Is breaking your traditions a good thing or a bad? Does it show adaptation and a willingness to embrace change or do we miss it like a part of us that has been broken off? For most of the last 10 years on New Years Eve my husband and I have reveled in our hotel ...
On June 29th 1880 the French senate passed the law to declare the 14th of July a national holiday to commemorate French Independence Day called Bastille Day. It was named as such because it celebrates the storming of the Bastille, the famous prison, in 1789 during the French Revolution. The taking of the prison marked ...
Our last few weeks have been filled with great travel destinations and exciting encounters with “old” and new friends. For a culinary point of view it has been a challenge both to our dieting goals and at times to our taste buds. Our first weekend back home in many weeks held so many chores but ...
Since summer in Europe has been very temperamental this year, I find myself automatically combining summer dishes with other more fall or wintery ones. After a lovely walk at sunset, albeit between rain clouds, the air begins to chill with the arrival of the evening and it’s time to go indoors to some snazzy but ...