Last week in France, in a gift shop in Montchavin, I came across a T-shirt that was emblazoned with the words “Ski, Sex and Tartiflette” (tartiflette being a cheese and potato dish popular in the Alps among calorie-craving skiers). The T-shirt had road-sign styled graphics depicting each of the three aforementioned activities, with the “sex” illustration being particularly sophomoric.
I was this close to surrendering 20 Euros for this prime piece of macho tourist fodder, but it didn’t feel right, because during our vacation, we didn’t have any… tartiflette, that is. We were too busy eating fondue and raclette (pictured below with Mr. Pinault).
I sort of regret not buying the Ski, Sex, and Tartiflette T-shirt, or at least taking a picture of it. Luckily, I have lots of pictures of similar activities with which to remember New Years 2008, though none of tartiflette or sex. Actually, it’s just skiing.
Raclette
