If there was any place you had to be last week, it was the French Embassy. Kareen Rispal, the first female French ambassador to Canada, opened the doors to her beautiful Sussex Drive embassy and official residence to more than 1,000 people for two Bastille Day parties and a screening of the World Cup final match between France and Croatia (and in case you were at the cottage and not paying attention to the news: the French soccer team won 4-2).