Our friends Agnieszka and Christoph just bought a small farmhouse in Rambouillet. (That’s pronounced Rom-bwee-ay). At least I think it’s a farmhouse as it’s in the style of a « longère » which is what we’d call a railroad apartment. Except it’s a house, not an apartment. And it’s on a farm, not a railroad. And except it’s no longer on… Read More
(Editor’s note: Although I mention categories of people in this post, please do not read any judgement into it). I don’t often talk about my year in New York, the one I spent right out of the year in Taiwan, which was right out of college. I arrived there ready for adventure, having lived a year abroad, and landed at… Read More
Lasagna is easy to make – did you know that? It is! You can even mess up like I did (in this post) and it still looks, smells, tastes mahvelous! Fry up some onions (about one medium to large, although I used frozen pre-chopped here). Then stir fry some ground beef, about a half pound. Add a teaspoon of salt… Read More
I got you all with that title, didn’t I? It’s a mouthful, and I know you’re all wondering what the heck it means. Well, it’s the zoological gardens located in Neuilly-sur-Seine, a posh « suburb » between the Arc de Triomphe and La Defense. So why would you care? Well, if you happen to be traveling to Paris with kids, this is… Read More
Three French children’s songs brought to you by … Petit Prince! Click here to hear him sing: Petit Prince Petit Poisson (and please don’t kill me, but you have to click the link a second time when it shows the attachment page in order to hear it, and then you have to back-click twice to get back to the post… Read More
“Dis donc” is a funny expression. It sounds funny to say (dee-donk), and it’s antiquated yet still widely used (unlike zut alors! despite assurances to the contrary from my 7th grade French reader). It literally means, “say, therefore!” which you could take to mean something like Well you don’t say! Or – Would you look at that! Or – I’ll… Read More
