THINGS I LOVED/HATED THIS WEEK #123
LOVE: Martinis: I don’t often get the chance to partake of a good martini…or three. I never order them. Don’t rightly know why since I adore them whenever I do. I […]
Category Archives: vacation
Dystopian Voyage Home
There’s nothing quite so depressing as the final walk from your hotel or apartment to the Métro as you make your way to the airport. You realize all that you […]
Saying Goodbye to Madame Betty and Grandma Betty
I stumbled to the electric kettle and brewed some of that oddly delicious instant coffee that’s so popular here in France. Doesn’t make sense. It should taste like garbage, but […]
I Become Samantha Brown
Everybody is influenced by a rather odd and eclectic grouping of events and chunks of knowledge that makes them who they are. Like I said a few posts ago, I […]
Call Me at Le Negresco
Yesterday’s torrential rainstorm did amazing things for the climate, and I actually needed a blanket for the first time since I arrived in Nice. That was a shock. I wasn’t […]
Ready To Explore Again
After the harrowing time I spent stranded and abused in Italy, I was exhausted and wrecked emotionally. Not really wrecked emotionally, I suppose. I was just tired. All that stress […]
STRANDED! LOST! DOOMED! LEFT FOR DEAD! (Or, My Unfortunate Italian Escapade)
“Punch him with your bag!” Sandra hissed menacingly at me. “I can’t hit him,” I responded immediately, huffing and out of breath, my gentlemanly instincts tend to prevail in all […]
The Road to Memphis and Thebes
My extended vacation has been fortuitous in a number of ways. It was always my plan to spend some time in the South of France; I’ve been meaning to go […]
“CIAO, BELLO!” I tell myself in a mirror in Italy.
I sleep like garbage here in Nice because it is about four thousand degrees every day, all day long, coupled with an unbearable humidity like nothing I’ve ever experienced in […]
Part of the Salade Niçoise
I have long been a massive fan of the Tiny House Movement. It’s all about living in small spaces that don’t give up the comforts of massive dwellings. They’re cheaper, […]
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