I’m sometimes wondering what do I miss from France. I know it’s 100% cliché but what I really miss is eating good bread. And especially a baguette: nice crust, fresh breadcrumbs. We’ve been there for
I’ve already wrote a post about the Freedom trail, but it was a freezing Sunday in February. I preferred saving my fingers and let my camera in my backpack along the 2.5 miles path. This week, as
Having friends is our big challenge. We’ve been in Boston for almost 3 months, and we will be there for the next 2 years: we need friends. So we are always looking for every occasion
I have a new job: I teach French to French-speaking children. I’m an assistant for the main teacher, her class has ten 8 years old. After several classes, I’m started to like the ambiance “somebody
Some of you asked me* if we have been to the theater since we arrived. We did! We took some time, but we did last Friday. I meditated for a long time reading the reviews
Boston is not far away from the famous Cape Cod. But we more modestly decided to go north, to Cape Ann. Friends told us that was “nature”, and we really needed to see the sea and some countryside. Pourquoi pas ?! Why not. We booked a Zipcar.
We went to an Italian restaurant close to our place: Carlo’s. Well, it wasn’t a success. When Italy meets America, it can be huge… We asked for “doggy bags” at the end of the dinner, but
My conversation partner invited us for a “night’s game”. She had also invited a friend who is a chef for a cookbook publisher. I love the coincidence (that was my job in Paris). Before accepting her invitation, I asked what would be the
We came back to Ikea to buy new furniture and a missing piece in our bed…
Last week, I was invited for dinner at my yoga teacher’s apartment. Obviously, it was a big deal for me: this was my first “girl’s night out” since I moved to Boston. I was so excited about it! Of course my first concern
We went to a bluegrass concert last night at the Berklee Performance Center: Carolina Chocolate Drops. I had never heard of this kind of music or this band. But I saw the movie O’Brother and I like
I need to improve my English. So I wrote an ad, I let it at the French cultural center and wait for people interesting in meeting me to talk in French, and in English. And it