So the last time I posted was a pre Gilet Jaunes France. This is NOT a post about the Yellow Vest protests. This is me just playing catch up with …
OMG what happened!?!
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ZipJet – Laundry delivered in Paris
Laundry, that bane of my existence. That chore that you always have to accomplish but is never finished. Bébé Chéri, the delight of my life, insists on « helping » me…what a …
Project Optimism : The Perks of Being in a Cast in Paris
FIVE WEEKS. Five long weeks with a resin made « ball and chain » stretching from the start of my toes to just below my knee. Misery, you would think. And yes …
Delivery in Paris – « Moby » the Armoire
This was going to be a rant, but the situation became rather humorous to me, so I may include more dry irony than exclamation marks. Since we moved, I have …
Our Paris Dungeon Basement
I have been wanting to blog about this since we moved in last July. Before getting our keys we still hadn’t seen the basement, but we were told there was …
Ringing in 2014
Chéri and I had a fun intimate party for New Years Eve, at our place with Lisa of Ella Coquine with her chéri and our good friend Sophie. It was …
Christmas gift shopping with the French
In Paris, stores often add extra opening hours to their schedule so everyone can have more hours to spend their cash on their friends and loved ones for the holiday …
La Baguette Magique
Post by Frank Cierpial In 2009 when I came to study abroad in Paris for the first time, I was ecstatic to see what treasures this city would hold for …
Lost in Translation
Even after 11 years here, I can still find myself lost in translation. Seriously. Sometimes my colleagues will toss a joke or an idiom my way, and it flies waaaaay …
Âllo Quoi!
I have been here in France for more than ten years now….and over that time I have learned a few things about phone calls and courtesy. Often times, foreigners (being …