Uncategorized L’epicerie in Avignon, France 30 Oct 20165 Nov 2016 L'epicerie in Avignon, France is a delightfully small restaurant where the owners close the doors when full or offer the option of dining outdoors beneath the stars and in the…
Uncategorized I Ate A Renoir Apple 31 Jan 201631 Jan 2016 Not much had changed in Essoyes, France in the five years since I'd last been in the small village in L'Aube. But there was one addition: La Maison des Renoir,…
Uncategorized The Last Time I Saw Paris 14 Nov 201514 Nov 2015 This is a difficult post to contemplate in the aftermath of the attacks on Paris. Yet, it is all I can think about since I was there only two weeks…
Uncategorized Bench Series: November 9 Nov 20158 Nov 2015 Napoleon Bonaparte said: "A throne is only a bench covered in velvet." I'm glad to know I share something in common with him. Benches intrigue me, too. Rustic, rugged, falling…
Uncategorized I finally made it to Versailles! 1 Nov 20158 Nov 2015 There were reasons; always reasons. I ran out of time. There was a transportation strike. I planned to visit on a Monday and they were closed. Trip after trip to…
Entertainment… We’ll Always Have Paris… 18 Jul 2014 This weekend I am celebrating the marriage of a dear friend -- with other dear friends in a sleepover all-girl pajama party with tons of food and wine and movies!…
Uncategorized Remembering D-Day, June 6, 1944 6 Jun 2014 It's been seventy years since the most famous D-Day in history, the day America and the Allied Forces stormed the beaches in Normandy, France to secure freedom for the occupied…
Uncategorized The Burden of Tax Season 8 Mar 2013 Tax inflation is causing anxiety around the world, especially in Europe and most notably in France. Many people are leaving their homeland to avoid being gouged - some rates being as…
Entertainment… V is for View 25 Apr 201225 Apr 2012 V is for views - all kinds - all places. From the Missouri River Valley to the Badlands of South Dakota, the top of the Rockies, to Paris, France, and…
Entertainment… Midnight in Paris 3 Jan 20123 Jan 2012 I'm probably the last person on earth to know how wonderful this movie is. But if you have been under a similar rock, let me recommend this for you. First,…