The Nana-and-Nola Paris Navy Team . . .

I ended up being able to wear my new boots after chatting with you yesterday. But up ’til then, it’s been too warm even to consider tights. So when I found my Nola-matching dress at…

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More Parisian Chic, West-Coast Style . . .

Might not meet Suri’s standards, but I quite like how Nola’s styled her marinière-inspired dress with red-white dotted leggings and a long-limbed monkey. And when I told her I loved her dress and asked her…

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City Wonders and Wanders, A Granddaughter’s version

Indulge me? Just a few granddaughter anecdotes. for example, she worried that we didn’t have enough olives in the fridge because “They’re my favourite vegetable, Nana. They’re salty, and they’re really good for a healthy…

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A la prochaine . . . Au revoir, Paris, Hello Home

Something over 30 hours ago, we checked the closet one last time, made sure we had our passports and ticketing info handy, then left the keys in the little bamboo basket on the tiny, triangular…

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Seascapes and Beach Clothes . . .

 I’m frantically trying to get my students’ research papers marked so that I can hand them back at their exams this evening and tomorrow morning.  At which point, I will be exchanging my sets of…

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