May day, May day!

In France, there are half holidays and full holidays. Only the French know the difference. I'm French, so I can tell the diamond from the cubic zirconia, the real from the Memorex.  But if you're from out of town, there is only one surefire way to find out. Go to Monoprix.

If it's open, it's a half holiday, if it's closed, you know for sure that this is the real thing, a full-on, whole holiday.



In France, May 1st is about as whole as a holiday can get.


This year, May day fell on a Saturday, which kind of annoyed mama and papa because they don't get an extra day off and all the shops are closed. But my sister and I are born and bred Parisians, and we know a few things to do on whole holidays.

The market on Avenue de Saxe is open. That place reminds mama and papa of Dude and Chris. We bought some of that delicious green tapenade and the traditional May 1st muguet.


But on May first you want to do something a little different, something new. So mama and papa took me to the theater. My first time!

Yeap, mama and papa decided to slum it so we climbed aboard the Metro and headed east to the 13th arrondissement! After checking out the interesting types who take public transport mama gave me a whole lot of anti-bacterial gel and we walked to the theatre la cachette to see Lucine et Malo.




Inès fell asleep but I couldn't keep my eyes of the stage. Every time Lucine came on stage my heart started to beat a little harder. A bit sad though, because Lucine is an ondine. To most ordinary folk she might be mistaken for a mermaid, but she's not. I can tell them apart. A bit like whole holidays and half ones.

Why don't you check out all our pictures from May day here: I'm no commie but I love May 1st!