Bon Appetit Article Confirms My Dreams Have Come True
Last week, my mom sent me an email that said “Thought you might enjoy this Bon Appetit article”. Over the past year, my subscriptions to Bon Appetit, Food & Wine Magazine, and National Geographic Traveler (which I somehow got annual subscriptions to for about $4) have been flowing in each month to my parents’ house […]
Snapshots 4.09-15
Monday Nothing like a little cemetery research for our new skip-the-line Catacombs tour. How cool is that blue?? Thanks to today’s recon mission, we now start in Montparnasse Cemetery before going underground. Tuesday Horse loves eggs. Happy Easter, Horse! Patrick Roger, a big time chocolatier, takes real eggs, fills them with a soft chocolate shell, […]
Chocolate Chickens & Boeuf Bourgignon
In case you’re wondering, April last year was day after day of beautiful perfect sunny weather, where I woke up, looked out the window, declared out loud, “It’s the most beautiful day in the world!!” in a British accent, and picnicked and walked and sighed and sat outside in cafes practically weeping over the wonder […]
Snapshots: 4.02-4.08
Monday Oh you better believe it. Peanuts. Scallions. What else could it be?… but Graham and his sister wives… making pad thai!! MM!! Um don’t ask. Okay really, take a million guesses, get back to me in 19 years, and you won’t guess that it’s…a…banana?? Oh you think it looks like a nasty piece of […]
Rendez Vous: Conferencing French Style
Ah conferences. Where we ditch the t-shirts & jeans and dress like grown-ups, try to act professional, and shmooze our way through 1,000 conversations while selling our product with enthusiasm. That’s what we’re here to do. (A.) This is the first time I’ve ever seen Simon with a shaved face, tie, and/or khakis. I didn’t […]
Snapshots 3.26-4.01
Monday Still dog sitting Buckley while Maygan & Kyle were in Houston. Monday morning was a beautiful day taking him out for a little walk before work. Spring is finally here!! Just this week, green leaves started showing up on the trees. After months of bare branches and brown everywhere, suddenly there are bright green […]
Snapshots 3.19-25
Monday A new gourmet burger place in the 2nd, just north of the Louvre. Jillian & I met the pastry chef who makes the buns, fancy compotes (like caramelized onions, blue cheese, & bacon), and the desserts. At 5€ ($7) per tee-niny side of fries, they’ve gotta be good right? When advertised, it says “plus […]
Round trip France (and the world) in a day
A couple weekends ago, I heard rumors of this Agriculture Expo, which to me just sounded like the hay and poop-smelling building at the State Fair. No thanks, I’ll pass. And then I got a text on Sunday, the last day of the expo, from Maygan saying that it was amazing and there was an […]
Snapshots 3.12-18
Monday Leaving work late Monday night…Still makes me smile that I can see the beam of the Eiffel Tower circling above the building next door. Tuesday Proper labeling if I ever saw it! Wednesday Checking a restaurant off the list! Chez Denise is over 100 years old, and it’s in Les Halles, where the gigantic […]
Favorite Memories of My First Year in Pars: Summer
June – Perfect weather, new friends, Fete & Normandy Maygan and I take a bakery tour with the Head of the Bakery Mafia. First care package!!! This made my month!! It doesn’t make sense that this should be worthy of a favorite memory, but I’m obsessed with this Noodle place Maygan & I stumbled upon […]