Toast Bastille Day tomorrow wherever you are with a bit of <par-lay vou fran-say> while sipping bubbly from the stylish bottle I fell in love with for our own Independence Day.
And let the patriotic celebrations keep on coming! Turns out, red, white and blue works for many reasons this summer, not least of which is the upcoming Olympics!
So get your stylish cheer on for the USA, France, UK, Australia, New Zealand, The Netherlands, (You too, Falkland Islands), Russia, Norway, Iceland, Dominican Republic (aye papi!), Costa Rica, Panama, Paraguay, Chile, Nepal, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Laos, Malaysia or North Korea (though ‘popping bottles’ might not be so much of ‘a thing’ in North Korea).
For the Happy Friday Bastille Day edition, I’ll leave you with a lo-fi video of the classic SNL “French Lesson” skit…
…because I would be lying if I said I didn’t think of this every time (EVERY) time I [attempt to] speak the language.
French Teacher: Mais oui. Je m’appelle.. Monsieur Norbek! Et vous? Comme es vous appelez-vous?
Robert: Uh..
French Teacher: Repondez: Je m’appelle.. Robert!
Robert: Je m’appelle Robert.
French Teacher: Non. Je m’appelle.. Robert!
Robert: Je m’appelle Robert.
French Teacher: Je m’appelle.. Robert!
Robert: Je m’appelle Robert.
French Teacher: Je m’appelle.. Robert!
Robert: [ mimicking inflection ] Je m’appelle.. Robert!
Happy Friday!
x M
