Wowee it has been a long time since I posted anything (thank you Lauren for prodding me...). When I moved to DC, my uncle Peter told me I should make a list of things I wanted to accomplish in the next year. Then a year passed. And now here I am after another year gone. Sigh. I've now lived here ... Read More about Unashamed Tourism (DC bucket list)
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120 Hours in Atlanta
...or, everything you've ever wanted to know about Atlanta. I am usually a self-proclaimed anti-tourist. I don't gasp at monuments and I certainly don't take tours (although you may see me try to sneak a few selfies around town every once and a while). But in Atlanta, it was a whole new ... Read More about 120 Hours in Atlanta
Printemps & Navettes
Springtime has the annoying quality of reminding me of Paris: picnics at Canal St. Martin, Champ de Mars, et Sacre Coeur; finishing a bottle of wine on my bedroom balcony; and, of course, my last meal in Paris--free baguettes and avocado tartare (cheapest menu item if I wanted to drink wine). It was ... Read More about Printemps & Navettes
Et comme elle a dit, "Bon appetit!"
I have been slowly savoring Julia Child's memoir for months now. It's hard to finish books you only read for 10 minutes a day—especially when they are 400 pages long. Last Tuesday I finally finished it, with perfect timing (but more on that later!). As a writer, it was so interesting to study her ... Read More about Et comme elle a dit, "Bon appetit!"
Champagne Wishes & Baguette Dreams
There is something about winter that just begs for a baguette. Fresh, hot, flaky outside, soft inside. Wrapped in a square of tissue and nestled under a coat arm for the walk home--not waiting to reach home before peeling off the crust at the top. Today I felt myself longing for a real baguette ... Read More about Champagne Wishes & Baguette Dreams