Nana Time (subtitle: coaxing meals from near-empty pantries)

Anticipating my granddaughter’s sleepover, I assumed we’d go out for sushi dinner last night and then out for bacon and eggs or pancakes this morning.  I’d underestimated how much she’d been looking forward to playing…

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Travel Planning by M. Random et Mme. Serendipity

Last post was heavy on words, giving an example of one approach to organizing our days here in Bordeaux: three scheduled activities involving other people and demanding we engage in French, morning, afternoon, and evening.…

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More Italy. . . Because I’ll be there soon!

I have to say I’m getting a bit panicky about how many titles I’m behind here. I’ve read so many wonderful books this summer, but I seem to have written about so few of them.…

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Five Things on an August Friday

1. We’re just rounding up to two weeks in our city apartment, and although it’s just a bit too small (just under 500 square feet) to live in comfortably full-time just yet (although I know…

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The Sisters Eat in Paris, Part B

In Part A of The Sisters Eat in Paris, I wrote about choosing a restaurant for dining with a friend making her first visit to Paris. I wrote about old favourites and about ways those…

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