I enjoyed being anonymous.
Fun times:
*A reader delurks with a lengthy email decoding my identity in eight "clues." Colonel Mustard in the kitchen, were his exact words. Funny and flattering.
*Responding to emails, I sign my real name, and people write back only to say, “Whoa!” as if my name is the answer to a very important question they forgot they’d even asked. This happens a lot.
*A few internet buddies track down my picture on flickr after a Paris blog meet. “Gotcha,” reads the subject line in my inbox the next morning. I feel like I should have wires curled in my ear and a microphone in my pen. Or at least a Where’s Waldo shirt.
Good fun, being all mysterious-like. And oh, do I milk it.
I show pictures of my boobs, legs, feet, and feet. I am being cute; you are cute in return. Let’s see a full pic, eh? That’s when I start feeling like a carny running a peep show. I tell you I’m a short little fat man.
Still, it's totally fun.
Then the San Diego Reader invites me to write as their July blogger,
a piece from Paris each week this month, and I am thrilled. “Of course you can stay anonymous," they tell me. But I begin thinking, I'm not bound to corporate
contract, I don’t gossip about my old job or current jobs...Why am I
anonymous again? And also, my name could be in print!
*tap tap tap*
Is this thing on? Where’d everybody..? Oh, right, you’ve gone there already. Fair enough.
But hey, one last thing! Bonjour! Howdy everyone!
De-lurking: Lovely to see your blog in "the reader" -- I live in san diego, which is sunny and warm and beautiful (much of the time), but would give my left arm to be able to move my little family to paris. Your blog lets me live there vicariously!
Posted by: Lisa | 07 July 2005 at 06:23 PM
Such a cute picture! I especially love the random trunkless legs behind your right shoulder.
Congrats on the articles.
Posted by: janna | 07 July 2005 at 06:29 PM
Such a cute picture! I especially love the random trunkless legs behind your right shoulder.
Congrats on the articles.
Posted by: janna | 07 July 2005 at 06:30 PM
great photo to come out to us all with! welcome to world of non-anon blogging! i noticed a while back that all of the pictures in my gallery featuring me got more hits than any of the others. people are curious, yes they are.
Posted by: gleek | 07 July 2005 at 06:44 PM
Considering that you live in a tourist-rich part of the city, I fully expect you to be stopped on the street on a regular basis. Only it won't be because of the foreign boobies. They're famous boobies now!
Revel in the stardom!
Posted by: DDJ | 07 July 2005 at 07:18 PM
What a cute picture! You are lovier than I imagined! Congrats on the articles too!
Posted by: Bob | 07 July 2005 at 07:20 PM
Cute picture, and I love the outfit, as always.
Foreign boobies is a great phrase. So true, too. Stupid French guys were always surprised when I could trot out proper French.
But what fun! And dog-walking definitely beats most jobs.
Posted by: Gloria | 07 July 2005 at 07:38 PM
Thank GOD you've come out, Coquette. Out of anonymity, not the closet, of course... It really was getting exhausting being the best bud of secret blogging downtown doll, I tell you.
And kudos on your first SD Reader publication, lovely redheaded image, and your foreign boobies. It's officially my new favorite phrase. Bravo, Coquette, bravo.
Posted by: Kathleen | 07 July 2005 at 07:48 PM
Oh, que tu es vraiment jolie! Congratulations on being nominated as a guest-blogger (how *did* you get that, BTW? sounds chouette) and your coming out of the proverbial Bloggers Anonymous closet! Perhaps we'll run into each other in the Quartier Latin, un jour? On verra.
Posted by: ludivine | 07 July 2005 at 07:57 PM
Awww, thanks for the nice comments, guys!
My sister: Can we please talk about how John Mayer does not have boobies and you already do? Foriegn or not.
Me: Can we please talk about how John Mayer is so PRETTY, people would stare, famous or not?
Which is to say, don't argue with the foriegn/famous boobies logic. Bulletproof. :)
Janna, I love the trunkless legs too. Didn't have the heart to crop.
