Some years ago, my girlfriend’s husband set off from Boulder, Colorado to Katmandu, Nepal on a quest to summit Mount Everest. For two months, I followed his trek on the internet: the valley, base camp, camp 1, base camp, back… Read More ›
expat life in Paris
New Year, New Theme?
Resolutions? Fine. Goals? I believe in them. But, I’d never considered creating a theme for the new year, until our neighbors told us that they chose a theme every year. Who are these people? . . . And why didn’t I… Read More ›
Paris, Movies, Popcorn and Growing Older
In the Unites States, Pat and I rarely went to the movies, but now, it’s an indulgence. To bask in English. To understand every word, grasp the nuance, and laugh at the jokes. Otherwise, going to the movies is a thinly… Read More ›
A Return to Aix en Provence, France
Aix en Provence and I go back more than twenty years to a time when I was living in North Carolina, raising three kids, and working with a team in La Gaude, France. The first trip I made to the… Read More ›
Dinner Time on Rue Oberkampf
Since we have a tiny kitchen in our tiny Paris apartment, I shop for food everyday, and generally right at meal time. Fortunately, we live near foodie heaven: The Rue Oberkampf.
The World In Between 