Dear France, Decked out in red, white and blue on this, your national independence day, here are a few things I really love and totally miss about you: 1. Freedom from calories. Fact: I never worried about what I was eating…
athens: first impressions
Everything was going to change at take-off. Sitting in Terminal 1 of Charles de Gaulle and waiting for my flight, I couldn’t believe how closely I sat on the cusp of witnessing a place I had dreamed about for years:…
much to say
Have you ever had so much to say that you didn’t know where to start? That’s how I’ve felt every day for the past few weeks as I sat down to my computer. Today will be the day! I…
what I really like this week
-updating my iPhone. So, going 2.5 years without updating your phone = lots of changes, so much so that I feel like I have a whole new one. I’ve joined the new decade! -getting this in place to get my …
birthday letter to america
Dear America, It’s been a month since we’ve been back together and I have to say, you definitely have some qualities that make life so much better. First, the English – do you have any idea the kind of…
headrobe
This weekend I joined the party waaaay late and finally watched The Artist. With the innumerable pops and sizzles modern audiences are accustomed to in movies, I wasn’t sure how I would pace with the film. Rather quickly though, I…