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Another Friday, Still in Bordeaux, and Five More “Things”

Another Friday, Still in Bordeaux, and Five More “Things”

I’m feeling a bit impatient with myself around what’s happening on the blog lately. I’m stuck in reportorial mood, it seems to me, when part of me is itching to become a bit more analytical,…

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Visual Monday — a Little Street Art, A Little Journal Illustration. . . and a wee bit of Food as well. . .

Visual Monday — a Little Street Art, A Little Journal Illustration. . . and a wee bit of Food as well. . .

 We had a wonderful weekend — a tour of the Portes Ouvertes of some of the wine chateaux of the Fronsac appellation on Saturday. I was brave enough to contribute my very obviously fait-main, rustic tarte…

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Five Things Friday (Ou Cinq Choses le Vendredi) à Bordeaux

Five Things Friday (Ou Cinq Choses le Vendredi) à Bordeaux

Renting an apartment in Bordeaux for two full months is an extravagance, but for years, I have wanted to nestle into a home in France long enough to get a sense of living here, to…

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Rome Retrospective from Bordeaux

Rome Retrospective from Bordeaux

 Hello from Bordeaux! I flew here from Rome on Saturday — thank you, RyanAir, who did a surprisingly decent job for a budget airline (I’d paid for an extra bag, just in case, but didn’t…

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Five Bordeaux Things Friday

Five Bordeaux Things Friday

I haven’t done one of these posts in a while, and they’re rather a good way of organizing the random. And it’s our last Friday here in Bordeaux. Let’s count. . . 1. They’ve just…

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