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Remembering D-Day
Near the end of our France tour, we spent an entire day visiting various D-Day locations and beaches. We had a wonderful British ex-military guide that brought June 6, 1944 into vivid detail, and yet managed to focus on the positive and keep most of the day light. Our first stop was the small town…
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From Blois, France
Bonjour, we are now seven days into our “Rick Steves’ Paris and the Heart of France in 11 Days” journey. Blogging has been hard, we have little time to ourselves and what time we do have I’ve needed to spend it recharging myself for the next day. We have moved out of Paris and are…
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Overlooked Ingredients: Surroundings and Circumstance
Why do things taste better in certain environments and under unique conditions? We all have a story or two where a meal or dish is infused with a particular set of factors and turns out to be some of the best tasting stuff ever, never to be duplicated again. More often it’s something considered ordinary…
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Pre-Paris, France
In a few days my husband and I will board an international flight bound for Paris. We will be touring France with a Rick Steves’ tour for two weeks, starting and ending in Paris. Our stops in the middle include stays in Bourges, the Loire Valley, Mont St. Michel and Bayeux. We’ll see the Louvre…
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A Hero’s Journey
We are all familiar with the word hero. In fact, a specific image or person often comes to mind such as a fireman, aid worker or a doctor. Or maybe a fictional character such as Ulysses, Eowyn, Mark Antony, Jane Eyre, Batman, or Katniss Everdeen. Weather they are from a comic book, myth, film, literature,…
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A Funny Thing Happened After Culinary Camp
While I was out of town at Culinary Camp in Seattle, my husband was also out of town at a seminar. Once we were both back home in Olympia, we went out to lunch at a restaurant that shall remain anonymous. Now, I have just come home from five days of a cooking camp hosted…
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Farewell to Foie Gras in California
I’m planning a trip to San Francisco. My girlfriend is joining me in the middle of the week for the first few days of the trip and my husband is arriving for the weekend and latter part of the trip. I was researching places to eat and my husband asked me to look up a…
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