In which I am left to my own devices (with a quick update about why I can't go back to the US just yet). What would you do with 2-3 weeks all on your own?
We spent this past weekend visiting with some friends in Lausanne, Switzerland. We (finally) got our A/C (mostly) fixed, but the heat wave continues unabated. We sure were glad to…
Kristian and I went shopping the other day and the guy helping us out said, "Hey, your French is decent, are you Belgian?" First of all, this is empirically hilarious.…
We had our first French dentist appointments last week. It was incredibly efficient. I think all three of us were in and out in less than an hour. They took…
I won't bury the lede... the heatwave broke last night! I was suffering at home when, all of a sudden, I could hear the wind pick up outside. Kristian was…
Yeah, yeah, I know... I have a hard enough time updating this blog on a regular basis. But, I've decided that Beer and Pie deserves a website of its own.…
I consider myself to be a fairly practical person... but I sure as hell own a metric shit ton of completely impractical shoes. Think of it as a one woman…
Today, I attended the Women, Action & the Media Conference that is put on by the Center for New Words in Boston. Yes, those are superfluous exclamation points in my…
College basketball. Yeah. It doesn't do much for me. As a lover of sports and a fantasy baseball/football addict, you would think that this would not be the case. But,…
I take a lot of public transportation. Which means that I spend a lot of time standing around waiting for said transportation. One of my new favorite methods of passing…
Yes, folks, my intrepid blog-off partner has launched a new website for his photography. And it is quite pretty. And he didn't ask me for any help with it. Which…
... Is basically fancy medical speak for "your knee hurts, no running or stairs." Or at least that's the gist of what the handout that they gave me at the…
I have the quilt, well, quilted. Now it's just a small matter of putting the binding on. Which should only take me several hours. Here are a couple of preliminary…
I've never understood why people hated meetings. Meetings are great! We all get together, we get some stuff done, I make a bunch of jokes and am gratified when people…