Stories Collected While Living in France

French la Vie

French Laundry Romance

Genova, Italia. by italiangerry.

Source vintage postcard.

Text and Photographs by Corey Amaro

10:30 pm Saturday night: Washing Machine overflows…Ruining newly laid slats… American Laundress thanks her lucky stars that she did not dyed the old linens in that load of wash…Of course mauve colored water would have raised the bar of excitement. French Husband swears. American wife realizes that the laundromat might become her new best friend, as she stares at the floor dreading the clean up. Both begin to moan.

As towels soak up the water, American wife sees how dirty her laundry floor really is.

Soaking dirty towels, ruined slats, newly cleaned floors, moaning-though-ever-so-helpful-French-Husband, American Laundress decide to complain on blog, and throw back a few tiramisu shots.

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Comments

25 responses to “French Laundry Romance”

  1. Allison

    The pink sheets are beautiful!

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  2. martina

    At least you were home when it happened. Enjoy that motorcycle ride on Sunday!

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  3. Susan

    Curious about your tiramisu shots. What is that? Recipe?

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  4. Julie M.

    It must be that kind of day. I bought a cute cute vintage 1940’s semi-upholstered rocker today at an estate sale….and was THANKFUL for not following my friend too closely as we drove through windy windy farmland……because… it flew out of the back of her truck and landed in the middle of the road!
    Good times!
    : )
    Julie
    ps I’m sorry about your washer….my hot water heater was dripping the other day. I fixed it though…I put a plastic cup under it…

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  5. Isabel ~ Maison Douce

    I, too, had a flooded laundry room a while back, we called the repair man and found our that a gynormous amount of socks had escaped through a break in the rubber seal and were clogging the drain!!!! No wonder I had a huge bag of orfan socks!!
    Isabel

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  6. SweetPeaSurry

    Oh my … your new slats? That’s horrible! I hope everything works out. I think you’re right though, dye water would have raised that bar up.
    blessings!

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  7. Kimberly C.

    Thank goodness for your tiramisu shots!!
    Sorry about your mishap.

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  8. Pamela

    Fellow American Laundress feels your pain.

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  9. marlis

    Quelle dommage. Sorry sorry sorry. nothing worse than water. It’s wet, it’s heavy, it’s wet, it’s everywhere, it’s wet. Have a shot,
    Sunday will be better 🙂

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  10. Gina Baynham

    We are still living in a flood damaged house after our fridge with water dispenser feature exploded in Feb unleashing mains water throuout the downstairs of our house. Still no carpets. Walking on bare cold concrete. We also sought solace in a drink or two that night and may have to join AA if the insurance company doesn’t hurry up and arrange new carpets!

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  11. annie

    Thank God for the sugar shot. All is better when strengthen with dessert.

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  12. jend’isère

    Just as you got your kitchen to enter the 21st century, technology turned on you. Hope you get all to work on your side soon!

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  13. Jeanne

    My cousin and I have eaten at a Restaurant called The French Laundry’
    oooh La La love that pink

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  14. linderhof

    Actually, those things happen to me when husband is gone! It’s like those appliances “know”!

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  15. alaine

    Ooah! I know how it feels – husband overseas, an old, blind Pug at my feet in 3 inches of water, me screaming at myself! Thankfully I had all those old towels!
    Sorry about your new floor. The follow-up is a pain!

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  16. Leslie Garcia

    Hi Corey,
    I feel your pain!
    I hope today is a fresh new day!
    Love the pink sheets too…and the first pic of all the laundry hanging high above the people.
    Peace,
    Leslie

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  17. Beverly

    Oh no! Laundry woes…happens to the best of us!
    I hope the new slats are fixable!

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  18. nancy

    oooh. i do know what you are saying: my washing machine flooded once and managed to get to the downstairs flat through a series of holes. end result? i had to pay to re-do part of their hardware floor as it was lifted due to the hot water…
    oh and corey….i dye things alllllllll the time….cannt wait (once this is resolved) to see what has developed from your experiments…
    nancyxx

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  19. susanna

    Oh no.oo.. That’s a total drag, Corey. I hope your new floorboards dry out and look like new. At least you have a laundromat (new stories waiting to happen) and tiramasu shots (yum!). 🙂

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  20. debra

    My washer is on it’s last legs. Each time I put in a load, I say a little prayer that it will be done. It has spewed water on the floor of this old house more than once. This was a nuisance. But nothing was as bad as when the septic system backed up in the basement…

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  21. kay

    Slinging back a pink gin with you girl!! Life can be a true bitch…..

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  22. Mary

    The perils of modern equipment……….it was much safer using a washboard down at the river!! So sorry for the mess, thank goodness you were home to mop up immediately.

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  23. Sara

    I’ve heard of jello shots, but not tiramisu shots – but it brings up interesting (and tasty) possibilities!

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  24. Vicki’s Bit-o-Earth

    LOL! Been there, done that!

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  25. Sue McGettigan

    Having had some recent laundry dramas I was really feeling your pain, until you got to ‘tiramisu shots’ – wha?? Tell me more!

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