Run!

It's true, just about all French people are skinny. I think it's because they practically run everywhere -- their exit signs tell them they have to.

When I first saw this sign, I thought it indicated an emergency exit (because who would move that fast unless it was an emergency?), and consequently I couldn't find the way out of my housing complex for a good couple of hours.

Seriously though, if you're French and under the age of 35 (and often even over), you are slim and very attractive.

Speaking of slim and attractive, I was looking in the mirror today ... and remembered the fashion photo-shoot I saw yesterday on the Ile Saint-Louis. Busy looking upwards at all the geranium-filled window boxes, I almost walked right onto the set! The blonde model was very tall and very skinny, much, much taller than the pages of a magazine let on. Her neon-pink lips matched the neon pink of her cable-knit sweater ... which was paired with the type of plaid skirt a Scottish Highlander would wear. Hm. Did the French hit a fashion faux-pas?