Three weeks into my son’s official summer vacation, and here’s what we’ve been up to. Some painting: that’s actually I painting I made for him, and he helped finished off the last few bits. Thrifting, of course. Spending time with friends, eating all the things Checking out the Tour de […]
A couple Sundays ago we headed out to a street art festival in a town close by. It’s an annual event called Les Ephémères, and the art installations are set up throughout the old village of the town. We didn’t manage to see everything but what we did see was […]
Hello friends, How have you been? I feel like it’s been a while since I shared real life stuff with you! Here’s some of what’s been going on around here lately. We managed to get in some sledding even given our super warm winter. You can see there wasn’t much […]
We just got done with a week of family vacation. We didn’t go anywhere, but we had a fabulous staycation. The weather cooperated, and we were treated to some seriously glorious spring days. Some even felt like summer. On the home front, we worked hard, all three of us, and […]
This post originally appeared on my first blog in 2006 One of the things in French that I still struggle with is the utilisation of the polite and familiar “you”. Luckily having learnt Spanish before I was familiar with the general idea: there is one way to say “you” to […]
Father-in-law’s birthday party 17 people Good conversation Birthday Presents Champagne 2 kinds of white wine 3 kinds of red wine 2 appetisers 1 huge main course 5 kinds of cheese 3 desserts Mint green tea J’ai trop mangé J’ai trop mangé J’ai trop mangé * J’ai trop mangé = I […]
