Although my answer may (or may not) be technically correct, I will never be able to pass, as Reactionry did, and does, the "interesting" test.  Fault me not, I'm just a software engineer, a nerd, a stultified slide-rule jockey.  I never stood a chance.

La Madeleine de Proust is a restaurant in Toulouse, France.  It shares a first name with Madeleine Bunting, that loony Guardian.

I'm guessing that you took another one hour trip there on the Chunnel, again pointing out the benefits of living in Europe, since if I were to take a one hour train ride, I'd be in downtown Oakland CA.  Or, Stockton.  The rest and fantastic food rejuventated you, and gave you the motivation to write many whimsical columns.  Or, your dinnertime conversation with your companion suggested many interesting topics, of which you took note and on which you later expounded.

"Toulouse" was a red herring meant to throw us on the track of Henri de Toulouse Lautrec.  "Loon" was meant to throw us on the track of a duck-like bird with a beautiful and haunting call.