Sunday, August 14, 2011 No reason for an early start but we had an early start nonetheless. Tempurpedic bed. I’m of mixed opinions—but if you sleep on it like the body in the logo it is perhaps wonderful. SS…
August 13, 2011 Dog trip. Sooner or later it had to happen, no swooning like Harlow in Monte Carlo. Very early start and zipped through the border, brief stops in Bellingham (Starbucks) and Seattle (Pete’s—91 point Piper Heidseck Brut NV…
On hiatus; thanks for the traffic. Speaking of which, here’s a post-mortem for the die hards… Up early, out to Charles de Gaulle. Light rain and dark. The trek to CDG never ceases to amaze me, traffic at all time…
The entrance to the Musee D’Orsay, a “retired” train station Today a sunny start then clouding over but mild, about ten degrees warmer at this end of the week than when we arrived. A relaxed morning down to the Musee…
1979-2010, politically incorrect but much loved Gee our old LaSalle ran great: First, a moment of silence for the passing of the Walkman. Sony has announced the Walkman will go the way of the Edsel. I owned the very first…
SS said it was a housewares shop. Wrong. Chocolatier. …and nougat and caramel Women’s shoe shop (apparently) Oh oh ladies, look out: Stockings are back Bear made of bears in a bag shop window 70…
Tom Cruise proposed to Katie Holmes here At eight it was bright and sunny and October cool. I got SS a hot croissant (he favours one boulangerie over the other as we have two on our doorstep to choose from),…
The TGV train station at Avignon; very cool Blue sky, sun shining, and the famous Provence wind, the mistral, pounding. You could feel it in the car and when we dropped it off at the TGV it was almost impossible…
Did I ever give the update on the Tate Modern sunflower seeds? Despite taking thousands of Chinese villagers years to create and paint, the porcelain wasn’t lacquered. The seeds “opened” for one day. When people began to walk on them…
It’s stop not arete and parking not stationnement and shopping. The Quebec sign police would have a field day. We took the lawnmower on the motorway SE to Aix (as in extremee or excusez or X the LA band from…