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La Politesse, and a Few Tips on How to Get Along With the French
The French can be unfailingly polite. No, really, I’m being serious. Yeah, yeah, yeah, everyone who has traveled to France comes home with some story about a rude Frenchman or Frenchwoman who treated...
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Ten Things I Love About The French
1. I love the appreciation the French have for good food and good wine. A Frenchman I know once stated that when a person isn’t willing to indulge sometimes, enjoy great food, let go a bit, it “really...
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Boulder, Colorado: Where Caring About Fashion is Unfashionable (and...
Boulder is ruining my Frenchman’s fashion sense. Boulder is a place where anything goes. Seriously. I saw a 20-something woman walking along a main street downtown wearing nothing from the waist up....
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August in France
The month of August in France: when the entire country goes on vacation. Shops in Paris close down, the Côte d’Azur fills with tourists. It’s hard not to love a country so intent on enjoying itself. In...
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Triathlons
Before we left for San Diego this summer, I completed my first triathlon. Apparently, that’s what you must do to assimilate in Boulder. Either that or grow dreadlocks and walk around barefoot, maybe...
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Beer and the Great American Beer Festival
My husband likes to joke that they kicked him out of France because he knows nothing about wine. This is not entirely true – he knows more about wine than the average male, but perhaps not the average...
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Le Père Noël does what?
Like many Americans, I grew up with Santa Claus. As December progressed, the floor under our tree would fill with presents from and to all family members – parents, grandparents, kids, cousins, aunts,...
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April Fool’s Day, or, if you prefer, Poisson d’Avril !
I love a good prank, and April Fool’s Day has always been one of my favorite minor holidays. Despite the fact that my brother has, for decades now, tried to convince me I was actually born on April 1...
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To Hug or to Kiss?
I certainly didn’t intend a two month hiatus – thank you all for sticking with me! I have a tendency to bite off more than I can chew in life, and these last few months were no different. I went back...
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Solidarité
Like so many, I am deeply saddened by the events in Paris. I could delve into my thoughts on the politics of the situations we as a changed, evolving world face today, the ideology of how to improve...
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