July 27, 2006
The Day I Turn 27
I am celebrating my 27th birthday today, and the weather is happy with frequent bursts of thankfulness. Twenty-seven has always been my lucky number so I am not all that surprised, but I have to say this has been an excellent vintage: my first year working for myself (I do recommend it to anyone who likes to work in his pajamas and dislikes being told what to do and when), my first cookbook completed, plenty of gratifying and challenging projects, a few fun-filled trips, more splendid meals than I can count, and more chocolate than I care to admit.
My plans for today involve a blissful mix of doing nothing at all, spending time with the people I love who are close by, and thinking about those who aren't. And as I do just that, I will keep my fingers crossed, and wish for another year just like this one.
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Permalink | Posted by clotilde in Interlude
27 on the 27th! This is your magic year! Happy Birthday and congratulations on a past year lived well.
Posted by Culinary Fool on July 27, 2006 3:38 PM~ B
Happy birthday Clotilde! I wish you many more great years (like this past one) in the future!
Posted by Aminda on July 27, 2006 3:39 PMhappy birthday! i love reading your stuff and this website. when i feel down, i like to peek in here and see what's new, about food and a little bit about life.
Posted by lk on July 27, 2006 3:40 PM-cambridge, massachusetts
happy birthday!!! as you know, i have been celebrating since the wee small hours of the morning. in your honor, i had a buttery croissant with my frere marriage marco polo tea. your yummy chocolate cake is waiting to be shared with co-birthday girl, julie jackson of www.subversivecrossstitch.com and champagne is chilling. i have choreographed an interpretive dance in your honor and i am working in as many bon mots en francais au jourd hui as i can in your honor.
Posted by le singe on July 27, 2006 3:41 PMhappy birthday to my favourite food blogger!
Posted by Dawn on July 27, 2006 3:42 PMmy first post and this is the best time to do so. may your day be a sunny bright one with lots of laughter love and yummy food!
Happy birthday and I hope the rainbows are out with the butterflies!
Posted by Bonnie on July 27, 2006 3:47 PMJoyeux Anniversaire! Avoir 27 encore, quel reve. Eat something delcious today. Where will the birthday cake come from? Post a photo of it!
Posted by paristriptips on July 27, 2006 3:52 PMHappy Birthday! :)
Posted by juliebean on July 27, 2006 3:56 PMHappy 27th and many happy returns!
Posted by Suzy on July 27, 2006 4:06 PMJoyeux Anni!
Posted by Alison on July 27, 2006 4:08 PMHappy Birthday, and thanks for sharing that beautiful bouquet!
Posted by gingerpale on July 27, 2006 4:10 PMHappy birthday, and many happy returns!
The rain last nice certainly was nice considering how hot it's been lately. I hope the nice weather extends to give you an excellent birthday WEEK. ;-)
Posted by Chris T. on July 27, 2006 4:15 PMHappy birthday Clotilde!
Posted by Anne on July 27, 2006 4:17 PMjoyeux anniversaire
Posted by clothilde on July 27, 2006 4:19 PMprofitons de chaque jour, la vie est un cadeau.
Happy Birthday Clothilde! And many many more.
Posted by David on July 27, 2006 4:22 PMUn joyeux anniversaire, Clothilde! Enjoy the day and have other people bring you pretty and/or yummy things.
Posted by Jamie on July 27, 2006 4:31 PMHappy Birthday!
Posted by suzy on July 27, 2006 4:34 PMhappy bday!!! hope you have 157 more
Posted by Gustad Mody on July 27, 2006 5:03 PMHappy 27th Clotilde! And congratulations on...well...just about everything!
Posted by Kevin on July 27, 2006 5:08 PMHappy Birthday and Congratulations!
Posted by Andrea on July 27, 2006 5:16 PMBon Anniversaire Clotilde.
Posted by fanny on July 27, 2006 5:23 PMI'm sure you have many more wonderful and enchanting years ahead... happy birthday!
Posted by s'kat on July 27, 2006 5:25 PMJoyeaux Anniversaire Clothilde. Bisous de San Francisco...
sam xxx
Posted by sam on July 27, 2006 5:27 PMHappy Birthday! Enjoy your day!
Posted by Meredith on July 27, 2006 5:27 PMGEFELICITEERD!!! Happy Birthday!
