Daydream or ‘live the dream’?

I dream about France a lot — usually Paris. Sometimes I get confused about what I’ve dreamed and what I’ve lived it’s present so much in my subconscious. We thought we may move there once a few years ago. It’s a long story that ended with my mom relieved and Brian and me bitterly disappointed. [...]

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Paris on two wheels

To drink hot spiced red wine in the Tuileries with my lunch of a cheese crepe before hopping back on a bicycle — this is what going to Paris is about.
Tracy wanted to visit Versailles one day during our week in Paris. I’d seen it with Brian a few years ago so decided to do [...]

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French laundry

So I got my documents for my Paris apartment rental today. I’ll save the rant about not getting the keys in the mail as advertised for another day. In the 13 pages of important information, I found this the best:
(You have to wonder what the previous guests have done to make the capital letters necessary.)
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Market of the Red Children

A great thing about the apartment I’m renting with my friend Tracy in Paris next March is its proximity to Le Marché des Enfants-Rouges. And one of the things I love about Paris is saying that this, the oldest covered food market in Paris, has been around nearly 400 years. Just think of all the [...]

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