A year ago, I wrote one of my very first posts about Petit Prince’s first birthday. He was called Peanut back then on my other blog, and you can read the story here if you weren’t around in the early days. Last weekend my baby celebrated turning two! There was candy, of course that let everyone be two again. (We… Read More
Archives for November 2010
Normandy (Managing Expectations)
I thought it was time to wrap up my Normandy posts after watching this video (link below). It doesn’t matter whether you speak French or English or neither – I think you’ll catch the drift. Têtes à Claques I’m sorry to be so incommodius as to make you click over, but I cannot share it without violating copyrights. (Plus I… Read More
A Trim
Yesterday we decided it was time for a trim. Young Lady just needed to be able to see out of her bangs (fringe, if you’re English and don’t know what bangs are). Ah, that’s it brave girl. That accomplished, we decided to go for the bigger project. There was a bit more trepidation in this subject. Okay, the mohawk was… Read More
Normandy Part III: Etretat
Etretat is this really famous place that I had never heard of. It’s famous because of this and views like this (the cliff, not the bird) the crashing surf. Um, I don’t think the Normandy invasion could have taken place here with this hostile beach front. Sir thinks the invasion took place about an hour in the other direction from… Read More
Images Abroad
I woke up early, around six, but the whole street was already astir. There were old women squatting down to peel bamboo or to wash clothes outside. Neighbors were already calling to each other from their doorstep. There was no privacy; one’s porch was adjacent to another and we lived on top of each other. I left the already packed… Read More
Normandy Part II: Visiting Deauville
There are so many reasons to visit Deauville. For one, there is a train that comes straight from Paris in two hours. And you can get everywhere on foot from there. And then there is the American Film Festival held each September and you see the residue of celebrity here And here Here are some of the people who stayed… Read More