Greetz!
Posted by Marijke on July 27, 2006 5:32 PMMay your chocolate always stay green and your zucchini always melt in your mouth, not in your hand. Happy Birthday Clotilde! It couldn't have happened to a nicer food blogger :)
Posted by Adam on July 27, 2006 5:54 PMHappy 27th Birthday Clotilde! Keep up the beautiful writing and wonderful culinary exploration! Can't wait for the cookbook!
Posted by Orlene on July 27, 2006 6:09 PMHappy Birthday! 27 is such a great year!
Posted by L on July 27, 2006 6:13 PMHappy birthday! Enjoy, this is your last cubed birthday (3x3x3) until you're 64 (4x4x4).
Posted by barrett on July 27, 2006 6:17 PMhappy happy birthday! just found your site & it is truly lovely.
Posted by meridith on July 27, 2006 6:18 PMHappy 27th B-day Clotilde! I am sure it will be a great year for you.
Posted by Teresa on July 27, 2006 6:21 PMhappy, happy birthday, Clothilde!
Posted by mireille on July 27, 2006 6:37 PMhappy birthday!!! all the best this year and always!
Posted by chanelle on July 27, 2006 6:46 PMHappy birthday Clotilde!
Posted by keiko on July 27, 2006 6:48 PMHappy 27th! You bring so much joy to those of us who work in cramped cubes all day staring at the glare of a computer. Thank you!
Posted by Rose on July 27, 2006 6:50 PMJoyeaux Anniversaire Clotilde. You really do celebrate life--by the way you live your own.
27 on the 27th! Its gonna be GOOD!
Posted by Charlotte on July 27, 2006 6:57 PMHappy birthday Clotilde! and to many more years of inspiring us.
Posted by Sean on July 27, 2006 7:05 PMJoyeux anniversaire, Clotilde!
You are such a sparkling example of someone who lives the beauty way-- very best wishes on this magical day.
Posted by Elizabeth on July 27, 2006 7:13 PMHappy Birthday, Clotilde! Thank you for sharing your words and your recipes. Your posts are like little presents for us!
Posted by Austen on July 27, 2006 7:17 PMHappy Birthday, Clotilde! I love reading your blog. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and recipes. May you have many more years like this one.
Best Wishes!
Posted by sc on July 27, 2006 7:31 PMMay you have the best birthday ever and many many more to come. :)
Posted by Christine on July 27, 2006 7:49 PMHappy birthday, dear Clotilde! You have had a simply breathtaking time since you started this blog, but the last year has been especially spectacular from where your enthralled readers sit! I often use the success and fulfillment that your blog has brought you as an example of what the benefits are of this sort of thing, and you are a living, breathing case for not just taking life as it comes, but making life what you want it to be. May this birthday bring you much joy and comfort, and the next year even more satisfaction, growth, and recognition.
Posted by Jackie Danicki on July 27, 2006 7:49 PMJoyeux anniversaire, mon amie!
Je vous souhaite beaucoup de chance par prochaine année!
Posted by Mike M. on July 27, 2006 8:19 PMHappy birthday!
Posted by Katherine on July 27, 2006 8:38 PMhappy birthday! best wishes for today and for more vintage years to come. your blog is always lovely to read.
Posted by janet on July 27, 2006 8:41 PMHAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Posted by Lenn on July 27, 2006 9:13 PMHappy birthday, such success and happiness seems contageous, we share your joy!
Posted by Mayacook on July 27, 2006 9:31 PMHappy birthday!!! The day I'll turn 22 is not so far (hi hi hi, 29/07) So we're both "Lions" (very interesting...). Anyway, I think I won't get flowers ;-) Un anniversaire mérite bien un peu de français, non? Et puis que peut-on encore souhaiter ? Mmmmmmm...? Adria?
Posted by Stéphane on July 27, 2006 10:10 PMhappy birthday clotilde! To a wondeful day!
Posted by valentina jacome on July 27, 2006 10:25 PMHappy Birthday! You are just 9 days younger than me - and yet you seem to have done so much! Well done, you're an inspiration.
Posted by Louise on July 27, 2006 10:30 PMHappy Birthday, Clotilde! Hope it's an absolutely perfect day for you.
