Final Thoughts For 2021
Bonjour mes amis, It is my tradition to write a final summary blog every year before we depart for home. It’s always a challenge to come up with a new idea. Thus this closing post is generated painstakingly over multiple days, not a few quick hours in the early morning. It needs time to simmer. […]
Winners of the 2021 Photo Contest
Bonjour, Many thanks to the 50 folks who took the time to vote. It wasn’t an easy choice as many of you expressed. Maybe the message is to have only one theme moving forward! Anyway, hope it was a fun exercise for you. Maybe next year, we’ll do café chairs again because they have all […]
Today Is the Last Day to Vote!
Bonjour, Just a quick reminder that today is your last day to vote for our two theme winners, Doors and Lovers. It’s a summer’s worth of fun! Reference my post from Monday, September 20th which contains all the choices by number. It should be in your email or you can go directly to my web […]
Last Day to Vote!!! Winners on Thursday
Bonjour, As we wind down another Paris adventure, it’s time to consider our two themes for the summer…lovers and doors/door knockers. You selected these themes quite a while ago in late June before we left. The doors have been easy to photograph, but the lovers were always a challenge. I’ve missed so many kisses it’s […]
A Bumpy Ride for Our Last Days in Paris
Bonjour mes amis, Well, we’ve had an interesting 24 hours. Perhaps, it is life’s way of applying some reality to our fairytale visit this year! These are definitely first world problems given all the issues in the world right now. But, nonetheless, they are frustrating and stressful. It began with an email from our airline, […]
Fun, Flowers and Food with Cousins
Bonjour mes amis, The problem with family visits is always how short they are!! Our last day with Pierre and Laurie was filled with blue skies and sun which we absolutely deserved after Wednesday’s trudge through the rain. We met them at La Bourse du Commerce which we have already shared with you. However, we […]
A Day of Botticelli and Rain, Rain, Rain
Bonjour, Yesterday tried really hard to dampen our spirits but we prevailed with Pierre and Laurie to have another glorious day. After having such nice weather for the past few weeks, we are sad to see the gloominess. Paris is a wonderful city but my sunshine roots from Alabama do NOT take kindly to days […]
Cousins, Calories and Great Fun
Bonjour mes amis, Amid a gray and slightly rainy Paris, Pierre and Laurie arrived by train right on time, and the rest of our day was busy! We had reservations for lunch at Café Lepérouse in the Hôtel de la Marine at La Place de la Concorde. The lunch was so much better than the […]