You may know by now that I love surprises, especially when mystery boxes arrive in the mail! Over the past couple of weeks, I've ordered some clothes and linen for the house during the sales here in France. So I naturally expected packages to be arriving. But then a small box came that looked ..
It's been months that I've wanted to talk about the debate over the identité nationale (national identity) that's been going on here. It's a big subject and there's lots of argument and discussion about whether France needs to define a national identity and, if doing so, it would be racist, ..
Oh lordy! On February 2nd, there is ANOTHER food-centered holiday in France. After Christmas and New Year's and then la Galette des Rois, here comes a holiday where one must make and eat crêpes. Every year in the early part of February, Chandeleur is celebrated. Chandeleur (coming from a Latin ..
Here's some pseudo-French silliness for you on Sunday. This clip comes from the Cather Tate Show and she portrays Lauren Cooper, typical English schoolgirl. Tate is very hard for me to understand either in English or in French. But what she's saying boils down to "Am I bovvered?" "Look at my ..
This has pretty much been my attitude since the holidays ended. I can't figure out why I'm so NOT motivated to do much of anything. Maybe it was the sub-zero weather and snow that we had for over a week and is now gone, or maybe I've contracted SAD. Who knows, but I'm back!Tonight Monsieur Titi ..