Barbecue with friends...

Another absolutely beautiful day!

Spent most of the day going back and forth to the DIY store (Leroy Merlin) for a damn toilet seat. The first one was broke when I got it home, went back to return it and the second one had the wrong screws. Went back and returned it and this time opened the box before I left the store...

Put up some very nice white shelves in our new basement staircase alcove just to be able to say I had done something today. Desney has repainted the entire staircase alcove in yellow, white and grey including the floors and it's looking great.

We had a couple of friends (David and Sasha) over for dinner and Jessica invited her friend Mercedes as well. For what is probably the first time Desney was the minority nationality at table as David, Sasha and Mercedes are all American, Jessica and Alexandra are half-American and I am an ex-American looking for any other nationality... especially French.

The meal went well, albeit a bit tricky as Sasha is a vegetarian who luckily eats fish, and the wine went well (Pol Roger Champagne, Fleurie Clos des Dîmes 2002 from Maison de Fleurie and a Moulin à Vent 2000 from them for the cheese). The barbecue was great and the smoke was just about bearable. Desney had made a raspberry mousse which finished everything off nicely.

We finally retired to the living room to talk after the meal... and talk we did! At about 2:30 in the morning, with Desney slowly passing out in one of the chairs and desperately trying to politely stay awake and coherent, we called them a taxi and off they went home to sleep as only single couples with no kids can.

At about 3 in the morning the two of us basically passed out full of food, wine and conversation...