Posted by Janice on July 27, 2006 11:01 PMHappy Birthday Clotilde!!!
Posted by Geneve on July 27, 2006 11:05 PMHappy birthday! I hope you have another wonderful year and that you keep writing your blog- you give me a little present every time I read it. Thanks.
Posted by Anne on July 27, 2006 11:10 PMHappy Birthday to you! And thanks to your Mom for a day of (most likely) almost unbearable pain! Her bravery was all to our benefit!
Posted by Christy on July 28, 2006 12:07 AMHappy B-Day. Keep up the great writing.
Posted by Duane on July 28, 2006 12:14 AMMy, Clotilde, it seems like you just had a birthday yesterday. Has it been that long? What a lot happened in that year.
Posted by Neil on July 28, 2006 12:25 AMHappy Birthday!!
Bonne anniversaire, Clotilde! And many wishes for another wonderful year! Your talent and joie de vivre (et joie de manger!) will carry you far!
I look forward to seeing what you have in the works for the coming year!
Posted by Donna Smith-Harrison on July 28, 2006 12:41 AMDonna
A very happy birthday to you, Clotilde! Looking forward to reading more about your cookbook, and all your other lovely posts!
Posted by Pille on July 28, 2006 1:28 AMHappy Birthday!!!! Have a super next year.
Posted by Helen on July 28, 2006 1:56 AMHappy Birthday, Clotilde. Thank you for a wonderful blog - I call you the "Mother of all Food Blogs". Congratulations on your accomplishments and success. From my heart, all the best wishes for a wonderful life and may all your dreams come true.
Posted by Angelica on July 28, 2006 2:08 AMHappy Birthday, Clotilde. Thank you for a wonderful blog - I call you the "Mother of all Food Blogs". Congratulations on your accomplishments and success. From my heart, all the best wishes for a wonderful life and may all your dreams come true.
Posted by Angelica on July 28, 2006 2:09 AMHAPPY BIRTHDAY CLOTILDE!!!!
May your day bring you lots of warmth and happiness!
gisele
Posted by gisele on July 28, 2006 2:10 AMBonne anniversaire et felicitations!
It was great meeting you in SF. Looking forward to reading the cookbook!
shelly
Posted by shelly on July 28, 2006 2:10 AMhappy birthday clotilde! many happy returns...
Posted by deborah on July 28, 2006 2:23 AMBonne anniversaire!
Posted by Heather on July 28, 2006 2:48 AMHappy Birthday Clotilde! May you have many more years like the one that you have had this year so that we as your faithful readers can enjoy such a delightful blog! Thank-you!
Posted by alice on July 28, 2006 2:48 AMMany happy returns, Alice
Happy Birthday!
Lovely flowers. Great color. I hope they came complete with a big smile on the face you're happiest to see. ;>
Posted by rainey on July 28, 2006 3:32 AMoh! happy birthday :]
i don't normally leave comments (shyness, perhaps?) but i hope you have a wonderful day - i love your site. i'm dreadfully addicted to it; almost as much as i'm dreadfully addicted to making food. >
congratulations on everything you've done this year and may you have another year so enjoyable as the last!
Posted by bonnie on July 28, 2006 3:34 AMHappy B-day Clotilde! You're usin' up your 20s splendidly.
All my best.
Posted by Marina on July 28, 2006 3:41 AMHappy Birthday, Clotilde! July 27 is my birthday as well - I remember this from last year.
Congratulations on completing the book and I look forward to seeing it in print!
Posted by Susan Jones on July 28, 2006 3:43 AMHappy, Happy Birthday, Clotilde!
My birthday wish for you is that EVERY year is as wonderful as the last year has been for you.
Posted by Judy on July 28, 2006 3:58 AMHave a wonderful day Clotilde.
Posted by barbara on July 28, 2006 5:02 AMBonne Anniversaire! A toast to cheer you on a full year of celebration!
Your fellow July Birthday Buddies, Anni and Ander ala San Francisco!
Tootles,
Anni :-)
Posted by Anni on July 28, 2006 6:06 AMJoyeux anniversaire, et bravo pour tout !
Posted by Clea on July 28, 2006 7:03 AMHappy Birthday! May the next year bring even more wonderful and exciting things for you!
Posted by Victoria on July 28, 2006 7:05 AMHappy Birthday!
