"Je ne suis pas une touriste, je suis une blogger..."

As I mentioned in my last post, Saturday was our official one year France-a-versary. And what better way to celebrate then by going to the St. Genis salon des vins!


[At the ready...]

The Thoiry Salon back in September was on a much bigger scale tha this one, however the one flaw that it had was a lack of food. When you belly up to that little bar for each vendor, you better be ready to take down 2-6 possible different wines, and some form of sustenance is necessary to keep a clear head and even-keeled tummy.


That being said, how cool is this little contraption?! Not only did we get a nifty little wine glass with the degustation kit (all for the low low price of 2€), but it came with a plate, a cute napkin, and a little thing so you don't lose your glass/have a hand free to write them a check for a case of wine...The plate came in handy as there were several Bio vendors selling everything from crepes, bread and baked goodies to saucisson and cheese. Heaven in a salle de fete...






We picked up a kilo of oysters (huitres) from the South of France while we were there...


...and even got a free sampling.


Dan knows he is a merely a decoy to capture the fabulous essence of this scotch-peddlin-frenchman's hot pink shirt...


We ended the night by purchasing 10 bottles of wine, a kilo of huitres, two saucissons, and some coconut goodies for the following morning.


Dan even found a way to survive my massive amount of picture taking. (I can't help it, I'm a very visually oriented person...) I think that what made it easier for him to handle was that every time I reached for my camera I quickly said, "Je ne suis pas une touriste, je suis une blogger..." Maybe next time I'll make a Press pass, but instead of "press" it'll just say "blogger."

A la prochain friends...