Another epic windstorm hit Nice last week--one of those days where you walk outside and literally feel like you might be blown away. I saw a flower pot blow off a fourth-story window in Old Nice and shatter just inches from people walking below. The...
It's hard to keep up the "tourist" mentality when you're working, writing, studying French, running errands and attempting to have a social life. In short, only having one morning to sleep in each week makes it hard to want to wake up early enough to...
One of the downsides of energy-efficient and cheap strategy of hanging laundry outside? Windstorms. We had a crazy day of wind last week, and while this load of laundry seemed to stay hooked on, there were clothes all over the same street. It took me...
"Come on, you guys, it's a known fact that lobsters fall in love and mate for life. You know what, you can actually see old lobster couples walking around their tank, you know, holding claws…"
--Phoebe, Friends
Cheers to all the mothers, couples...
When I was 16 and living in France for the summer, family friends took me for a day in Cassis. We suntanned on high rocks and cliff jumped into the Mediterranean. To me, it was the most beautiful place in the world.
As you can probably tell, this...