Or Gluten-Free Adventures in the City of Baguettes Mary Jo left last Thursday and Terryl was supposed to arrive the same day. In fact, we thought they nmight even meet each other. Alas, it was not to be. Poor Terryl's flight was sent back to Boston after flying for an hour and a half because …
I have been somewhat of a hiatus from the blogosphere. Sue has been doing all the heavy lifting of keeping our blog up to date and all of you informed of our travels. I am deeply grateful that she has been shouldering that burden, but the time has come for me to do some scribbling …
Plus, a sad farewell to MJ and an unexpected solo day Saturday we marched back to the marche (market) because it's fun and we were now armed with extensive knowledge of fancy cheese. I know people think Paris is a harsh city, but I have not found that to be true. The cheese vendor was …
When I said I was coming to Paris during the Olympics, half my friends were jealous and the other half warned that it would be crowded, dangerous and a big pain in the tush. (You know which half you're in Amy C.!) We've been here since Monday and the only things that have gone wrong …
Plus our next move We go out to eat A LOT when we are in Chicago. We've already mentioned that there are tons of delicious restaurants, but it's also pretty much the only place where we have a consistent social life. And since it's summer, there are concerts to attend. Lyle and some of the …
Welcome to Chicago in the times of climate change. And change it does. By the day. Unless, of course, we have tickets to two Mets games at Wrigley Field, in which case it's guaranteed to be soaked-to-the-skin, blazing sun, hot and humid for both games. Not that I'm complaining. Today, it's rainy and chilly (to …
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Every time we land (or arrive in some other fashion) at O'Hare, it feels like home. Only we can complain about the death marches through O'Hare, the long waits for luggage and the trek to the Uber pick up because we are honorary Chicagoans in our minds. We have friends and family here. All is …
The month of May is done and boy it has been a busy one. We returned to U.S. on the 27th of April and started with a visit at my mother’s place in Florida. I was lucky enough to bring a cold that turned into bronchitis with me. We arrived while my mother was in …
We've been back in the States for a couple of weeks now, visiting Florida and now Maryland for our perfect granddaughter's birthday. While we were here, we decided to deal with the elephant in the room: The Storage Locker. When we started this lifestyle (as our Spanish tutor calls it, well really she says estilo …
This is our last week in Valencia before we head back to the US for the Summer and Fall.
