Weather today: Mostly cloudy, chance of rain

OK, OK, I’m getting an icky feeling this is becoming a blog for weirdos obsessed with their pets…  (No offense to all you weirdos out there obsessed with your pets…some of whom live in my house) I know, I started it (the pet thing)..mea culpa.  

I’m wondering why my fellow bloggers will post pet photos but not their own.  Hmm shy maybe? 

I’m rarely accused of being shy.  We (La Gringa and El Latino) were at a dinner party Friday night where I was asked the usual question “How do you like France?”  (After ten years it’s crazy to me that I’m supposed to answer this in one sentence…it’s like, ‘how do you like your husband?’ — do you want a daily average???)  I’m not one of the expats who loves to hate it here, nor do I fall into the category of beret huggers.  I’ve a slightly jaded, more positive than negative, yet reserving the right to complain -attitude.  

 

 

 

So I gave the requisite raves about Paris and living in France.  I made a teensy weensy complaint about the last 67 days of rain.  

And the response?  ”Well, NY weather is worse.”  

Where I come from (New York), thems fighting words.  So here it is…according to the BBC, (independent source, neither American or French, see how fair I am) Paris has a wopping 162 wet days per year on average.  That’s nearly every other day!  NY has 125.  Not Yuma Arizona, but that’s another month+ of dry, frizz free days.  NY has on average an extra 2.5 hours of sunlight per day!  I’m sorry, I have light deficiency.  That’s my beef here.  I love Paris.  But words to the wise:  Bring an umbrella…just in case.

La Gringa