It was a gorgeous Sunday in June and my niece and I were up early to catch the train to Versailles. It was our last day in Paris and I wanted to show her the beauty of Versailles especially the garden fountains. The grand palace and gardens are one of […]
“I Scream, You Scream, We all Scream for Ice Cream” unless, like me, you are lactose intolerant, then you just sit there sad with your once scoop of sorbet remembering a time when you could enjoy ice cream (yes, I’m still bitter by my diagnosis). Here I was at Harrod’s Ice Cream […]
My initial intent was to show my niece, Aubrey, the magic of dessert in all it’s tempting forms at Laduree on the Champs Elysses in Paris. My timing wasn’t quite so good as she hit “famished” on her internal food feeding barometer (she was eating 5xs a day!) right in […]
Planning for five days in Paris with my eleven year old niece, Aubrey, was a bit challenging. While I’ve been to Paris many times over the past twenty years, most recently last November, I needed to view it through new eyes and become a tourist. Becoming a tourist, to me, […]
Preparing my niece for our trip to Paris and London, I had her complete her first week’s quiz on what she wanted to do and see. Week 2 was my attempt to influence her musical tastes leaning toward the music of the U.K. Full confession, I wanted to expel New […]