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		<title>Madame pipi chez Jamel</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 04:15:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephanie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sorry English-speakers, this is a French thang. Awesome stand-up comedian Jamel Debbouze (who played a small role in Amélie) makes fun of, or rather plays with, the fact that a woman srands up during his live show to go to the bathroom. Hi-la-rious&#8230; if you understand French that is. I still can&#8217;t figure out if [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sorry English-speakers, this is a French thang. Awesome stand-up comedian <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamel_Debbouze">Jamel Debbouze</a> (who played a small role in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Am%C3%A9lie">Amélie</a>) makes fun of, or rather plays with, the fact that a woman srands up during his live show to go to the bathroom. Hi-la-rious&#8230; if you understand French that is.</p>
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<p>I still can&#8217;t figure out if the woman was a paid actress to make that happen or if it was really on the spot. I don&#8217;t really care, it still makes me laugh-out-loud!</p>
<p>Found via <a href="http://www.linternaute.com/magazine/selection/vos-videos-preferees-en-2008/extrait-du-dvd-du-jamel-comedy-club.shtml?f_id_newsletter=330">L&#8217;internaute</a>.</p>
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		<title>My online community life</title>
		<link>http://laviesoleil.com/2008/02/my-online-community-life/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2008 17:16:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephanie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the past few months I have been a little more involved in online community sites like Facebook, MySpace and Copains d&#8217;Avant. It turns out that MySpace really turns me off. The layouts are messy, and even if it&#8217;s great for some people and even some artists, there&#8217;s just too much noise on that site [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In the past few months I have been a little more involved in online community sites like Facebook, MySpace and Copains d&#8217;Avant.</p>
<p>It turns out that MySpace really turns me off. The layouts are messy, and even if it&#8217;s great for some people and even some artists, there&#8217;s just too much noise on that site for me.<br />
However, Facebook and Copains d&#8217;Avant really have been working for me because I ended up finding a bunch of people in France I used to go to school with. From 2nd grade to college. It&#8217;s so cool!</p>
<p><img src="http://laviesoleil.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/picture-3.png" title="Facebook" alt="Facebook" align="left" hspace="4" />  I got into <a href="http://www.facebook.com">Facebook</a> because of work. We were running ads I needed to check on a couple of applications (man what a burden!). But I wouldn&#8217;t have signed up unless I had a real purpose, like the work one. Anyhow, one day, out of the blue, one of my good high school friends writes something on my wall. And I was floored! I was jumping up and down thinking how crazy this is and how happy I am to see this girl&#8217;s face after so many years. Turns out, she hasn&#8217;t changed much.</p>
<p>So, I thought to myself, if she found me, there probably are many other people I know out there! It actually never occurred to me before that French people could be using Facebook. Well, they are!<br />
I found 10 people so far&#8230; That&#8217;s 5 from elementary school, 4 from middle school and 1 from high school.</p>
<p><img src="http://laviesoleil.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/picture-4.png" title="Copains d’avant" alt="Copains d’avant" align="left" height="35" hspace="4" width="200" /> The other online community I got into is <a href="http://copainsdavant.linternaute.com/cgi/accueil/home.php">Copains d&#8217;Avant</a>. A French site meant to link up &#8220;friends from before&#8221; or &#8220;friends of the past&#8221;. You can say which schools you went to during what years and it pulls a list of all other members with the same criteria. So cool! The interface isn&#8217;t quite as nice as Facebook (which is not that great itself), but sure enough, I found people&#8230; 9 of them.<a href="http://laviesoleil.com/wordpress/wp-admin/post.php?action=edit&amp;post=345"></a><br />
3 from elementary school, 2 from middle school, 3 from high school and 1 from college.</p>
