This post contains Affiliate Links Celebrating Christmas until The Feast of the Epiphany When my wife and I had our daughter, we didn’t want her to feel that melancholy many children, including our childhood selves, have after Christmas Day has passed. As a child, raised by a Catholic family, we always celebrated the Christmas holidays…
France
From Champagne to Beer, From France to Belgium – A Family Road Trip
A Culinary Journey, from France to Belgium by Car Updated October 2018 France to Belgium by Car Though we have done our share of travel throughout the years, we never saw the advantages of renting a car. This all changed when we traveled from France to Belgium by car, in search of the countries’ culinary…
Antibes, a place for Joy
Destination: Antibes Mode of Transport: Soupe de Poisson Provençale (Provencal Fish Soup) He was treacherous, sadistic and a misogynist. These were the traits that were highlighted and the impression I was left with upon reading Creator and Destroyer, Arianna Huffington’s 1988 biography of Pablo Picasso. It didn’t stop me from being enthralled by the man….
Dreaming of Andouillette and Paris
Destination: Paris Mode of Transport: Andouillette Brenda and Bailey are feeling a bit under the weather and are very happy with staying at home and watching cooking programs all day. I need to get some air and tell them that I am going for a walk. It’s cold out so I choose to wear my…
Socks, a sweater and chicken
Destination: Arles Mode of Transport: Roast Chicken It was a cold February in New York back in 2003, and my wife of just a few months brought home a whole roasted chicken from the Malaysian restaurant downstairs from our apartment. Typical of apartments in the old neighborhoods of New York, it can be a bit…
