Highlights of Versailles. The statues and fountains were sadly packed up for winter, but on the plus side, the palace itself wasn’t crowded at all. I was also particularly delighted to visit the Petit Trianon and Marie Antoinette’s hamlet where she’d pretend to be a shepherdess. ☀️⛲️🐑
Thanksgiving Bretagne style with galettes, crepes, and cider. (We miss you, Eman.) ❤️
Quick lunchtime visit to Sacré-Cœur on a beautiful sunny day. What a view! We had some fun spotting the filming locations from Amelie. (No phone booth, and the telescope has changed! Carousel is still there though.) ☀️⛪️🎠❤️
Ooh la la! 😘
More Amelie-spotting: the Cafe des 2 Moulins where she worked; Collignon’s grocery; and one of the few remaining analog photo booths left in the world. 📸
The Best ALDI Wines for $10 or Less – As a connoisseur of supermarket wine, this is very relevant to my interests.
After a long day of work – for me; he went to the Curie Museum – we went out to dinner at a Parisian craft brewery/burger joint/tattoo parlour. (Why yes, we *were* the least cool people in the place.)🍔🍻
Dinner at a lovely French brasserie, then a stroll through La Magie de Noël aux Tuileries! (2022 Christmas markets: 3) 🍷🎄
Happy birthday Uncle Mike!! 🎂
Time to head off on our final European adventure! Early morning TGV train means we’ll be in Paris by lunch… 🚄🇫🇷
Whizzing through picture-perfect French countryside at 200mph (320kmph) – the fastest we’ve ever gone on land. Feeling very happy and fortunate.
Finally getting to see the sights in Paris! The rain stopped long enough for us to have a wander to the Arc de Triomphe, down the Champs-Élysées, over to the Seine, and then to the Eiffel Tower. 🇫🇷❤️
18 years ago today two silly young people got hitched on a Vegas adventure… and tonight we celebrated on a dinner cruise along the Seine in Paris, with wine and truffles and lobster and chocolate and moonlight and architecture. Because sometimes things do have a happy ending, and I’m very very lucky, and he is just the best. ❤️
Sugar Maple progress. The sleeves have been cast off, and I’m now powering down the body! I love how that decrease on the front creates a chevron point that really highlights the gradient. #knitting 🧶
Really excited to see our friend and neighbour Michael Mobbs showing off his sustainable, off-the-grid terrace house on Zac Efron’s “Down to Earth” on Netflix! I’m proud to be a part of Sustainable Chippendale and looking forward to catching up with everyone when we get back in a month. ❤️
The many lives of Angels on Horseback https://www.snackstack.net/p/the-many-lives-of-angels-on-horseback
I enjoyed this little bit of investigation into the origins of the classic American campfire snack S’mores. Halfway through it turns into the much more interesting discussion of Angels on Horseback, a fancy hors d’oeuvre of bacon-wrapped oysters. I’ve never had those before, but I have eaten (and prepared) the similarly named Devils on Horseback. We usually do dates stuffed with Parmigiano cheese wrapped in bacon and baked in the oven. Really makes it feel like a classy 70’s dinner party…
Sugar Maple progress. The sleeves have been cast off, and I’m now powering down the body! I love how that decrease on the front creates a chevron point that really highlights the gradient. #knitting 🧶