<p>Let&#8217;s do the math here. Number of people I haven&#8217;t heard from in 10 years or more and just appeared on my screen lately and who I know from:<br />
ElementarySchool &#8212; 8<br />
Middle School &#8212; 6<br />
High School &#8212; 4<br />
College &#8212; 1   Update 2/3/08: 2</p>
<p>All these people have played a significant role in my younger years and just the thought of perhaps seeing some of them next time we go to France, just gives me shivers and happy chills.</p>
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		<title>J&#8217;ai le nez en patate</title>
		<link>http://laviesoleil.com/2008/01/jai-le-nez-en-patate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2008 05:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephanie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230; that means &#8220;my nose is a potato&#8221;. In English it doesn&#8217;t seem to translate, but a French person would know that it means I have a cold and my nose feels like a potato because it&#8217;s raw, feels huge and ugly! Why potato? Is it because French people tend to have big noses? I [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8230; that means &#8220;my nose is a potato&#8221;.</p>
<p>In English it doesn&#8217;t seem to translate, but a French person would know that it means I have a cold and my nose feels like a potato because it&#8217;s raw, feels huge and ugly!</p>
<p>Why potato? Is it because French people tend to have big noses? I wonder.</p>
<p>But right now, yes. My nose is a potato.</p>
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		<title>Too early for a Saturday!</title>
		<link>http://laviesoleil.com/2007/04/too-early-for-a-saturday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Apr 2007 14:03:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephanie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here I am at 6:36 am on a Saturday morning blogging&#8230;What does that mean? Yep, you guessed it, I&#8217;m still jet lagged! And it&#8217;s been 6 days we&#8217;re back from France!!!! It normally takes me 2, to get back on track. What&#8217;s going on? Am I getting older and my body just doesn&#8217;t react as [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here I am at 6:36 am on a Saturday morning blogging&#8230;What does that mean? Yep, you guessed it, I&#8217;m still jet lagged! And it&#8217;s been 6 days we&#8217;re back from France!!!! It normally takes me 2, to get back on track.</p>
<p>What&#8217;s going on? Am I getting older and my body just doesn&#8217;t react as quickly as before? Whatever the reason is, it&#8217;s very annoying. I did not got to bed later than 9:30pm all week because my whole being was being deprived of any energy left to stay awake past that time.<br />
Thursday night, I went to a dance class thinking it would force me to stay awake longer and couldn&#8217;t even finish because I felt like I could fall on my face any time.  It was time for me to sleep!</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t know what to do&#8230;maybe I should take naps whenever I want during the day so that I don&#8217;t feel as tired at night. I mean, all I&#8217;m asking is to go to bed at maybe 10 or 10:30, so I&#8217;m guaranteed to sleep until 7 or 8 on the weekends&#8230;NOT 6am!</p>
<p><font color="#ff8533">Me voila a 6:36 du mat a blogger un Samedi matin&#8230; Et qu&#8217;est-ce que ca veut dire? Ouais, vous l&#8217;avez devinez, je suis toujours decalee! Et ca fait maintenant 6 jours qu&#8217;on et revenus de France!!! Normalement, ca me prends 2 jours pour m&#8217;en remettre.</font></p>
<p><font color="#ff8533">Qu&#8217;est-ce qu&#8217;il se passe? Est-ce que je deviens vieille et mon corps ne se remets pas comme avant? Quoi qu&#8217;il arrive, c&#8217;est tres enervant. Je ne me suis pas couchee apres 21h30 de toute la semaine car mon etre entier etait prive de toute energie pour rester eveillee apres cette heure.<br />
Jeudi soir, je suis allee a un cours de dance pensant que ca me forcerait a rester eveillee, mais meme pas pu le terminer car j&#8217;aurais pu tomber a tout moment. C&#8217;etait l&#8217;heure pour moi de dormir!</font></p>
<p><font color="#ff8533">Je ne sais pas quoi faire&#8230; peut-etre des siestes n&#8217;importe quand dans la journee pour ne pas me sentir fatiguee le soir. tout ce que je demandes, c&#8217;est de coucher a 22h ou 22h30 pour guarantir le sommeil jusqu&#8217;a au moins 7 ou 8h un matin de weekend&#8230; pas 6h DU MAT!</font></p>
