Our first Paris AMERICAblog meet-up was a success

We held our first AMERICAblog get together in Paris last night, and it went really well. I was kind of afraid nobody would show, but we had about 12 or 13 people, including a few of my friends, show up at Marcus' art studio. It was actually quite fun. An American couple from Boston, who are swapping apartments with a family in France for the month, came with their two adorable kids. A Franco-American couple who are soon moving to Sacramento came by. Also in attendance, a reader from Seattle who is here to study French for a month, and a woman who has been here for several years and is a painter - she showed with another friend. It was a nice, small intimate crowd, and we hung out till around 1030 pm. We definitely have to do more of these (and we still have to do on in DC!)

(Unfortunately, the panoramic shot got a bit screwed up, so you're gonna miss the really cute French guy :-)