viva la crepe!

I love crepes.  In fact, I love them so much that one might divide my life into pre-crepe and post-crepe sections.  This is partly due to the fact that I associate crepes with trips to Europe (something else I truly love).  I ate my first crepe almost three years ago in Paris.  My cousin was studying in Paris at the time, and our first night in the city, she took us to A La Bonne Crepe.  We had dinner crepes and dessert crepes, and even though we mistranslated "coco" as cocoa instead of coconut, we savored every bite, accompanied by little bowls of cider to drink.  And so began my love affair with crepes.  For the rest of the trip, we had to stop at nearly every crepe stand we saw - for lunch - a ham and cheese, for an afternoon snack - a simple butter and sugar, and for dessert - Nutella.  I was hooked.  Each subsequent trip to Europe, I have always looked for creperies and have been fortunate to find them in both Rome and Dublin.  After every trip to Europe, I mention how I would like to open a creperie at home, since there weren't any near where I live.  It seemed like it would be pretty easy since it's a limited menu, not a lot of ingredients, relatively small amount of capital to start, little competition, etc.  And then, a couple weeks ago, we discovered a creperie just a few miles from our house.  It's pretty new - less than a year old, but it was delicious!  So other than someone else beating me to the idea, I am so happy to know I will be able to indulge in a crepe more than one week out of the year!