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		<title>Secret French name for &#8220;email&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://laviesoleil.com/2007/02/secret-french-name-for-email/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Feb 2007 05:07:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephanie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filling out a form to request hotel reservation information on a French site, I was asked to enter my &#8220;courriel&#8221;. What the #&#38;$% is a courriel ? And so I look it up&#8230; oh? It just means email address. It&#8217;s short for courrier electronique. The best is that it exists since 2003&#8230;WOW! Excerpt from french.about.com [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Filling out a form to request hotel reservation information on a French site, I was asked to enter my &#8220;courriel&#8221;. What the #&amp;$% is a <em>courriel</em> ? And so I look it up&#8230; oh? It just means <em>email address</em>. It&#8217;s short for <em>courrier electronique</em>. The best is that it exists since 2003&#8230;WOW!</p>
<p>Excerpt from <a href="http://french.about.com/" title="french.about.com">french.about.com</a> :</p>
<p><em>le <a href="http://french.about.com/library/media/wavs/courriel.wav"> courriel </a>[cu ryel]</em></p>
<p><em>email</em></p>
<p><em>L&#8217;Académie française vient de choisir « courriel » en tant que         traduction officielle de courrier électronique &#8211; The Académie         française just chose &#8220;courriel&#8221; as the official French         translation of email.</em></p>
<p><em>Envoyer qqch par courriel &#8211; to email something</em></p>
<p align="center"><em><a href="http://french.about.com/b/a/2003_07_12.htm">Courriel, c&#8217;est officiel</a></em></p>
<p align="center"><img src="http://laviesoleil.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2007/02/courriel.jpg" alt="courriel" /></p>
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		<title>The soufflé that blew!</title>
		<link>http://laviesoleil.com/2007/02/the-souffle-that-blew/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2007 06:44:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephanie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Justin and I are in the process of making a specialized cook book&#8230; Everything you can make with ham, cheese and mushrooms. And one of our ideas was to make a soufflé with all these ingredients&#8230;and it BLEW! (which is interesting because in french, the verb &#8220;souffler&#8221; means to blow) The soufflé didn&#8217;t rise, the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Justin and I are in the process of making a specialized cook book&#8230; Everything you can make with ham, cheese and mushrooms. And one of our ideas was to make a soufflé with all these ingredients&#8230;and it BLEW! (which is interesting because in french, the verb &#8220;souffler&#8221; means to blow)</p>
<p>The soufflé didn&#8217;t rise, the inside was mushy, the taste was ok, but the texture was literally gross! So, we ended up eating the crust and anywhere it was a  little brown but threw the rest away. Yuk!</p>
<p>What went wrong? Could it be that the amount of filling was too heavy? Did I mix the whites in  weird? Not gently enough? I have to say that translating a french recipe is also tricky, maybe I got proportions wrong&#8230;</p>
<p><img src="http://laviesoleil.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2007/02/souffle-003.jpg" title="soufflé that blew" alt="soufflé that blew" align="left" hspace="10" vspace="5" />Anyhoo, to make our culinary evening a little more satisfying, we cracked open a bottle of Mumm Champagne and baked some chocolate chip cookies. Much better!</p>
<p><font color="#ff8533">Justin et moi sommes en cours d&#8217;</font><font color="#ff8533">é</font><font color="#ff8533">crire un livre spécialisé de cuisine…<br />
Tout ce que vous pouvez faire avec du jambon, du fromage et des champignons.<br />
Et une de nos idées était de faire un soufflé avec tous ces ingrédients… et ca a raté !</font></p>
<p><font color="#ff8533">Le soufflé n&#8217;est pas monté, l&#8217;intérieur était mou, le goût était correct, mais la texture était dégueulasse! Alors on a fini par manger seulement la croute et tout ce qui etait un peu brun. Beurk!</font></p>
<p><font color="#ff8533">Qu&#8217;est-ce qui a mal tourné ? Peut-être que la quantité de guarniture était trop lourde ? Est-ce que j&#8217;ai mélangé les blancs étrangement ? Pas assez  doucement ? Je dois dire que traduire une recette française n&#8217;est pas commode, peut-être que mes proportions sont fausses…</font></p>
<p><font color="#ff8533">Bref, pour rendre notre soirée culinaire un peu plus satisfaisante, nous avons ouvert une bouteille de Champagne Mumm et avons fait quelques chocolate chip cookies. Tellement mieux!</font></p>
