


I pretty much live for the markets these days. It seems like each day of the week, I can go to a different neighborhood around the city center and find a market full of produce, jams, cheese, meats, olive oils, nuts, spices… you name it. We can get it there. On Saturday, Dave and I…

I went on a photo-taking excursion today, taking shots of the places where you’re most likely to find me if I’m not home. (Really, being in the city-center, I have everything I need within a short walk, so that’s nice.) I tried to explain everything in the captions so hopefully it all makes sense. Once…

Le sigh. I would be remiss if I were to only blog about the good stuff. Dave is at his first day of school and let me tell you something: it is lonely here! Yesterday was a day full of highs and lows. I should start by saying my biggest fears with this whole moving…

Sundays are interesting days in Europe. Everything is closed. Everything. We found one large grocery store that is open until 1pm, but that’s it. Sundays are literally a day of rest. I kinda didn’t know what to do with myself. I knew the deal with Sundays beforehand, thanks to a heads up from my Montpellier…

The first full day in our new digs, Dave and I went about trying to set up our cell phones and banking. This was of course after finding a little café and ordering two café au lait and two croissants. Because that felt authentic. After we enjoyed that, we set out to explore some more…

Actually, it was more like Automobiles, Planes and Trains if we’re being technical. That’s how the adventures of David and Mary began, as we took to calling our travel adventure. David and Mary flew from NYC on Tuesday afternoon and were called such at every turn. The person taking our bags, the TSA person who…

Dave and I are leaving California in the morning after a great family-filled weekend. We celebrated Ted’s college graduation on Saturday night it was a good time to see everyone and say goodbye, then tonight Mom and Dad took all of us kids out to Rutherford Grill before we went back home for some more…

Dave has packed the kitchen completely, with the exception of the plates, flatware, food, one frying pan and a spatula. So this morning when we were kicking around the idea of more than just coffee for breakfast (refer to 2 weeks ago for a lovely story on how that turned out) we decided to use…