My finale for Paris in July - and afternoon french rose! |
Hosting a blogging event is kind of like hosting a dinner party. You spend some time preparing the site, inviting the guests, setting the scene. Then after you've prepared the menu, you then spend some time in the kitchen. For me, I put some energy into calling for participants assistance - with things like the buttons. And haven't we had some great buttons to choose from this year. I particularly loved this one. But I also note some of you created your own boutique buttons - Like Mel U @ the reading life.
Designed by Lisbeth at The Content Reader |
Paris is certainly a city to celebrate - it's parks, green chairs, lakes and boats - through to it's patisseries and boulangeries - the wines of France through to the Creme Caramels. It's artists, musicians, composers, authors, poets, chefs and directors who engage us, challenge us and romance us. There's so much about Paris, France to love.
So around the table, the party starts to beak up. It's time for guests to go home, move on, and some may have to recover... They leave the room with cheers and appreciation, one by one - and having thoroughly enjoyed the company of like minded friends for another month long 'dinner party', the guests remark....
encore! jusque' a prochaine fois! meme temps l'annee prochaine?
Bien sure, mes amis - peut-etre une autre fois.... 2019.
There's no more mr Linky - but we'd love to stay in touch. If you're still to post your Paris in July Wrap Up - you could link it in the comments here. And as with all good dinner parties - this host has a little cleaning up to do. I hope to add this years participants list and summaries into my Paris In July page (TAB at top of my blog) as a collection for 2018's Paris in July memory.
Dont you love to pop into your favourite sweet or Gelato place after eating too much at a dinner party? A bientot! |
9 comments:
It was great fun to join in! I read blogs, posted twice and loved it all! Merci!
Thank you for all you did to make this a remarkable blog event! I enjoyed every minute.
best... mae at maefood.blogspot.com
Great fun. Thanks for hosting. See you in July, 2019,God Willing.
My reaction to a month of reading and writing about France was to read a book by an African-born writer!
https://maefood.blogspot.com/2018/08/freshwater-by-awaeke-emezi.html
best... mae
Many thanks for hosting Paris in July this year again. I really enjoyed it. I had a friend visiting from Australia the last week, so therefore not so many posts. I did a last one today about Nana, and you find it here: https://thecontentreader.blogspot.com/2018/08/paris-in-july-2018-nana-by-emile-zola.html
Many thanks to all of you who participated. It was a pleasure to meet old friends and new, with many interesting posts on a variety of thing. Paris feels much closer now. Hoping to see you next year.
As always, I have loved Paris in July this year and even had a bit more time and connectivity to visit a few more spaces. I'm always intrigued with the individual spin everyone puts on their posts and grateful for their visits to mine. Thank you so much for hosting! Onward! Next year I might even be able to report on my October visit!
I love your metaphor; yes, Paris in July is like a lovely dinner party, with lots of wonderful guests and conversations and food. Thank you so much for hosting this event.
What a wonderful way to describe our time with Paris in July! It was a true feast with great company & lots of stimulating discussion. Thank you so much for the hostess with the mostess 😁
& I’ve written your name on my dinner card for next year.
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