This has never happened before, but we booked a flight and then cancelled it. Last summer, when we had been living in our new house for all of two weeks, we learned that Turkish Airlines had some affordable fares so we booked a trip to Istanbul figuring we’d sort out what we wanted to see…
Author: katrina
Brie and Bordeaux Withdrawal
When I was in Key West, I ate constantly, walked constantly, swam every morning, and returned feeling in better shape. When I was in Paris, I ate butter on brie, chocolate on croissants, easily walked five miles a day and came home feeling in better shape. Now I’m home, working, sitting…a lot…eating less and feeling…
Light and Modernism in the City of Lights
I booked our trip to Paris only three weeks before we went. I hesitated over the expense, and then, at the risk of sounding maudlin, after the Tucson shootings, I was relieved we were going. I wanted light, beauty and inspiration. Paris espouses all of those qualities. When the Eiffel Tower lights began to sparkle…
Non Ennui dans Paree
We’re here for a long weekend in Paris because of an old Englishman who likes to doodle on his iPhone. And I happen to have learned of this doodler thanks to NPR, which, with a cup of sugarless coffee on the I-87 enjoyed from behind the wheel of an old Honda, is how I spend…
Nesting
Why has it been two months since my last post? Well, I haven’t gone anywhere beyond work, the grocery store, and Target. We just purchased a house this past summer so we could enroll our daughter in one of the top-ranking public school districts in the state. Ah, the sacrifices of parenthood. Going from an…