Posted by the chocolate lady (eve) on July 28, 2006 7:48 AMBest wishes for many wonderful years.
Happy Birthday to youuuuu, happy birthday to youuuuu....
Best Wishes from a reader from Munich in Germany!
Claudia
Posted by Claudia on July 28, 2006 7:49 AMHappy birthday! and thanks for sharing so much with us. Best of all!
Posted by pseudorlaya on July 28, 2006 9:03 AMHappy birthday Clotilde. You have a simple but meaningful wish, and your gladness at being where you are at this point in your life certainly resounds. May you have many more reasons to smile and eat chocolate!
Posted by Valerie on July 28, 2006 9:45 AMmany, many happy returns, Clotilde, and may you be forever blessed with good friends and good food.
Posted by manidipa on July 28, 2006 9:57 AMBonne Anniversaire!
Posted by ParisBreakfasts on July 28, 2006 10:01 AMThank you for being out there.
The first blog I ever read and the one that inspired me to try it out myself,so you have been one BIG birthday gift to me :)
May you have a wonderful day and coming 27th year.
Merci,
Carolg
A lurker finally writes...and for a very wonderful reason- Happy Birthday Clotilde! You make me drag myself out of bed and you make my mornings bearable.Hmmm,should I also say you make me feel a little jealous? Well, a happy kind of jealous,that is. I just admire you and your lifestyle. Have a great day!
Posted by Mitch on July 28, 2006 1:32 PMMany happy returns of the day, Clotilde.
Hope your 27th year is magical.
Posted by Adele on July 28, 2006 2:07 PMDear Clotilde,
Posted by estouest on July 28, 2006 3:08 PMBest wishes on your 27th birthday and congratulations for everything you already accomplished!
Marie
Buttercream birthday wishes to you!
Posted by Franca on July 28, 2006 4:21 PMHappy Birthday!!!
Posted by Mila Barreto on July 28, 2006 4:59 PMEvery year I also do a balance in my life, and I always find perfect and wonderful reasons to be happy and enjoy life as time goes by.
Cheers!! To a healthy, happy year ahead!
Posted by paula on July 28, 2006 5:37 PMYou are making a beautiful life! Thank you for sharing... and don't forget to go to the comics store with your dad again soon.
Posted by Susan Grimshaw on July 28, 2006 6:03 PMAll good wishes, Susan
Bonne anniversaire, Clotilde. Enjoy your day and a big salut when you raise that glass of champagne I'm sure Maxence has waiting for you
Posted by Cara on July 28, 2006 8:06 PMHappy birthday! May your year be filled with all the joy and inspiration you give to others.
Posted by Lydia on July 28, 2006 8:34 PMHappy Birthday Clotilde! Hope the day is Happy! You have a lot to celebrate!
Posted by Sharron on July 28, 2006 8:59 PMBonne Anniversaire! To many more wonderful birthdays! And many more years enjoying good food and good company! I hope to meet you someday when I can be in the same city at the same time (I missed you in NY by a couple of weeks and ditto for SF!)... thanks for your enthusiasm, your wonderful and inspiring writing and recipes! From a fellow food junkie! I look forward to your cookbook!
Posted by Robin on July 28, 2006 11:29 PMBonne Anniversaire, Clotilde! Je vous souhaite une tres bonne annee plein de joie et beaucoup de success.
Posted by Lilia on July 28, 2006 11:50 PM-Lilia
happy birthday and many happy returns!
Posted by mary on July 29, 2006 6:08 AMHappy Belated birthday, hope you had a great day!!
Posted by Pam on July 29, 2006 9:40 AMJoyeux anniversaire !
Posted by Cécile on July 29, 2006 10:33 AMJoyeux anniversaire !
Posted by Cécile on July 29, 2006 10:33 AMI am turning 27 this October - 27th, of course:) So happy birthday to you :)))
Posted by gagatka on July 29, 2006 10:44 AMimagining the angelfood fairies piping chocolate birthday messages throughout the sundrenched clouds...for you lovely Clotilde!
Posted by Joan on July 29, 2006 12:18 PMA belated Happy Birthday, Clotilde. Hope you had a delicious day...and many many more ahead.
