brand names, and how they deceive!!!

here's what we've learned from paris so far.

brand names, deceive.

let's take... every patisserie that exists in paris of which we've experienced so far.
we've done eric keyser.
we've done la duree.
we've done fuchoun.
we'll do much much more.
and yet our favorite pain aux chocolat? is from a small bakery downstairs called maison jouvien.

another one?
angelina is a place right next to the louvre that is REKNOWN for their hot chocolate. if you read grace's blog, i mean it was good, but... cacao du chocolat's was much better. maybe because going to angelina's is like having a 7lbs bar of thick chocolate, melted, and placed into a mug that you need to drink. literally.

we finally got our cell phones today, it's like grabbing gum at the convenience store.
'mmmm i'll have... a gatorade... mmm some skittles... oh yeah, and two SIM cards for pre-paid cell service. oh, and 2 extensions on the pre-paid cell please. oh yeah, and the bubblicious. it's almost too easy. except at 0.28 euros per minute for mobile to mobile within the carrier, and 0.38 euros per minute for any other call, and having it cheaper to call the united states and other foreign countries from your cell (at 0.19 euros per minute), something seems to be a bit backwords in this country...

whatev. ce la vie.