Hi everyone…. I guess it’s been a while since I just wrote what was going on, and because I know some of you care (okay many of you otherwise why are you even reading this?) thought I’d give you an update on life. Ever since Kilimanjaro and heading home unexpectedly, I never really got back into a…
Growing up, like most people’s parents, mine worked really hard, putting in long hours and having only a few weeks of vacation to show for it. For my dad, work meant traveling to faraway places for long periods of time. I can distinctly recall the summer of 1990, when he spent three long months in…
I saw this on Facebook and loved it. I’m not sure where it came from, and I don’t own the rights to it. I don’t understand why these things just keep happening. I don’t understand why of all of the things a person could do is ruin the one thing for so many people…
This is a PSA for the Message Bring & Buy. As a volunteer for Message Paris, I’m just doing my part to share the news regarding this Paris-specific event. It’s that time of year again, Message Paris is preparing for one of their biggest events, the Message Bring & Buy. The Bring & Buy is…
This weekend getaway is in Bath, England. I had an opportunity to take a day trip to Bath and fell completely in love. It was cold, it rained, but the beauty of the city shined through. I would gladly go back for more than just a day and take in much more of what the…
Ah the joys of out-of-town visitors! Ever since FMF came last April, I’ve been measuring our time in Paris by our vacations and when we have visitors. Not only does it make the time go by quickly, it gives me an excuse to not continue my French lessons. Oops I think I forgot to mention that….
I have an uncanny ability to vacillate between misreading a person the first I meet them to 100% pegging their personalities. This hasn’t been useful in my years as a therapist, or during college. My college experiences varied greatly, mainly due to anxiety issues at age 19. I had been living on campus at an…
Via It’s no secret that we don’t exactly live in Paris, instead residing in the US version of Florida, with a ton of old money sprinkled in. In the map above, we’re in the area known as “Vieux,” which in French literally means “old.” When we first started looking for an apartment in Paris,…
“A woman who cuts her hair is about to change her life,” Coco Chanel. My experiences with hair have been discussed here before. My battles against the curl have been waged so many times and this winter, I was triumphant. Recently I attended a dinner with friends I hadn’t seen in a while, and the…
This is a series of posts about my travels to Moshi, Tanzania for the 2013 Kilimanjaro Marathon. You can read additional posts here and here. One of the many places my tour guide took me during my one day out about town was an open market. Arnold assured me that because this was the market closest to his home,…