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		<title>Weekend d&#8217;enfer!</title>
		<link>http://laviesoleil.com/2007/01/weekend-denfer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jan 2007 17:35:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephanie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(English speaking people, please refer to Justin&#8217;s post&#8230; I need to feed my french crowd) Franchement le weekend dernier etait tres sympa! On s&#8217;est fait une petite soiree a la maison avec quelques amis et on a joue au DDR (Dance Dance Revolution). Ce jeu est trop drole, specialement avec beaucoup de monde autour. On [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>(English speaking people, please refer to <a href="http://justinsomnia.org/2007/01/hot-golden-gate-bridge-action/">Justin&#8217;s post</a>&#8230; I need to feed my french crowd)</p>
<p><em>Franchement le weekend dernier etait tres sympa! On s&#8217;est fait une petite soiree a la maison avec quelques amis et on a joue au <a href="http://www.ddrgame.com/" target="_blank">DDR</a> (Dance Dance Revolution). Ce jeu est trop drole, specialement avec beaucoup de monde autour. On a mange sur le pouce, mais on a fait des bonnes petites choses&#8230;. J&#8217;ai fait un cake aux olives,  sans olive mais avec du jambon, des champignons et du fromage. Mmmm. J&#8217;ai aussi refait un <a href="http://stephaniesoleil.wordpress.com/2006/11/28/saucisson-au-chocolat/">saucisson au chocolat</a>, mais cette fois sans marshmallows et des noisettes a la place, et puis avec un peut de barre praline importe de France. Grand succes! Justin a fait son pistou decompose, son hummus et des petits legumes grilles. On s&#8217;est casse le ventre. Mais on s&#8217;est tellement amuse, qu&#8217;on a oublie de prendre des photos&#8230; mais notre amie <a href="http://www.hotelsbycity.net/blog/usa/california/petaluma/index.php/things-to-do/ddr-party-in-san-francisco/">Joy en a pris</a>.<br />
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<p><em>Le lendemain, il faisait un temps splendide, alors on a fait une randonnee depuis le Golden Gate Bridge jusqu&#8217;au Cliff House.</em></p>
<p><em>Justin a fait <a href="http://justinsomnia.org/2007/01/hot-golden-gate-bridge-action/">une carte </a>de la rando si vous voulez voir&#8230;<br />
Donc voici quelques photos de nous par un temps magnifique, froid mais pas venteux (exceptionnel!). </em></p>
<p><img src="http://stephaniesoleil.wordpress.com/files/2007/01/stephpointing.jpg" alt="pointing" /><br />
<em> Une vue pas comme les autres du pont celebre.</em></p>
<p><img src="http://stephaniesoleil.wordpress.com/files/2007/01/justinphone.jpg" alt="Best view to be on the phone" /><br />
<em> Probablement le meilleur endroit pour avoir une petite conversation avec son pere.</em></p>
<p><img src="http://stephaniesoleil.wordpress.com/files/2007/01/shadow.jpg" alt="Shadow" /><br />
<em> Les ombres, c&#8217;est toujours amusant!</em></p>
<p><img src="http://stephaniesoleil.wordpress.com/files/2007/01/justinsteph.jpg" alt="Justin &amp; Steph sunset" /><br />
<em> On se croyait presque a Hawaii avec un coucher de soleil d&#8217;enfer! Rouge!!!</em></p>
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		<title>My version of Saddam&#8217;s death&#8230;     Ma version de la mort de Saddam</title>
		<link>http://laviesoleil.com/2007/01/my-version-of-saddams-death-ma-version-de-la-mort-de-saddam/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jan 2007 06:36:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephanie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night, I dreamt about Saddam&#8217;s execution&#8230; And who killed him? Justin! This is not even a subject I really followed in the news. A drawing of his face pre-hanging popped up in a magazine I was browsing through yesterday, which may have triggered this: So, we were in a pretty deserted mall and Justin [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Last night, I dreamt about Saddam&#8217;s execution&#8230; And who killed him? Justin!</p>
<p>This is not even a subject I really followed in the news. A drawing of his face pre-hanging popped up in a magazine I was browsing through yesterday, which may have triggered this:</p>
<p>So, we were in a pretty deserted mall and Justin installed Saddam outside on a little wall. He prepared his high tech shooting gear, screwing together pieces of a gun, that came out of a metal suitcase. He aims and shoots in the head. Several times. All it did was drill a hole, with minimal blood in Saddam&#8217;s forehead, still alive and seeming to be bored.<br />
