What, no cafe au lait?

I have always considered Cafe au Lait (coffee with milk) to be so quintessentially French, both in the phrase and in a large cup of deliciously milky coffee. I am sad to report, however, that the French do not in fact use the phrase cafe au lait. You instead see Cafe Creme (I haven't figured out how to make my keyboard do accents yet) which is actually with cream, not milk. Sign, France, sigh. Shattered expectations :)

I did, however, go by a cheese store the other day. How did I know? Because as I was walking down the street the smell nearly knocked me over--they do not fool around with smelly cheese! I am taking my time, trying to get up the guts to go in and buy something. I'll let you know how it goes!