You COULD take me to a fancy French restaurant… but I’d much prefer a picnic with some wine, bread, cheese… and a sexy Frenchman to boot!

In fact… this is the way… I will celebrate Bastille Day!

Join me this Saturday, July 13 from 1:00pm – 3:00pm at Cost Plus World Market at The Grove in Los Angeles, to pick up all the goodies pictured below… and more! Well… you can’t take home French-American Actor Gilles Marini… but you can meet him! C’est magnifique!

The first 200 customers to bring in five non-perishable items will have a chance to meet Gilles and receive a signed photo. All food items will be donated to the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank after the event.

In celebration of Bastille Day, Cost Plus World Market and Lorina are partnering to give away a dream trip for two to Paris at www.worldmarket.com/lorina. The “Summer In Paris” sweepstakes launches Saturday, July 13 and runs through August 16. So what are you waiting for? Pack your clothes, make a custom Lorina cocktail, and enter for a chance to win!

In the meantime… my picnic looks delicious, no?

Throw: Camel and Ivory Herringbone Throw… A classic.

Picnic Basket: Plaid Metal Picnic Basket… SO cute!

Wine: Reserve De L’Aube White Wine… A little wine…

Lorina: Lorina Prestige Sparkling Soda…a little sparkle.

Cheese: Glacier Ridge Farms Smoked Gouda… Say Cheese!

Salami: Volpi Pinot Grigio Salami… Nom Nom.

Glassware: Mustache Double Old Fashioned and Marrakech Tumblers… A sense of humor mixed with serious style ;).

Biscuits: Filet Bleu Sable au Caramel Shortbread… Something sweet.