So Justin decides to reload and sits him at a table. He tells me to move aside and not to look. He shoots the man many times, many places. I look over and see him collapsed on the table with a little more blood. Justin puts away his shooting gear, grabs me by the arm and says: &#8220;Damn, this man was hard to kill!&#8221; And we walk away, hoping he&#8217;s really dead.</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t know why my brain has created this story. But in an extremely weird way (according to the situation), Justin was very hot!</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><em><span>La nuit derniere, j’ai reve de l’execution de Saddam… Et qui l’a tue? Justin! </span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><em><span>C’est meme pas un sujet que j’ai vraiment suivi aux infos. J’ai appercu un dessin de son visage pre- pendaison dans un magazine que je feuilletais hier, qui a peut-etre cree ceci :</span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><em><span>Donc, on etait dans un centre commercial deserte et Justin a installe Saddam dehors, sur un petit mur. Il a prepare ses armes haute technologie en vissant des parties de pistolet, qui venaient d’une valise en metal. Il pointe et tire dans la tete. Quelques fois. Tout ce que ca a fait, c’est creer un trou, avec tres peu de sang sur le front de Saddam, qui etait toujours en vie et avait l’air de s&#8217;en foutre.</span></em><br />
<em>Alors Justin recharge son pistolet et l&#8217;assied a une table. Il me dis de me pousser et de ne pas regarder. Il tire sur l&#8217;homme plusieurs fois, a plusieurs endroits. Je regarde et l&#8217;homme est affale sur la table avec un peu plus de sang. Justin remballe son matos, m&#8217;attrape par le bras et me dit: &#8220;Putain, cet homme etait dur a tuer!&#8221; On s&#8217;eloigne en esperant q&#8217;il soit vraiment mort.</em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><em>Je ne sais pas pourquoi mon cerveau a creer ce scenario, mais d&#8217;une maniere tres bizarre (suivant les circonstances), Justin etait tres attirant!  </em></p>
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		<title>Picasso for dummies</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Dec 2006 06:02:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephanie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We can all create a Picasso inspired painting thanks to Mr. Picasso Head. You should try it, it&#8217;s addicting!!! And actually, cruising around the gallery, there&#8217;s some pretty incredible creations! Mine is called &#8220;Sudden Idea&#8221;, and mon nom d&#8217;artiste is Tuff. On peut tous creer des peinture a la Picasso grace a Mr. Picasso Head. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We can all create a Picasso inspired painting thanks to <a href="http://www.mrpicassohead.com/index.html" title="Sudden Idea" target="_blank">Mr. Picasso Head</a>. You should try it, it&#8217;s addicting!!! And actually, cruising around the gallery, there&#8217;s some pretty incredible creations!</p>
<p>Mine is called &#8220;Sudden Idea&#8221;, and <em>mon nom d&#8217;artiste</em> is Tuff.<img src="http://stephaniesoleil.wordpress.com/files/2006/12/suddenidea.gif" alt="Sudden Idea" align="absmiddle" /></p>
<p><em>On peut tous creer des peinture a la Picasso grace a <a href="http://www.mrpicassohead.com/index.html" title="Sudden Idea" target="_blank">Mr. Picasso Head</a>. Vous devriez essayer, ca rend accros!!! Et en fait, dans la gallerie, il y a vraiment des creations incroyables!</em></p>
<p><em>La mienne s&#8217;appelle &#8220;Idee Soudaine&#8221; et mon nom d&#8217;artiste est Tuff. </em></p>
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		<title>Tic Tac&#8230;where does it all go?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Dec 2006 07:18:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephanie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I feel like I don&#8217;t have enough time to do things&#8230;.like live my life and blog about it! Is that a common blogger problem? I suppose so. J&#8217;ai l&#8217;impression de ne pas avoir assez de temps pour tout faire&#8230;comme vivre ma vie et la blogger! Est-ce un probleme commun pour les blogueurs? J&#8217;imagine bien. Anyways, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I feel like I don&#8217;t have enough time to do things&#8230;.like live my life and blog about it! Is that a common blogger problem? I suppose so.<br />
<span style="font-style:italic;">J&#8217;ai l&#8217;impression de ne pas avoir assez de temps pour tout faire&#8230;comme vivre ma vie et la blogger! Est-ce un probleme commun pour les blogueurs? J&#8217;imagine bien.</span></p>
