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Luke’s Diner Day!
16 years ago, Gilmore Girl premiered on TV and has thus madly influenced the copious levels of coffee I drink daily, the books I read yearly and the pace of my speech, quips and oddball humor. Now that...
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New year, new direction
2017 Resolutions Bake something (bread, cookies, cakes, etc) 1x a week Read 1 book off my Goodreads To Read list once a month Learn how to properly bake a basic loaf of bread Cook 1 new vegetable a...
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1/2 Kitchen attempts
I didn’t work today, so now I’m sitting in the messiest little kitchen, waiting for my Oven-Fried Chicken to finish baking in the oven. I’ve spent nearly all day in the kitchen today. Bread – I...
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1/3 Dinner: Orange glaze chicken with pearl cous cous & steamed veggies
The glaze is adapted from an America’s Test Kitchen recipe. The original recipe is for chicken, but it works wonderfully for tofu. I cooked the cous cous in chicken broth, but it still tasted super...
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French Cinema
I think I’ve hit a wall on French memoirs and fiction. I think I’ve pretty much read everything I want to/need to read. Although I am discovering picture books set in Paris with my son (he loves...
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French Film Friday – Movie Review
Last night I watched this incredibly funny movie, What’s in a Name? The film is actually an adaptation of the play, which was also written by film’s directors, Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre de La...
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Between the Covers or Between Headphones
I’ve been on a whirlwind, reading some really fantastic books lately. Normally I’m fine just updating my Goodreads account and watching the number tick upwards on my read list, but lately I feel like I...
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The problem with working in a library
Is that I am constantly reminded of all of the books that I won’t ever get to read. As quickly as I try to read through books now, my to-read list on Goodreads is a bottomless pit. 424 books and …...
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Dinner Chez Moi
I loved Elizabeth Bard’s memoirs, Lunch in Paris and Picnic in Provence, so I was very excited to find out she had a new book being published this year. I finally managed to get my hands on the book,...
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Words to remember
Le bonheur est l’art de faire un bouquet avec les fleurs qui sont à notre portée. – Anonymous Happiness is the art of making a bouquet with the flowers that are within our grasp.
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French Fridays – My Friends, My Love
This French Friday is a review of the French rom-com: My Friends, My Love. After being fired from his job at a bookstore, Mathias finds an opportunity to move to London to run his own bookstore. The...
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French Friday – New Books to Read
It seems like there’s a slew of new travel memoirs coming out this summer! Here are a few that caught my eye. Just in time for Paris in July too! “One grey dismal day, Janine Marsh was on a trip …...
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Paris in July Week 1 recap
I started off the month by baking a a fresh batch of madeleines. The napkin is courtesy of the most adorable little French shop in Capitola in CA if you’re ever in the area. Petite Provence. They...
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Paris in July: ALL THE NEW BOOKS
Maybe on of the best perks of Paris in July (or biggest obstacles?) is that my Goodreads to-read list tends to multiply like rabbits. So many new blogs, so many new-to-me books that get a swift click...
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Champagne Baby by Laure Dugas
Champagne Baby by Laure Dugas Publisher: Ballantine Books, 2016 Source: Library Copy Challenge: Paris in July This book is half memoir and half beginners guide to wine. I liked both aspects and I think...
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The Portrait by Antoine Laurain
The Portrait by Antoine Laurain Gallic Books, 2017 Source: Challenge: Paris in July I’ve had this novel to my to-read list for months. I’ve adored the author’s previous books (well, I adored The...
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A Paris Year by Janice McLeod
A Paris Year: My Day to Day Adventures in the Most Romantic City in the World by Janice McLeod St. Martin’s Press, 2017 Source: Library Copy Challenge: Paris in July The style of A Paris Year is very...
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Books and Wellness
I’ve been reading more and more about wellness. Wellness as in “drink more water, eat whole foods, avoid unprocessed foods and heal your body” type of wellness. I’m a relatively healthy person, so its...
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Article 9
The European Reading Challenge January 1, 2018 to January 31, 2019 This looks like fun! I already read plenty of books set in France and England. Hopefully now I can expand my reading travels to other...
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The Music Shop – Rachel Joyce
The Music Shop by Rachel Joyce Source: Library – Overdrive Audiobook Genre: Fiction – Music; Love Stories Rachel Joyce is one of my favorite authors, but this book hit a flat note with me (har har). It...
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