Tagged to 7 Meme

What a *cool* idea! That means, I have to think and try to use my memory which is already so quickly fading away. I wonder how many neurones I lose a day while getting older. My rate seems larger than the normal average.

I was delighted to be tagged by Ivonne from Cream Puffs in Venice and participate in 7 Meme. As by what is listed below, you will soon understand what it is all about.

7 Things to Do Before I Die

• Go to Patagonia and also to Asia, Vietnam, Laos, attends (wait!) , where is my list with the 200 400 country names on it?
• Climb the Himalaya or any big tall out-of-reach mountain.
• Own my Tart/Tartine/Salad restaurant or/and write a cookbook (I wonder when this will happen)
• Be an amazing photographer (that is, I have to start reading the manuals and remember the camera settings, but at the rate by which my neurones are fading away….)
• Be able to live in a big house with a vegetable garden, own a lap pool (eheh, I am an avid swimmer) and have a backdrop of mountains in the distance and at the same time, have an apartment in Paris (I can still dream considering the real estate prices there!)
• Be able to communicate and understand my hubbie’s English 100% (I think it is his fault, he mumbles).
• Fix my network/PC problems myself without asking P. all the time.

7 Things I Cannot Do

• Once I feel the first sign of hunger, wait until it is ready! ( a glass of wine helps)
• Shut up when trying to convince someone that fat-free, no cholesterol, sugar-free yogurts are crap!
• Eat without putting food on my face. (Not sure why!)
• Go to Sur la Table without buying a cooking/baking gadget of some sort.
• Stop my constant purchasing endless supplies of plates, vases, cups, napkins, tablemats
• Skip a meal
• Stop getting food magazine subscriptions

7 Things that Attract Me to Blogging

• I can talk about food and nobody gets bored and asks me to shut up
• I wake up in the morning dying to see what happened in the food blogosphere at night
• I learn and learn zillions of things about other food bloggers’ stories and great skills
• I can meet people from all around the world with whom I share the same passion : la bonne bouffe (French slang for good food, ie grub)
• I can expand my cooking knowledge thanks to other food bloggers
• I laugh
• I cook

7 Things I Say Most Often

• Attends…(Wait!) Ah bon ? (Really?)
• Come here, I have to show you something
• Do you know what I need?
• You must be joking!
• Euh, ben j’en sais rien, je comprends pas (Euh, I don’t know, I don’t understand)
• I have nothing to wear!
• J’ai un petit creux, pas toi? (I am hungry (peekish), what about you?)

7 Books I Love

• The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
• Nord Perdu by Nancy Huston
• A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
• Mother Tongue by Bill Bryson
• La Reine du Silence by Marie Nimier
• Expecting Adam by Martha Beck
• The Penguin Companion to Food by Alan Davidson

7 Movies/DVDs I Watch Over and Over Again

• Un Air de Famille
• Le Festin de Babette
• Fargo
• Le petit monde de Don Camillo
• Stealing Beauty
• Les Visiteurs
• Croupier

7 Tags

• Emma at Laughing Gastronome
• Anaik at Le Confit c’est pas gras!
• Flo from Bliss in the Kitchen
• Sam from Becks & Posh
• Viv from Seattle Bon Vivant
• Fanny from Food Beam
• Melissa from Banlieue Blog

Can I cheat and add one, 20 more, ok, just one

• Chubby Hubby