This morning I woke up and wiped the sweat from my brow. A February heat wave in Paris, you ask? Nope, it was a frigid 24° Fahrenheit when I popped my eyes open. Perhaps the apartment was much too warm? Never! I have decided the French don’t believe in insulation. The windows seep so much cold air…
While my camel continues to wander the deserts of Blogland nameless (see my last post if you are scratching your head right now), I decided to visit the bones of over 6 million Parisian residents in the Paris Catacombs. Yep, that is right, 6 million skeletons…and most are elegantly stacked and artfully presented like only…
Tah Dah!! WELCOME!! I am excited to introduce you to my new website!! *Jen jumping up and down with big smile* It was a goal of mine to move my blog over to my own website address with my own logo…so here she is :)! What do you think?! Since I abandoned my usual routine of…
“Be always at war with your vices, At peace with your neighbors, And let each new year find you a better man.” – Benjamin Franklin “..or woman.” – Jen Jedda My prediction? It is going to be a great year. I have no indicators that suggest its greatness other than it feels like it is…
I just walked in the door from a final shopping trip before I head HOME for Christmas!! Yoot, yoot! I ran out to pick up the quintessential French holiday fare, foie gras, at the bustling La Grande Epicerie to share with my family and also headed to the 3eme to one of Paris’ best chocolatiers, Jacques…
Before I left America, I loaded my 2 favorite Christmas CDs onto my iPod: Amy Grant’s Home for Christmas and Sarah McLachlan’s Wintersong. Playing in the background right now is “The First Noel” by Ms. McLachlan. Lovely. Now I just need a glass of vin chaud and this picture of me sitting among unwrapped gifts…
The patisseries of Paris will have to go on hold for a week or so because today I am in the beautiful, imperial city of Vienna! I had such a wonderful first day here that I couldn’t wait to share…. ***NOTE: Sickness impeded me from posting this my first evening in Vienna (I have the…
Mouthwatering displays of handmade chocolate confections, windows showing-off their colorful fruit tartelettes, chocolate eclairs with glistening glaze, bite sized macaroons of orange, green, yellow and burgundy, baskets full of flaky pain-au-chocolat and picture perfect croissants….these are my daily temptations as I walk the rues of this beautiful city. Sometimes I stop and just admire…or as…
Since I have arrived to Paris, I have had a mild obsession with Ernest Hemingway. I have read his books, done numerous searches about his life on the internet, read biographies on his wives, visited the places he frequented and have generally fantasized about his past daily activities and how they might differ in today’s Paris. He…
Right now in my home country an ongoing demonstration is taking place in a private park in the financial district of lower Manhattan. You may have heard of it….Occupy Wall Street. Over the past 28 days the movement has spread across the great US of A, and is also said to be trickling into other…
