Materfamilias Writes

Travel Journal, Paris Pages. . . .

Travel Journal, Paris Pages. . . .

The ardoise at Le Petit Vatel. May I recommend the boudin noir? Black pudding/blood sausage is not to everyone’s taste, I know, but I suspect you’d all appreciate the Gâteau au cédrat confit (Cake with…

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Back to Bordeaux via my Illustrated Journal…

Back to Bordeaux via my Illustrated Journal…

Seemed like a very good time to roll the calendar back to a day in Bordeaux, last November, sitting on the terrace of the Café Tourny enjoying a tartine with my grand crème and sketching. .…

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More Street Art, More Journal Illustration, and a Challenge Met, Finally. . . .

More Street Art, More Journal Illustration, and a Challenge Met, Finally. . . .

 As it turns out, when I go through my photo files, I don’t have as many photos of street art as I thought. But I do have a few more here to share, mostly from…

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Ticket for One, Please, a Bordeaux Concert and my Illustrated Journal

Ticket for One, Please, a Bordeaux Concert and my Illustrated Journal

Having spent the day getting myself from Bordeaux to Paris, arriving here in time to enjoy a walk from Montparnasse hotel 6 kilometres across Paris on a sunny Sunday afternoon, working my Rimowa through the…

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