Ludivine, I don't know how SDreader found me, but I'm so glad they did!
Posted by: Coquette | 07 July 2005 at 08:41 PM
Can I say, ADORABLE haircut?
Mais oui--- and, how FABULOSO to have a column in the San Diego Reader-- I believe this is the beginning of a beautiful career, mon amie.
Posted by: bluepoppy | 07 July 2005 at 09:08 PM
You are the absolute-all-that-and a bag of chips best blog in Paris. No wonder you have such a huge fanclub. We francophiles can't get enough of the word on the street from the city of lights. Merci mille fois!
Posted by: Michele | 07 July 2005 at 09:22 PM
I finally got time to read the article and it was awesome, especially since I'm a boobies fan from way back.
The part about not knowing how to pronounce your last name was priceless!
Posted by: Bob | 07 July 2005 at 09:42 PM
What a treat! And you were always hinting that you weren't lovely.
Welcome to the real world!
Posted by: R J Keefe | 07 July 2005 at 09:58 PM
yay! finally a real picture, every tease you gave us and the written references to your physical entity just made me curiouser and curioser. but there you are, it's so nice to put a face to the snarky attitude, and what a lovely face it is. cheers*-*
Posted by: gaelyn | 07 July 2005 at 10:59 PM
Jolie pic M.lle Coquette, worth the wait :-)
Posted by: Sebastiano Pilla | 07 July 2005 at 11:02 PM
cool! i live in san diego too; haven't picked up the reader yet today, but i imagine you're gonna be in there
Posted by: mindy | 07 July 2005 at 11:07 PM
Oh my gosh are you ever so pretty.
Posted by: Pink Dot | 07 July 2005 at 11:43 PM
Bonjour Coquette,
So glad I didn't miss your coming out party.
And congrat's on making your way in Paris. It isn't always easy, but you're doing it.
Way to go!
Posted by: Randall | 07 July 2005 at 11:53 PM
Hi Lisa & Mindy ~~wave~~ I live in Hillcrest
Posted by: Stu "El Inglés" Harris | 08 July 2005 at 01:16 AM
You are just the cutest thing ever! Also, congratulations on the SD Reader mention.
Posted by: Dawn | 08 July 2005 at 03:50 AM
Ooh la la! Finally joining the ranks of celebrity bloggers - it's about time!
Great picture, great article.
Posted by: megs | 08 July 2005 at 04:16 AM
Coquette, you're going to spark a revolution! You make me want to put a picture of myself on my blog! Cheers. Jane
Posted by: impossiblejane | 08 July 2005 at 04:21 AM
Elisabeth is such a sweet, classy, beautiful name. It suits you.
Posted by: sarah | 08 July 2005 at 04:51 AM
wow. really. wow.
Posted by: brando | 08 July 2005 at 04:59 AM
ze shoes are just great... This picture could have been shot Place Sulpice ?
Posted by: schuey | 08 July 2005 at 09:22 AM
GAW! Feeling very warm and fuzzy, thank you.
Stu, I thought of you when they asked me to do this! I knew you lived in SanDiego before you left the petanque link. You made a comment a while back in exchange with my sister Aimee...
Schuey, You are...amazing. Did I *tell* you this pic was taken at St. Sulpice? Cafe de la Marie, bien sur. The sweater is Zadig et Voltaire and the top is...Cacharel. But I bet you think ca fait trop jeune fille. Jeanne agrees.
Speaking of Jeanne, she took the picture, thanks Jeanne!
Posted by: Coquette | 08 July 2005 at 12:03 PM
nope but I know my city quite well...
I noticed the cacharel thing but did not comment because you know ;)
Posted by: schuey | 08 July 2005 at 12:08 PM
So you decided to reveal your read identity?!
Damn you. I have no goal in life now... My mission is abruptly ended... sob sob sniffle
Posted by: Nomadic Camel Breeder | 08 July 2005 at 12:31 PM
Good Pavement recon' schuey. A real parisian !
