Poseur #4: All That Glitters is Not Gucci
“Dr. Hortense Bonnaire’s office was right behind Le Pain Quotidien on Melrose, which, though not the most authentic French restaurant in the city, still appeased Charlotte.
Jake bought a chocolate croissant there to eat in the waiting room.
“This was a good idea,” Charlotte trilled, laying her tiny smooth hand on Jake’s corduroy-clad knee. Charlotte looked like a true miniature lady for the occasion, with her glossy black curls gathered into a low chignon, a frilly off-white blouse, and ...a maroon velvet blazer with the cameo brooch affixed to the lapel. As she perched on the delightfully beautiful and remarkably uncomfortable couch, tearing little shreds off of Jake’s croissant (and kind of wishing she’d gotten her own), Charlotte was as happy as she could be. Because for once, she was as French as she could be without actually leaving the boring old U.S.
of A.
Jake smiled. “If we don’t like it, we don’t have to come back,”MoreLess
Jake bought a chocolate croissant there to eat in the waiting room.
“This was a good idea,” Charlotte trilled, laying her tiny smooth hand on Jake’s corduroy-clad knee. Charlotte looked like a true miniature lady for the occasion, with her glossy black curls gathered into a low chignon, a frilly off-white blouse, and ...a maroon velvet blazer with the cameo brooch affixed to the lapel. As she perched on the delightfully beautiful and remarkably uncomfortable couch, tearing little shreds off of Jake’s croissant (and kind of wishing she’d gotten her own), Charlotte was as happy as she could be. Because for once, she was as French as she could be without actually leaving the boring old U.S.
of A.
Jake smiled. “If we don’t like it, we don’t have to come back,”MoreLess
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