My husband and I celebrated thirteen years of marriage by shipping our angels off to their grandparents, who stoically bore the exceptional amount of noise very small people can make. On Sunday night we went to see Mortal Instruments and ate Haagen Dazs ice cream . . . just because we could. We were free! But on Saturday night, we… Read More
If you’re not a big fan of casinos, there’s honestly not a whole lot to see in Forges-les-Eaux. (If you are a big fan of casinos, this city is ranked one of the top 15 in France). However, as with most places in Europe, the area is imbued with history. Forges-les-Eaux was called “De Forgis” in the Middle Ages because… Read More
When a blogging friend comes to Paris – whom you’ve known for over two years online (and with whom you’ve already had two aborted attempts to meet up in the past, except that you couldn’t manage to extricate yourself from the daily grind) – you get over your hermit tendencies, and you GO INTO PARIS! You go to the Champs Elysées,… Read More
Tomorrow we head home for a week before we leave for the States (and I go to BlogHer). It will be a frenzy of laundry and weeding and re-packing and all that, but at least we have a busy and fun summer, which – except for last year – has not been the case. I wanted to share one last… Read More
Dinard (pronounced Dee-Nar) is considered the posh place to vacation in Bretagne. It used to be a small fishing village, and in the mid-1800’s its persona changed to that of a resort. This is also the time the first English residents arrived. I don’t know though – Dinard seems sort of run down to me. Kind of like Coney Island…. Read More
You guys, we are having SUCH gorgeous weather, which is amazingly unusual for Bretagne. And I just thought I would give you a glimpse of what it’s like to vacation here. Of course there’s cheese after each meal … And place settings for 17 people. There are the scarves on the beach. And picnic dinners with baguettes. There is sunbathing… Read More
