The first words that come to mind when thinking about Lisbon are color, warmth, intimacy. The narrow serpentine streets of the Alfama neighborhood where we stayed provided, on the one hand, privacy from the hordes of tourists and vehicular traffic, yet on the other we were always under the watchful gaze of our local neighbors, […]
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And we arrived in Lyon! We had a bit of a blog hiatus, as these things happen. I hope you weren’t all waiting at the edge of those proverbial seats and if so, I hope you ended up sitting back, getting more comfortable, maybe grabbed some popcorn and tucked in for a year-long wait. I […]
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After living in Paris on and off for nine years….we are moving! But before we get into it, let’s take a moment to soak in those stellar views of Opéra and the Eiffel Tower from atop the Galeries Lafayette. Those November sunsets were. to. metro. for. Champs Élysées from Place de la Concorde, November 2017 […]
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The last week Julien was in town, Gabriel was mysteriously sick enough for a few days to stay home from school, but well enough to have a good time, so a good time we had. Our first rainy day we concocted homemade Playdough. Capitol on a brisk but sunny morning A cat cafe opened up […]
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A spring day in Madison’s blooming botanical gardens. Bonding over a frog sighting Garden gang
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May 3, four o’clock in the morning, we headed off to LAX for my parents to catch their flight to La Crosse, and for us to head to Madison. Five hours of flight took us from the west coast to the Midwest, and while I took the opportunity to snooze, Julien snapped a few photos […]
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With a few couple of days left in California, we headed to a wildlife refuge near Bakersfield, the California Area Living Museum (acronym, of course, is CALM), and once we were back in Los Angeles, we enjoyed an afternoon at the California Science Center whose star is the space shuttle Endeavour. Barn owl Desert fox […]
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The big day came; it was one of those sunny, not-a-cloud-in-the-great-blue-sky, classic Californian days. A beautiful day for a lovely wedding, and we saw our good friend Eloise get married. Midwest crew Distracting the bride Crystal partaking in a tradition in which you pin money on the groom or bride for a dance We had […]
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We had a free day before the wedding, and with Sequoia National Park just two hours north of Bakersfield, we knew just how we would spend that Friday. But first, to fuel up on some road-side California oranges before heading to the forest. Moro Rock Gorgeous views as we climbed up to 7000 feet (2,100m) […]
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And so commenced a trip of capital-hopping – from Montevideo we flew over to Santiago, Chile, then flew up to Lima, Peru for an hour-and-a-half layover where we let some people off and invited new passengers on our plane. There is a curious law that prohibits one from taking their own water onto the plane […]
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This Framerican Life 