So much to say, so much to do, I’m not just here, I’m over here too. There are parties going on all over the place to escape this dreary weather. I’m hosting a baby shower for my friend Sabrina next week who is expecting twins. She does not know what fun she’s in for, as any type of shower (baby… Read More
You know the problem with winter duties that you don’t do in the cooler days of crisp colorful autumn? You have to do them in January. And it’s cold, grey and drizzling in January. We have to trim the laurel hedges so they don’t grow into trees, because if they grow into trees, there will be no foliage around the… Read More
I am finally getting to launch an idea I’ve had since I’ve started this new blog, which is to include you, the readers, in a series of guest posts. Everyone remembers their first trip to Paris, don’t they? You can suffer the most austere snubs of your life, but you can’t deny the history, the beauty or the fabulous pastries…. Read More
Saturday we went to the best costume party ever for our friend Frédérique’s 40th birthday. It was truly the most fun I’ve had in France at a social gathering. He had us all dress up as characters from the Fables of de La Fontaine, probably better known here for his “morals with a story” than even Aesop. I mean, people… Read More
It has been so good to read everyone’s blogs again. For the more prolific I didn’t read every back post from the last month (yes, I can sometimes be that anal), but I have been getting caught up. Back into the groove. Out of the groove was something of a wild ride. Let’s just say it was pure debauchery. All… Read More
I’m home. In France. It’s 1:00 in the morning and my kids are still up (when I had hoped they had the sense to cry themselves to sleep after I screamed at them). I just couldn’t take it anymore. I mean, don’t they know they have school tomorrow? Don’t they get that they have to resist the jetlag and re-train… Read More
