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I have
been in Colorado Springs doing shows at the
Colorado Renaissance Festival but nowhere to play
pétanque and nobody to play with. So I had an idea to call
several French restaurants in town to see if they were
really French and did play some pétanque. One of them -
La Petite Maison - was very friendly on the phone. Owner
Henry Chaperon is from Paris, I asked him if he plays and he
said "Of course, when I was young, so come to visit and have
dinner with us and we can talk about making a court".
Well in the back of his patio he has a large garden that
wasn't maintained but he decided that was the right thing to
do to: lay out a pétanque court and have a place where
people can get together in a French restaurant and have a
great game of pétanque So after a full day of digging and
shoveling we had a court. So now Colorado Springs is on the
map: come have a meal, a pastis, and play pétanque at La
Petite Maison.
Oh by the way I had the opportunity to test the menu THE
BEST. Henry has a Bastille Day Celebration on
Saturday. So: if you built it they will come!
A+ Arsene. I am sending the before and after pictures.
A true story. They discussed it last night over dinner and
called me. They worked on it all day today. And we shipped
the boules this afternoon so they have plenty for the
Bastille Day party.
Vive Arsène & Henry !!
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