Dominick joins papa for a a few oyster eye-openers with a chilled glass of France's finest at the fishmongers at the Divonne market. A Sunday morning semi-ritual, we bicycle into France for a taste of the sea. I say "we", but most the time papa is on his own. Now that Dominick is legal wine-drinking age, it was an opportunity to drag him from behind his World of Warcraft screen and into the real world for a taste of what France has to offer.

And a happy Mother's Day to Jeanne, Marilynn, and all the other mothers out there today. Jeanne showed up with Sierra after the oysters and enjoyed a couple of pastis before walking the dog around the local lake.