One of the lame things about getting older (listen up, young ‘uns) is that it becomes rare for your mind to be blown. When you’re young, every experience is new and hence interesting. With time, the range of your experience grows, and while the brand-new experiences aren’t as frequent, there’s satisfaction in feeling like you [...]
Archive for January, 2012
Unexpected Pleasures
Posted in Food on January 29, 2012 | 5 Comments »
Cheeses of the Week
Posted in Cheese on January 26, 2012 | 4 Comments »
Here are the cheeses that we picked up this week. We didn’t have time to go to the Bastille market on Sunday morning, so we got them at the cheese shop on rue Daguerre, which is quite close to our apartment. We have had Camembert many times, but this is the first time we’d seen [...]
Some Holiday Photos
Posted in Cheese, Food, Sightseeing on January 23, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
When I wrote about our holiday adventures earlier, I was too lazy to go through our photos and choose some for the blog, but I finally got around to it today. So here they are. As always, click to enlarge them. To accompany Christmas Eve dinner, we made ourselves a massive cheese plate. Unfortunately, a [...]
Untranslatable
Posted in Language on January 20, 2012 | 3 Comments »
There are two words in French that aren’t simple to translate into English: the verbs vouvoyer and tutoyer. In French, when you want to say “you,” there are two possible words, “tu” and “vous.” You use tu with friends and family, and you use vous with strangers, in more formal situations, and when you are [...]
Welcome 2012
Posted in Cheese, Food, Sightseeing on January 18, 2012 | 5 Comments »
Happy New Year to all 2 readers of our blog! (Just kidding– I am pretty sure there are at least 15 of you out there.) We spent Christmas in Paris and cooked up a storm, because what better way to spend the holidays when you can’t be with family? My only regret was that most [...]
