Ligne 6 • August 2008

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Being an artsy, creative type, I tend to have a romantic, somewhat unrealistic view of the world at times. I still think that if I believe in it hard enough, life can turn out like an Audrey Hepburn movie. 

When I was 17 years old, I finally was able to realize my life-long dream of going to Paris. At the time I was obsessed with the movie “Sabrina.” The Edith Piaf song “La Vie En Rose” is featured in the film, and I was convinced that I had to hear it in Paris or else my trip wouldn’t be real. Yes I realize the logic is a bit skewed on that one, but I was a 17 year old geek who wore high-waisted pants and rings on every finger.  

We were only going to be in Paris two days as it was part of a larger tour of Europe, so my time would be limited to hear the song. Then I thought oh it’s Paris, they must play it on every street corner. Not so much. We toured the City of Lights and every moment, I fell in love with it just a little bit more. Unfortunately, I had not yet heard my song. I was starting to panic. My entire trip would become invalidated in an instant if I didn’t hear a cheesy cabaret song.