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dimanche 9 mars 2003 |
vera meneclier cuts the cheese as her brother-in-law philippe looks on.
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after the meat and melted cheese course the table was cleared and salad plates were passed out. white wine was served. a tray of cheese was passed around. each person cut off slices to eat with their salad. a bowl of fresh salad lightly dressed with a vinagrette was passed around, along with a basket of bread.
delphine described her experience working as a nanny for a family in seattle for two years. she is very fond of americans. she explained to her family that american mothers always speak with their children about feelings in a way french mothers rarely mention. she plans to speak with her kids about feelings, she said, like american parents. delphine is a postal worker in the small town of everaux. her husband, a fireman and an immigrant from spain, could not come to the meal. she said in everaux they can afford a small home with a yard for adrian, while in paris they would pay more money for a tiny apartment and no yard.
philippe asked if we like u2. he put a music video of a u2 concert on the entertainment system. he asked if we thought bono should get the nobel peace prize. christian opened the newspaper and showed a political cartoon in french with bono, president chirac and the pope, where the pope and chirac were both dreaming of winning the nobel prize, while bono was dreaming of peace.