Month: March 2009
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Simple Pleasures found at the French Grocery Store
Stacks of fresh tortillas sat on the grocery store shelf, starring at me. I looked at them like I had found, at last, my long, lost soul mate. The tortillas were made by a Lebanese baker. In my mind I…
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Rejuvenated Jewels and my friend Amy Hanna
(photo: from Amy Hanna’s book.) You never know where starting a blog will take you… When I started my blog, I never ever thought I would meet someone, by posting a photo of broken bits of jewelry. But that is…
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Cooking Pizza Outside in a Wood Burning Oven.
In our postage stamp backyard, we have a shed. In the shed there is a wood burning, bread oven. The owner before us built it, as he was a baker.Last night, as it was raining, we lite the bread oven…
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A Cat Named Lola
Chelsea came home for the weekend. Later in the evening she said, "Mr. Espresso has a cat name Lola. Though for him it is not just a cat. Anyway, for the longest time I thought Lola was a person. He…
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Tonight is the Pink Party at my friend Melanie's house. Marie Noelle, (my French friend here in France) sent me a link to the popular TV show (which we are imitating) called: Le Diner Presque Parfait, It is in French,…