baby bottle wine

i thought i'd really experienced something new with the juice box wine... until i went to the fondue place last night. they served wine out of BABY BOTTLES (i love a good little bit of irony every now and then... and then pointing it out later). no joke. and it was good wine, too! it was kind of funny how unnatural the suckling feels to you.  but it works. something works. 

as for the fondue-- très magnifique! we got a cheese and a meat one and by the end of the meal i was definitely feeling the kick of a food baby. i'd never had meat fondue.. it's basically like cooking your own personal bite of meat. you pick up a piece of raw meat on the prong and then you let it sit in the boiling liquid (??) until it's cooked to your liking. i'm a fan. 

the restaurant itself was pretty cool. rugged in a sort of been-around-awhile kind of way... long communal tables and writing all over the walls. a fun, loud atmosphere.

wanting chocolate fondue now... anybody know of a place?? 

tonight. TONIGHT. i went to alvin ailey at the theatre du chatelet. one of the best dance performances i've seen in a long while. the dancers are so powerful... the women just as strong as the men. i didn't have great seats either... peering through the heads of two very  burly men can sometimes detract from the impact of the performance... but this made it all the way to the back row for me. they did an amazing set of ottis redding songs and the last set was their famous "revelations" sequence with "wade in da water" and "fix me jesus" (my personal favorite... it was a duet and it brought a tear to the eye). and modern dance isn't my favorite either.. i'm usually a diehard ballerina fan. but i'll have to make an exception for this.

off to amsterdam for the weekend tomorrow! never been before and i'm really excited about the group of people i'm going with... always makes it better. i'll update when i get back... but i'll proooooobably leave out a few details to ensure the dignity of all parties invovled. au revoir!