<p>Anyways, I have meant to talk lots about our eventful weekend, now 2 weekends ago (!!!!)&#8230; but you can read <a href="http://justinsomnia.org/2006/12/birthday-weekend-so-far/" title="justinsomnia.org" target="_blank">Justin&#8217;s blog</a> post about that. I&#8217;ll just provide some fun pictures&#8230;<br />
<span style="font-style:italic;">Donc, j&#8217;avais l&#8217;intention de parler de notre week-end tres charge, qui est maintenent il y a 2 weekends (!!!)&#8230; mais si vous parlez l&#8217;anglais, vous vouvez aller voir <a href="http://justinsomnia.org/2006/12/birthday-weekend-so-far/" target="_blank">le blog de Justin</a> pour les details. Quant a moi, je vais me contenter de vous donner quelques photos illustratives&#8230;</span></p>
<p>In a nutshell&#8230;we met up with friends at The Russian River Brewery in Santa Rosa, where Adam and Eveline gave us the trendiest onion cutting goggles.<br />
<span style="font-style:italic;">En gros, &#8230;on s&#8217;est rencontres avec des amis au Russian River Brewery a Santa Rosa, ou Adam et Eveline nous ont offert les lunettes a couper les onions les plus tendances.</span><br />
<img src="http://stephaniesoleil.wordpress.com/files/2006/12/birthday-team.gif" alt="The Birthday Team" /></p>
<p>And then we went for a little ice skating at the <a href="http://www.snoopyshomeice.com/" target="_blank">Snoopy Ice Arena</a>&#8230;.the boys went crazy&#8230;<br />
<span style="font-style:italic;">Ensuite, nous sommes alles faire du patin a glace dans la <a href="http://www.snoopyshomeice.com/" target="_blank">patinoire de Snoopy</a>&#8230;les garcons se sont eclates&#8230;</span><br />
<img src="http://stephaniesoleil.wordpress.com/files/2006/12/ahhhh.jpg" alt="Justin on skates" /></p>
<p>We went to see the closing show of &#8220;A Chorus Line&#8221; at <a href="http://www.6thstreetplayhouse.com/season0607/" target="_blank">the 6th street playhouse</a>, with the company of my Dad and Sabine. (Very cool! + I knew a lot of people in it, which was fun).<br />
<span style="font-style:italic;">On est alle avec Sabine et mon pere voir la derniere de &#8220;Chorus Line&#8221; au theatre <a href="http://www.6thstreetplayhouse.com/se" target="_blank">6th street playhouse</a><br />
(C&#8217;etait vraiment cool! + Je connaissais aussi pleins de monde dedans, ce qui etait le fun).<br />
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<p><img src="https://stephaniesoleil.wordpress.com/files/2006/12/chorusline.jpg" alt="A Chorus Line" /></p>
<p>Had the amazing and very anticipated dinner at <a href="http://http://frenchlaundry.com/" target="_blank">The French Laundry</a> in Yountville. You can read Justin&#8217;s <a href="http://justinsomnia.org/2006/12/brioche-and-salsifis-at-the-french-laundry/" title="french laundry experience" target="_blank">detailed expo</a> about it (or also called&#8230;food porn).<br />
<span style="font-style:italic;">On a mange un delicieux et tres attendu dinner chez <a href="http://http://frenchlaundry.com/" target="_blank">The French Laundry</a> a Yountville. Vous pouvez lire <a href="http://justinsomnia.org/2006/12/brioche-and-salsifis-at-the-french-laundry/" target="_blank">l&#8217;expose en detail</a> de Justin&#8230;(meme si vous ne lisez pas l&#8217;anglais, la plupart des plats sont en francais)&#8230;(ou bien aussi appele&#8230;le porno culinaire).</span></p>
<p><img src="http://stephaniesoleil.wordpress.com/files/2006/12/frenchlaundrynapkin.jpg" alt="The French Laundry" /></p>
<p>Did I mention we spent the whole weekend at <a href="http://www.hotellarose.com/" title="Hotel La Rose" target="_blank">Hotel La Rose</a>?&#8230;.Soooo cute and cozy!!!!<br />
<span style="font-style:italic;">Est-ce que j&#8217;ai mentione qu&#8217;on est reste 2 nuits dans <a href="http://www.hotellarose.com/" target="_blank">l&#8217;hotel La Rose</a>? &#8230;Tres mignon et comfortable!!!</span></p>
<p>And for you, visually curious people&#8230; here&#8217;s <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stephaniesoleil/" target="_blank">some more pics on Flickr&#8230;<br />
</a><span style="font-style:italic;">Et  pour vous, les curieux du visuel&#8230; </span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stephaniesoleil/" target="_blank"><span style="font-style:italic;">voila d&#8217;autre photos sur Flickr</span><br />
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<p>Ahhh! Finally a blog post out&#8230;yeah!<br />
<span style="font-style:italic;">Ahhh! Enfin un post sur mon blog&#8230;yeah!</span></p>
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