Yearly Archives: 2013

A pretty, bright day in Provence! Rob and I had breakfast of espresso and lemon yogurt at the apartment and headed out to the old city for morning errands.  It’s easy to get lost in the winding medieval streets – somehow the path always works out.  We managed to find the museum we were looking…

As our “travel day” this was supposed to be a pretty boring one – didn’t turn out that way! We set the alarm for the first time and woke up at 8:00 am. Nice is an absolute ghost town at that hour. As someone who prefers to not leave the house until 10, I heartily…

The original plan was to go explore Eze today – but my legs were wrecked from walking all those terraces in Monaco on Saturday. So we stuck closer to home.  First stop, the Museum of Modern Art, just a few blocks from the apartment. The plaza is decorated with this massive wood installation. I love…

Jet lag caught up with me and I did a lot of reading in the middle of the night. We had a lazy morning as a result – more delicious yogurt and figs for breakfast before walking down to the Nice train station. (note: It was great but I would recommend taking the bus, it’s…

We woke up to an overcast day in Nice. After a leisurely breakfast of vanilla yogurt in glass jars, figs, tea and jam tarts, we set out to explore the city. Our apartment is near the museum of modern art…which isn’t kidding about being modern. This odd building was about six stories tall: Even with…

With the impulsive planning of this trip, I still can’t quite believe that I’m in France right now. It doesn’t help that it is so, so french, almost seems over the top! Rob and I left San Francisco Tuesday night, flew to London, spent a few hours waiting for our delayed flight at chaotic Heathrow and…

This weekend was a little nuts with preparations for our last-minute trip to France! On Friday, I went to see Ender’s Game with a group from work. Took the subway back home, where Rob and I booked our tickets and looked at places to stay. On Saturday, I woke up early to reserve our first…

An opportunity with Rob’s work means that we can spend the first half of November in the South of France! I think we’ll fly into Nice – where should we go from there? Cassis? Aix-en-Provence? Bruniquel? Send me your best recommendations – we only have a few days to plan.

With a birthday in late October, Halloween is naturally a favorite holiday of mine! I made a series of these cards to mail out last week: They were a snap to put together using leftover metallic copper paper, vinyl lettering and glossy black paper cut from a magazine.

It’s hard to believe – sitting here now, bundled up in blankets on Sunday night with a fire in the living room and a cold wind storm whipping at the bay windows – that we were sunning it up at the beach just yesterday. To celebrate my birthday this year, Rob rented a cottage on…