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January 9, 2005


Guillemette du roi

Guillemette celebrated her 29th birthday with a galette du roi party. For the occasion she made dinner and four cakes. Each contained a fevre. As tradition dictates, s/he who finds the fevre buried within his or her piece of cake is king or queen for the day. Tradition also dictates that the youngest member of the party sit under the table and call out the names of guests to whom each piece is served. Jenny 8 did the honors.

We waited until all the pieces were served before digging in. Jean peeked at her slice and said she might have won. She did, and said that it was the first time she had won anything. She chose Patrick as her king.

This evening marked the first time I had met Guillemette's new roommate. Befoer I realized who he was, I fell into a conversation with him about Keren Ann and Francoise Hardy. He said he had Hardy's new album and asked me if I wanted to hear it. (Jean mentioned that she picked up Keren Ann's album partially because she wanted her hairstyle.) He lead me to a room at the back of the apartment and started rifling through papers on a desk and then flipped through CD's on a shelf. I was wondering who this guy was that he was treating someone's property so cavalierly before recognition dawned.

After the wine had been drunk and the champagne poured, Guillemette made coffee. I was feeling tired and dehydrated and said my goodbyes. Patrick said we should get coffee soon, but I feel cowed. I haven't progressed on any projects since we last met. But maybe tomorrow I'll look through my color photos from the Middle East. In the meantime, here are pictures from this evening (click the back button to see more).
Posted by eku at January 9, 2005 1:22 AM
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