I'm going to Paris to accept an award!

Bluestone · Dec 6, 2011

Okay, so it's not a Nobel Peace Prize! But I am pretty excited about this recognition. :snoopy:

G0urmand International,which also publishes G0urmand Magazine, has awarded my book as the US winner of the Wine Books for Professionals. I receive a trophy in Paris at the Folies Bergere in March, and qualify for the Best in the World competition at the Paris Cookbook Fair. I'm not really familiar with all this, but apparently the professional component has been more beneficial to non-fiction authors than anything at Frankfurt or London book fairs!

Ton Lew Lepsnaci · Dec 6, 2011

Congrats, enjoy Paris, a brilliant city

firedrake · Dec 6, 2011

WOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOW!!!!!

Brilliant news and so well deserved! :hooray:

Alessandra Kelley · Dec 6, 2011

Oh how exciting! Congratulations.

Ari Meermans · Dec 6, 2011

Awesome! Congratulations.

Perks · Dec 6, 2011

That's wonderful! Congratulations and have a ball.

alleycat · Dec 6, 2011

Congratulations!

MarkEsq · Dec 6, 2011

Congratulations! I love love love Paris, so I hope you have a wonderful time. Very exciting!

Tasmin21 · Dec 6, 2011

Yeshanu · Dec 6, 2011

Amazing news! Congratulations!

honeysock · Dec 6, 2011

How very exciting! From one (very envious) oenophile to another, congratulations!!!

hillaryjacques · Dec 6, 2011

Congrats, Blue! That is awesome.

backslashbaby · Dec 6, 2011

Oooh, and the Folies Bergere? How cool is that?! Mmmm, order a huge cafe creme for me, and have a lovely time

Congrats!!!

DeleyanLee · Dec 6, 2011

Congrats!

* has visions of American Dreamer and hopes it doesn't apply to Bluestone

Wayne K · Dec 6, 2011

That's cool :partyguy:

Maryn · Dec 6, 2011

Wow, that's some tough break. Paris. Terrible place. You'll find nothing to do there, and no sources of inspiration. The art and architecture are all real old, approaching funky. The streets are uneven but you have to walk a lot, on all those nasty cobblestones, 150-year-old bricks, and cut stone. Also, the food's lousy, and the wine? Pfft.

That's just so amazing! We could not be more pleased.

Be prepared--like New York, there's no place to use the bathroom without a purchase, and we found some restaurants have only pay-to-use facilities even for customers. Eek!

Maryn, who visited for an anniversary milestone

eqb · Dec 6, 2011

OMG, that is *so* cool!!!!!!!!!!!

I love Paris. Can you tell? And winning an award there? Wow!!!!!

Vespertilion · Dec 6, 2011

Huzzah! So many congratulations, Blue!

Lady MacBeth · Dec 6, 2011

Congratulations!

Bluestone · Dec 6, 2011

Thank you so much, everyone. I am really over the moon on this one. It has been such a great publication journey in four short months, after two years of frustration. My original goal was to just get something published that wasn't the object of ridicule, so it's even more rewarding.

Maryn, such good advice!

I haven't been to Paris since I was 18, somewhere in the last Ice Age, so it's good to get an update on bathroom facilities! Always useful.

Paul · Dec 6, 2011

Arggghhhhh!!!!

em, I mean congratulations

Calla Lily · Dec 6, 2011

Blue!!!

ink wench · Dec 6, 2011

This. Is. So. Awesome.

YAY, Blue!!!

LJD · Dec 6, 2011

Oh wow, that's wonderful! congrats!

Filigree · Dec 6, 2011

Oh, sweet, Bluestone -- you must be walking on clouds. Enjoy. You've earned this.

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