The doctors office was tucked way back in the bowels of a building that has been around since before Christopher Columbus discovered the “New World.” Two doors with complicated intercom systems later, I found myself sitting in a tiny waiting
Year: 2016
Christmas Spirit – Post a “Helpie”
I’ve noticed more awareness on social media this year of how hard Christmas can be for people. I understand that, having found Christmas difficult for a variety of reasons as last years post can show. Regardless of what is missing
Christmas Displays in Paris
Even the Christmas decorations are extremely artful in Paris. The Galeries Lafaytette Paris has combined art, Christmas decor and environmental education in their display, which celebrates a polar winter to raise awareness of climate-change. All the decorations are
Dear Professeur de Français, Je Suis Desolate!
Nope – I haven’t started to blog in French… This, my friends, is a confession, a clearing of the air, a karma scrub, so to speak, in the hopes that whatever is blocking my attempts to learn French will be
A Grave Subject – The Catacombs of Paris
From the moment I heard there were catacombs in Paris, I was dying to visit them. So I headed down there with a friend who was visiting us for the week. Please note – this is not a selfie!
The Not-So Headless Chicken
It was a cold Monday morning when I took a notion that I would like to cook a roast chicken from scratch. I hadn’t done that in a long time, but with the wonderful produce on offer here in France,
The Search for Chez Lee
Moving to another country has it’s complications, even if you have a passport that allows you to work and live there. In Paris, legislation strongly supports the tenant’s rights, so landlords are justifiably nervous about leasing their property. It can
The Paris Landing Pad
We landed in Paris mid-afternoon on a direct flight from San Franciso. Too excited to sleep on the plane, we were a bit disheveled as we gathered up the 4 fifty-pound check-in bags, 2 ten-ish-pound cabin bags, my hand-bag
You had me at “Bonjour!”
When I first moved to the USA, I was blasted by the sense that I was in my own feature film. My movie moments tended to be borrowed from those epic westerns with yellow grasses and rolling hills blending into
Something a little fishy at the California Academy of Sciences
The California Academy of Sciences has been on my to-do list for about 8 years now and recently I was able to transfer that item to my to-done list. My fellow science nerd and great friend, Christal (of the Alcatraz
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