The Net Dog Blog

Last night Blake and I attended a reception at the residence of Craig Roberts Stapleton, the new United States Ambassador to France in Paris. The invitation didn't say how to dress but Blake assured me that it would be black tie. Later, he said that people would be wearing suits as well but he guaranteed that there would be others wearing tuxes. Needless to say, I felt a little ridiculous when we arrived and discovered that absolutely no one else was wearing a tuxedo. I told Blake that I wasn't speaking to him again, but that only lasted as long as it took me to finish a glass of really good champagne! We sampled hors d'oeuvres supplied by several American businesses in France. The funny thing is KFC furnished deserts and not chicken. We left following a speech by the new Ambassador and once again rode the Metro back to our hotel. The way people looked at us I felt like we fell off a gay wedding cake.