Jetlag

So, as it turns out, that whole last post was pointless as I never updated from Paris. Oops.

Once I’m caught up at work, I’ll have hours and hours to document my time spent in France.

Hopefully.

Bringing you up to speed..

I've been in France since June 25th.

I spent a week on the Côte d’Azur.

Since then I have been studying French in Paris.

Casey also happens to be studying French in Paris.

We're friends.

I joined Casey for an Amélie scavenger hunt.

On said scavenger hunt I remet Daniel.

Daniel lives in Paris.

In the 1st.

Dan lives with Daniel.

Unfortunately, Dan wasn't around when we met Daniel.

We forgive him.


We hang out and see cool things/eat good food together.

I leave in less than a week.

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Now that I've gotten that out of the way I feel like I can update.

My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard.

I haven't been able to get Feist's Brandy Alexander out of my head for the past 24 hours. So much so, the urge to try a Brandy Alexander forced me to Water Works this afternoon after class.

Very excited as I thought, "if this drink is good enough for John Lennon to binge on it HAS to be good." I mean, c'mon.. the man referred to it as his "milkshake."

Unfortunately, Water Works does not have a large selection of brandy so I went with cognac (Courvoisier, to be exact). Mistake #1.

Since I live on the internets, when I ordered the drink I was expecting to receive what I had wikipedia'ed the night before. Mistake #2.

1 1/2 oz Brandy
1 oz Dark Crème de Cacao
1 oz Half-and-half or Heavy cream
1/4 tsp grated Nutmeg


I would have been happy sans nutmeg and even OK with the fact it was served in an old fashion glass as opposed to a cocktail glass, but when the bartender explained that the drink was basically brandy and milk (or my case cognac), my taste buds were slightly bummed out. A simple splash of light creme de cacao and a few shakes later, I was hardly enjoying my long awaited "Brandy Alexander."



Luckily my bestfriend was just hired as a bartender at Water Works so next time she's working we're going to re do the whole experience.

Oh Brandy Alexander, you won't get me into trouble yet.


(Although I DO have a test for which I am not currently studying.. but that's a whole other post)