Moving again: to Grenoble I
We are moving out of our house in 2 months—the house which we bought only three years ago. Not only are we changing our domicile, we are leaving the Parisian…
Juste Claudia
Gingerbread cookies for Christmas
It has been quite a while since I made gingerbread cookies. I did not make it last December as we had just discovered Ikea’s VINTERSAGA Ginger thins. The spiced (ginger,…
Christmas tree shopping
It had been raining non-stop since I woke up at 8:30 a.m. It was neither one of those persistent misty drizzles that occurred quite frequently in the past few weeks…
What I do on a morning off work
It’s one of those rare Fridays. I teach at neither the business schools in Paris nor at the university near my house today. I don’t have the occasional online English…
Strawberry fest
Strawberry Tart I should have paid more attention to my patch of strawberries. My negligence has led to the discard of many strawberries that got sunburnt. The discarded ones have…