Bonjour Paris
The One In Which I Try To Answer the Obvious Questions.
The first question we usually get is, why Paris? The Gorgeous Blonde (my wife) usually responds with a quick, why not? Most people laugh, but eventually they come back around and give us a, no, but really, why Paris?
There really is no one reason. TGB and I came to the same conclusion - Paris - via very different routes. I grew up loving Hemingway and Audrey Hepburn. Both of those roads lead inevitably to Paris. Before joining the Air Force I considered going to work for the Big Mouse at Eurodisney. I still have the packet of paperwork in a box in California.
TGB went away on a school trip in High School. I am loathe to tell anyone else's story, so I will leave it at - that trip seemed to plant a seed.
Keep reading with a 7-day free trial
Subscribe to A Chicano In Paris to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.