(to tell the truth, I was sure that it was Le Café de la Mairie at St. Sulpice because of the plate ;p)
Posted by: nathan | 08 July 2005 at 04:08 PM
Aw Coquette, you're pretty! I like you.
Posted by: Asian Lep | 08 July 2005 at 06:55 PM
Pretty! You look, well, Parisian.. are you sure you have not lived there all your life?
Posted by: Jeremy | 08 July 2005 at 08:03 PM
YAY, we all know what you look like now. And you're very pretty. I guess we won't be hearing about your real name. I understand. Though I use a "real" name on my blog. It isn't my real name ;)
Posted by: juliana | 09 July 2005 at 03:01 AM
What a charmed life you must lead. I don't hate you but I do envy you for living in Paris. Just a year, that's all I ask for, just a year in Paris. And, one in Manhattan, and Paris, and Barcelona, and ... From your picture I'd judge I'm about three times your age and likely my desire to live in Paris for a year won't come around, but I do have your blog now. Thank you very much, La CoQuette.
Posted by: George | 09 July 2005 at 05:44 PM
aw, you are adorable! if my hair was so pretty i wouldn't stop touching it either.
Posted by: kiki | 09 July 2005 at 05:53 PM
I don't think I've ever commented before. But in honor of your coming out--adorable! Lovely to meet you!
Posted by: Alicia | 09 July 2005 at 06:16 PM
You're just yummy scrummy with your cuteness - now I can be jealous of your excellent legs AND hair! Great job, Coquette!
Posted by: samantha | 09 July 2005 at 08:45 PM
Thanks for the reciprolink, hot stuff!
Posted by: Michele | 10 July 2005 at 05:31 PM
u r so pretty! congrats on the article. i'm happy to finally have a face to go with the stories! keep writing!
Posted by: bella | 11 July 2005 at 04:52 AM
Liz, your picture is so beautiful, you look great! I love reading al of the comments, you're so popular! Just wondering if anyone out there has started a coquette fan club yet, and if so, could I head up the American branch of it?
Posted by: cortney | 11 July 2005 at 05:11 AM
Cutie! Love, love, love the hair.
Posted by: Sarcastic Journalist | 12 July 2005 at 02:35 AM
Finally. A face to go with a name. Love the hair and the clothes. Mais oui!
Posted by: amber | 12 July 2005 at 04:39 AM
Congrats on the assignment with The Reader. When I lived in San Diego, I read it religiously. Also you are a braver soul than I am. OK, so maybe part of the reason there are no pix of me on my blog is that I typically run from the camera -- like I did today at work when the tech guy tried to take my photo with his digital camera.
Posted by: Dagny | 12 July 2005 at 06:23 AM
congrats. pea-green of course.
btw, pic would have been better if you had shown cleavage, legs and feet.
Posted by: nardac | 12 July 2005 at 06:55 PM
Ah...was just thinking of St Sulpice today and threw it in google and there you are (belle femme!). I lived in the garret of a fleabag hotel around the corner about 20 years ago, when I was doing the spring quarter of my freshman year in Paris with Antioch College. Saggy bed, like sleeping in a hammock, but apparently the only one in the hotel without bedbugs. Got to meet Ionesco, Arrabal, and more of the anti-roman crowd our professor hung with. The rest of the time I busked in the Metro for change. Used to play pinball at Cafe de la Marie while drinking Kronenberg...once I was on such a tear winning games, it became a choice between my bladder and staying at the machine. Held out as long as I could before racing up the six flights of stairs in my hotel to the W.C., leaving eight games on the machine for some lucky soul.
Ah, je me souviens bien...
Posted by: BerkeleyBernie | 14 July 2005 at 11:24 AM
Somehow I thought I was your only SD reader . . . um, because the Internet is small and seldom visited? It's the curls' fault that you have to touch your hair. I am the same way.
Posted by: Jecca | 15 July 2005 at 02:14 AM
Good lord. You are gorgeous! Beautiful and living in Paris.
Some people. Oy.
Posted by: Kelli | 18 July 2005 at 03:23 AM
wow you are so beautiful!!!
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Please suggest websites related to storing the tv programs
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