-day...when....lo and behold.. the lovely Madame Corey, gave us a little mention. (okay, not just a mention but a photo as well...yeah, he,s good looking)! Kiss you and hug you...and we are charmed! And Corey they say that laughing makes you live longer, you are making sure we live past 100!
Lovely post, is this based on a true story?
delphine and nancy
Posted by: delphine | 29 September 2007 at 03:52 PM
Signing in early (6:44 AM) Saturday morning from Northern California.
Corey, I'm happily married, but oooo la la what a lovely eye-candy-eye-opener in the white apron. Thank you for the smile! And bless you for the riches of love you provide for me every day.
Posted by: happycalm | 29 September 2007 at 03:45 PM
Bon appetit!
Posted by: tut-tut | 29 September 2007 at 02:48 PM
Yes Mam! I'll have one!
Posted by: Lorie | 29 September 2007 at 02:41 PM
Is there a man in France who couldn't grace a magazine cover? Really?
What an enchanted life you lead...fresh bread, cheese and wine and a picnic date with a French man speaking the language of love!
What a life!
Posted by: Beverly | 29 September 2007 at 02:31 PM
hee hee :)
Posted by: tinker | 29 September 2007 at 02:23 PM
souper - soap
hope - mope-ped
coupe do marron - she's no dope
She can cope
In any language
while skipping rope!
Posted by: ParisBreakfasts | 29 September 2007 at 01:16 PM
Life in France sounds enchanting. Thank you for taking me along on your journeys. I love it.
Love Jeanne
Posted by: Jeanne | 29 September 2007 at 12:51 PM
Can I say, D-E-L-I-S-H?!!! (sigh) :-)
Posted by: Hasmin | 29 September 2007 at 10:37 AM
'déjeuner sur l 'herbe' by edouard manet!!! i would definitely join somewhere in a beautiful provence garden...
Posted by: marita | 29 September 2007 at 10:22 AM