Posted by Kisane on July 29, 2006 3:07 PMi've really enjoyed your website. thank you for sharing your recipes, tips and photos. hope you have a wonderful birthday!
Posted by ellessu on July 29, 2006 7:15 PMHappy Birthday dear Clotilde... this is such a late one but comes with as much wish as anyone else's. Here's to your lucky tweny-seventh year, packed full of happiness and delights. Hoping to catch up with you later this year!
Cheers
Posted by chika on July 29, 2006 8:32 PMfelíz cumpleaños Clotilde!!!!!
happy happy year for you!!!!
Posted by Verito on July 29, 2006 10:26 PMHappy, Happy Birthday, Clotilde!
Hope that this year brings you more scrumptious food, exotic travel, love and happiness.
Love heaps,
Posted by Marie on July 30, 2006 2:50 AMMarie
Happy Birthday Clotilde. Here's to many more special years eating and sharing.
Posted by Chubby Hubby on July 30, 2006 4:28 PMAs Stevie Wonder would sing - "Happy Birthday to ya! Happy Birthday to ya! Happy Birthday!
Posted by Anali on July 31, 2006 6:10 AMBest wishes from all of us at Moleskinerie!
Posted by Armand on July 31, 2006 10:21 AMA very Happy Birthday to you Clotilde. I hope with lots of wonderful things and more to come.
27 is a good number, a trinity of nines. The root of nine is three, the sacred number - for Hindus as well as Christians.
Posted by Griffin on July 31, 2006 2:21 PMhappy birthday!
Posted by richard on July 31, 2006 3:16 PMBon anniversaire (un peu en retard) et meilleurs voeux pour l'année à venir !
Posted by gerard poirot on July 31, 2006 4:37 PMA late Happy Birthay, Clotilde!
Posted by gabrielle on July 31, 2006 5:50 PMCongratulations on all your accomplishments. Your writing, recipes and photos make me smile every day--I can't wait for your cookbook!
I wish I'd been paying attention ... Happy Birthday! I wish I could send you a gift! I'm glad to know you're so young! At +2x your age, I now know I'll be able to enjoy you for MY forever, and that does my heart good. Thanks to you, I'm reading Laurie Colwin, am the most in-demand pot lucker in my So Calif mountaintop arts and retirement community, and have enjoyed a taste of the France I'll never see in this lifetime. That's what you did for me in your 26th year, I can't wait for the 27th, which I plan to enjoy from Todos Santos, Mexico, where you and I will continue to cook together! Thank you, YOU are a gift!
Posted by Katy on August 1, 2006 3:49 PMi'm a week late, but happy birthday to my favourite food blogger nonetheless. hope you had a great day, week, year...
Posted by leigh on August 3, 2006 5:36 AMclotilde, i adore your blog (therefore you) and have linked to it from mine (realbakingwithrose.com) so how funy to see my name and the google ad when i scrolled down to wish you a bonne anniversaire!
Posted by Rose Levy Beranbaum on August 3, 2006 4:04 PMcome visit me in nyc or if you're in paris mid october i'll be visiting some dear old friends for a few days in pouvray and a few days in paris.
warmly,
rose
hello ! je suis née le 27 juillet 1978 .... alors, un très bon anniversaire à une jumelle astrologique, à un an près ....vive les surprises d'internet, j'aime bcp ce blog découvert récemment
Posted by anne on August 3, 2006 6:50 PMA very belated happy birthday! It sounds like you had a great day. Being 27 myself, I can't help agreeing with your sentiments (although you do seem remarkably more accomplished that me!)
Posted by Katie on August 5, 2006 5:31 AMincredible photo!
Posted by coxi on August 8, 2006 4:46 AMLoved it!
Clotilde, heartfelt congratulations on all the good things that have happened so far this year. Well done on pursuing your dreams and glad that you have been met with success and applause.
I turn 27 on Aug 27!
Happy belated birthday.
Posted by haide on August 14, 2006 3:18 PMje ne suis pas venue te lire depuis un long moment-- life has a way of getting in the way of my Internet habit sometimes. C&Z me manque-- les photos, les mots, les petites tranches de la vie parisienne. but i must take this opportunity to wish you a very happy (belated) birthday (wishing a happy 27th to Haide while i'm at it!)-- c'est sûr que vos aventures ne font que commencer! merci de les partager!
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