Hanging the pot

Last night we officially warmed our house with the help of about 20 guests and a lot of Old Style. This lovely fountain was generously filled and turned on by our landlords/upstairs neighbors for the festivities. Those streaky lights you see in the water are floating candles and fake, light-up ice cubes. The constant trickling might have inspired more trips to the bathroom, but the fountain was really a great "conversation piece" as they say on all those home-decorating shows. I think only the chocolate-covered strawberries rivaled it for biggest hit of the party.

p.s. A "pendaison de la cremailliere" is a house-warming party in French. Literally translated, it means the hanging of the pot. Hence the title of this post.