I have begun my third week of school and am enjoying it very much. Lessons the first week were largely of the housekeeping variety. While ...

The effects of my jet lag really kicked in the last couple days, and I’ve been keeping very odd hours. This has resulted in me devoting less...

I have two new secrets for more successful pedestrian tourism in Paris. They're so simple, but beautifully effective. 

Chères Famille et Amies, My move to the land of baguettes, top-flushing toilets, and butter is mostly complete and it has been disconcer...

I managed to give myself food poisoning on Tuesday by eating a meat sandwich that had been sitting out far too long. I made a fully recov...

We had a restful weekend, here at the AA. Monday was a holiday in Rome. We’re in the middle of a heatwave here in much of Western Europe wit...

As always, much of my time has been in the kitchen, so I don’t have much that is terribly interesting to report aside from a few kitchen hig...

Maccheroni/Spaghetti alla Chitarra This is exactly why I wanted to be here: I get to do things the way they used to be done.  The t...

I certainly expected my family to read this blog, but I’ve been surprised at how many friends have been letting me know they’re looking at i...

I’m writing this morning because I felt obliged to leave my apartment, so I grabbed my computer and moseyed over to the AA Bar (obviously, ...