Category: Living in France
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Victoria Magazine: Our Paris Apartment
ALL Photos via Victoria Magazine May/ June Issue 2016 Several months ago Victoria Magazine asked if they could publish an article about our apartment in Paris. I was thrilled, they set a date, and then I scurried to have…
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Poisson d’Avril – April Fools’ Day
On April 1st the French give each other chocolate fish called: "Friture." The tradition has it that on the 1st of April children try to stick a homemade paper fish onto people’s backs without the person knowing it, then run…
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Snapchat Happy
While I was in Paris caring for Sacha, Chelsea was on vacation in Brazil. Yeah she was there for two weeks. Chelsea returned Easter Sunday, which meant we were together at the apartment. Have you heard of SNAPCHAT? It…
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Home Base
Today I took the train home. Bittersweet. Such an unexpected week, Sacha all to myself. ________________________ Arriving early at the Gare de Lyon, I waited for my train a young man passing by said (in French), "Hi Beautiful!" I…
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An Act of Faith, What Does That Mean?
Notre Dame was fully packed and mass had started. We were fortunate enough to have seats a few rows from the altar, when a couple of middle-eastern-looking men with backpacks walked up to the front, (where obviously there were no seats available)…
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S is for Sacha
Like in Paris the renovation in a small space without an outdoor work area means constant moving of things from one corner to the next. If one isn't methodical, a mess and misplace soon becomes nerve wracking. Unlike…