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Saint-Malo et Cancale, yet again…

At this point I’m averaging a trip to Saint-Malo and Cancale once every quarter. While it’s difficult to face the fact that I may not live in Brittany for the rest of my life, I seem to have accepted the … Continue reading

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New York, The End

Happy New Year from Rennes, where it’s been in the high 50’s to low 60’s since I returned on New Year’s Eve. Don’t be too jealous, it’s also been raining nonstop. However, the sun did come out long enough to … Continue reading

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New York, Tome 3: The Christmas Chronicles

The holidays always lead to over-indulgence, but I think that around here we’ve gone a little bit overboard. 16 people leads to a lot of different ideas about what food the holidays should include. Check out what we’ve eaten the … Continue reading

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New York, Tome 2: The Cooking Chronicles

Since I last wrote there has been another trip into the city to see a close friend and visit another museum, the MoMA. There has also been the arrival of my brother, as well as my brother-in-law’s entire family, making … Continue reading

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New York, Tome 1: The Baby Chronicles

I arrived in New York a few nights ago, feeling rather cracked out. It wasn’t the smoothest nor the shortest travel experience, and it definitely was not an experience which involved any sort of sleep. But after seeing my family … Continue reading

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Paris metro brilliance

Check out this series of literal translations of Paris metro stop names by photographer Janol Apin. *First update on New York to come soon…

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Winter wonderland

How is it already the middle of December!? It feels as if Thanksgiving was yesterday (oh wait, no, that was just my post about it) and already Christmas is upon us. My last day of work until the New Year … Continue reading

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A belated post about a belated Thanksgiving

This post should have been done about 2 weeks ago. There’s been a lot of excitement around here lately, and I’ve found that when I’m in my tiny little apartment I am prone to veg out in either my bathtub … Continue reading

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The Thanksgiving Savior

You may remember that I’ve written about Apple Pie before, an organic bilingual tea salon/restaurant owned by Rennes’ resident Irish lass Lisa. Apple Pie came to my rescue once again today by giving me my American fix of Thanksgiving’s greatest … Continue reading

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A few dinners…

Dinner 1 Dinner 2  Dinner 3

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