Category: Living in France
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Celebrate
Standing in the middle of the street in Marseille behind the Grand Major. I asked Sacha to take this photo of me. On New Year's Eve Chelsea asked us to select a word that would signify our…
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Pet Peeves
Pet Peeve… Soggy pasta, or the utter opposite of Al Dente. Few things get my goat so to say, and when it comes to getting my goat "pet peeves" soggy pasta is one of them, so is cracking…
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A Thing for Pasta
Asparagus, that elegant vegetable. Whenever I asked my family if they had a preference for dinner and before I could barely finish my sentence, they would cheer in unison, "PASTA!" As if they were the entire population of…
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A Walkabout
After five days in bed, three visits to the osteopath, loving meals prepared by my friend Gina and numerous natural remedies I felt better this afternoon. In my head, I heard my mom say, “Now, don’t go overdoing it, galavanting…
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You Know it Ain’t Good When You Cannot Go to the Brocante!
The day after Chelsea’s marathon I could barely get out of bed. Not for any known reason, I was stiff as a board. I tried to stretch but could barely move an inch in any direction. My lower back was…
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The Paris Marathon 2018
The first Paris marathon started in 1896, though the present course in the heart of Paris started in 1976. Over fifty thousand participates run forty-two Kilometers starting of the Arc de Triomphe, down the Champs-Elysees, around the Place de la…